Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1886 — Plantation Philosophy. [ARTICLE]

Plantation Philosophy.

Ever’ friend is lost bv hate; ever’ friend is won by love. v Er man ken dress mighty fine, an’ yet hab er mighty shabby mind. Little things is mo’ ter be feerd den big ones. It’s de little bird dat whups de hawk. Brabery am no sign o’ sense. De game rooster will fight tell "he dies, but he ain’t got ez much sense ez de guinea chicken dat won’t fignt nuthin’. Some preachers put’s mo in mine o’ er tailor dat makes er coat ter shit hisse’f, an’ den tries ter make ernuder man wa’r it whuther it fits him ur not. Dar ain’t nothin’ filthier den er chicken nur cleaner den er cat-, (rut I ain’t gwine ter fling erway de chicken ’ca’se it’s filthy, nur eat de cat ’ca’se it’s clean. De meddlin’ sort o’ man generally makes de bes’ citizen. Yer kaint chop much wider dull axe, but den er axe ken be so sharp dat de corners will hang in de wood. —Arkansaw Traveler.