PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY.
— — • — ■ A man ken hide de fack dat he's smart, but he kant hide de fack dat he's a fool. Dar's suthin' almos' sorrowful 'bout a ole man wid black hair. Grey hair is so nachul wid ole age dat de ole man what ain't got it seems ter hab beeu cheated outer his plumage. Do man what tries ter do too much fur yen at de dinner table is wus dan de man what doan' do enough. Let & pusson alone an' he'll hep hisse'f, but keep er msistin' on him ter eat, an' artet a while yer'll think dat de cookuT doan' suit him. De greatest of all perliteness is ter let a man ack nachuL — Arkansas Traveller.
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Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1360, 11 February 1884, Page 2
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120PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY. Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1360, 11 February 1884, Page 2
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