Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1890 — A SOUND SLEEPER. [ARTICLE]

A SOUND SLEEPER.

A Train Passing Over a Negro Fails to Awaken Him. I saw a queer illustration of the sleeping qualities of a negro the other day, says a_ writer, in 4he Atlanta Constitution. .JEvcry one knows that a genuine negro e.an slec>) on a board with his face to the" sun an:! without covering for" his eyes ,on the hottest July pea’cefiiny «s'a-whito man oti d-.<r -:>!> si iird anil in.the darkest room. It has’been said that he edulk sleep under the mouth of a cannon in operation, and 1 "believe it. Or, aty least, i believe, the one of which I.shall speak could. In going down Io Augusta a few dayq ago on the regular day passenger We were a few miles below Union Point when the train suddenly -stopped. "I'ho fireman jumped from the engine, a::.I van back byjhe passengeb coach c-vyfiig.: yThere is a. dead nigg( r behind. "’ El-cry one looked out. and.sure enough, just behind therear coach, with h-Ls hcaid resting on th--. -.-.-as what appeared to be a (Tead negro" m:ih. Two or three train lianas and a crowd of negroes ran back to see if the train.had struck him. “Dat nigger ain’t dead. He’s er sno’im” said- one of the negroes, and he jerked and kicked him until the sleeping negro awoke, arose; and walked off, followed by a kick from the bi-a’u’iwm. - * The wheels of the engine and cars had passed within a few inches of the ■negro’s head and had not even affected his snoring..

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