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Show -DErKBVIMIOXS, JOSI.iR I" A Couple of Darkeys Express1 their Ident About Civil HiKlitH. - A sapient looking Fayctteville darkey, dar-key, oscillating between twenty and twenty-five Summers, overtook an old negro on the street the other day, and wedging him in a fence corner proceeded to acquaint him with all the gorgeous provisions of the civil rights bill. Young Africa imparted to old Africa a fund of valuable information, infor-mation, thusly: "Well, Undo Billy, Sumner's 6wivel rights bill dun pass de Senate ob de United Statcswithout a murmur." mur-mur." "Is dat eo, Joeiar ?" "Jesso, Uncle Billy. And say, Uncle Billy, we colored pussons is gwine to see whose perviaions is in de pot. We are gwine to be allowed to ride free on de railroads, smoke in de ladies' car, and Jput our feet on de purcussions ob de seats wheneber we dam please.1' "Is dat so, Joaiar?" "Jess eo, Uncle Billy. And eay, Uncle Billy, we's gwine to be allowed to stop at de hotels, and set at the head ob de table, and hab de biggest slice ob de chickens, and lay around in de parlor and spit on the carpets, and make del white trash hustle dem-selbes dem-selbes and wait on U3 widout grum-blin'; grum-blin'; and wheneber de boss ob de concern shoves a bill at us, we'll hab him sent to Washington and obscured in de plenipotentiary." "Is dat so, Josiar?" "Jess so, Uncle Billy. And say, Uncle Billy, we's gwine to be allowed to co to de white schools and set up on do platform wid de teacher, and learn geography, triggermanometry, gehominy, Latin, Dutch, French, Chocktaw, algebray, rheumatics, de rule of trice aud de dirrhca." "Good God ! is dat so, Josiar?" " Jess so, Uncle Billy. And say. Uncle Billy, we's going to be allowed to be buried in italic coffins wid looking look-ing glasses on top ob dem, and doy will hab to carry us on a. herse to de graveyard and bury us on top ob de white folks, so when de day ob resur-rectiyn resur-rectiyn am arrived and de angel Gabriel Ga-briel come tootin along, he'll sing out troo his trumpet, 'All you colored gemmen rise fust!' And say, Uncle Un-cle Billy, de pervisions ob dat bill" "What's dat you say 'bout perviaions, per-viaions, Josiar?" " Well, Uncle Bill, as I was gwine on to state, de pervisions ob dat bill." "Stop right dar, Josiar. You say dere's pervisions in dat bill ?" I "Jess so, Uncle Billy. De per-. per-. visions ob de bill" I " Stop right dar, Josiar: Ef dere's pervisions in dat bill I want a sack ob flour dis berry minit. Dam de srao-kin' srao-kin' in de ladies car, and de Echography, Echog-raphy, and de Latin, and de italic coffins ! I want de pervisions, Josiar! Dey's all dere is in de bill dat's wufi a dam cent!" Fayetteville, N. C., |