Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1878 — Brother Gardner Answers Donnis kearuy. [ARTICLE]

Brother Gardner Answers Donnis kearuy.

"Lie* nite ex I sat on de front doab-etep mendin’ de handle of de ole woman’s flatirons,” began Brother Gardner, as the ndtfle of the triangle died away, “long cum dal nigger Thornnpplo Scott. lie was puffyi* in 1 bluwin' an’ fonuin’ hltmelf wid his bat, an’ de inlonit he cotched sight of me be rushed in ini'culled out: t "Brudder Gardner, dis kentry am an gwinc to ruin 1 Starvashun looks tho poor man squur’ in de eye, dur am no work for de laborer, an' de tax gatherer heb got Uh by the frouU’’ **l looked up to see if dot nigger bed gone crazy, an- den I axed him tolook.arouo"an’ tee de new houses gwine up in ebery direksliun. I axed him to dtaremamberdut kalikcr was only four and five cents a yard, butter fifteen cents a poune, loner low, •tateis way down, an’ clolhin' cheap nuffto bust half de dealers, an’ he sot down an’ replied; “Deed, sah, but dot’s do sack—dot’s de faek.” “I axed him to look across de co’ner 1 lot an’ see de droves of workin’ men gwine home to der fiun'lles after de labors of de day, an’ he looked an* replied: “Deed, sah, but dey hex bib' to work, I reckon.” • “I went inter de cabin an* brought out my tax receipts for de two y’ars back an* showed him dat de taxes uis y’ar war’ five dollars less dan las’, un he hitched aronn’, an’ said : • ■■Deed,Talf, but de speeches of de poltytishuns an’ de fucks iu de cose doan' hang togeder.’’

Den I stood him up agin de house, wear' I could look him cquar in de eye, an’ 1 said ; Thornapple Scott, you am a good ‘null' nigger for common weather, but you’d better kiver yer head wid a blanket if qg rain storm comes up. You talk about de kentry gwinc to ruin, an’ yit you loaf aroun* an’ let yer wife an’ darters wash an’ Iron, an’ supportyo ! You talk about siarvashuh lookin’ de po’ man in de face, an’ yit you haven’t worked a day for six months! You talk about de tax gatherer, an’ yit you neln er paid one cent of taxes in yCr life! Go home, nigger—skip outen dis locality .ford some mule kicks ye tu death ! It am yob an’ de odor loafers an’ lazy-bonaes who aih all de time blowin’ sich nonsense, while yet families nm diggin, inter hard work to keep ye in food an’ whisky I** “Gem’lep, dat nigger skipped, lie gttt six bricks bandy for the nex’ pusstm dal comes talkin’ dat way, no matter what bid color. liz lookin’ tor signs, I is. I is lookin for signs dat some member of dis club am siftin’ wid his feet hangin’ off it dry goods box while he talks about starvashuo, rained kentry, an’ so forth. Whert I diskiver a sign you’ll diskiver a vacancy in de club, an’ let uo man disrcckolect it.—> Detroit Free Press,