THE ROSY NORTH.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1124, 1 September 1882, Page 2

THE ROSY NORTH.

We had to wait for half-an-hour JbWJjafrjpcn -Obarlestown and Savannah Tor the Waycross train, and during this time, a black man came up to me and inquired : ' Say, boss, doan ' you lib up Norf f 'Yes.' ' Dats what I reckoned on. Kin 1 ax a few queshuns V ' You can.' ' Wall, sah, does' ebery cull'd man up dar own a brick house wid a cupolo on top?' < Oh no.' ' Does he walk aroun ' wid a bag of gold in one han ' an a bag of silver in de odder?' ♦I never say any of them taking such a walk.' 'Do dey all own hosses and kerridges V «v 0) ' 'Do dey all have diamonds, an' pearls, an welvets V ' c ay. boss, my name's Jones, an ' I lib ober beyand dat pine woods. My ole woman am all de time stirrin ' me up to go Norf. an ' she really believes dat if we once get up dar we kin go befo ' breakfas ' an ' pick up a pailful o' diamonds. > o\v, sah, tell me de solemn truf ' bout it ! Could we do it? 1 'No.' ' Could we pick up a peak V 1 No.' ' Fo ' quarts V 'No.' 1 Two quarts V 'No.' ' Dats ' miff, boss ; dat settles me ! I reckon if I aked ' bout one quart, you'd say yes, but if anybody 'spected I'ze gwine to fool aroun % wid any sich small ' taters as dat, dey am sadly tooken in. Fze kept' house long 'uuff to known dat a quart o ' diamonds a day wouldn't keep a family, in con cake an ' bacon half de time. 4 Beleeged to ye, boss. Mebbe I'll git up dat way after awhile, but I shan't ' spect to own no brick house wid a cupolo on top ' till I've bin dar a full week or longer. — Detroit Free Press.