Show A Start In Life At Greens > boro they pointed out an old darky whom they said had just got married and was going out on a piece of rented land to make a start in life I followed him out to his cart to which was hitched an old and faded ox His bride a coal black damsel of IS sat on a bag of corn in tho cart and held to tho ropo lines around the oxs horns Tho cart contained addition a skillet a kettle ten pounds of side porlc and a jug holding two quarts of molasses Thcro was a tick for a straw bed a hens feather pillow and an old blanket This was the outfit So you have just got raarriedF I asked Yes sah dun jist got married to xlat gal How old aro you uuclef Shoo now but I reckon Ize about CO And youve got a young wife1 Yes sah dun got a gal And you are happy Happy sahl Why Ize walkiu right on aigs all de time And you aro now going out to make u start in life Yes sab gwino to start right off Got de ox got de cart got de gal and got two hull weeks purvishuns an if dars any olo nigger in Norf Caroliny who feels mo like juinpui fo feet high an yellin for Canaan dan I does Ill gin two bits to see him Detroit De-troit Freo Press |