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Show A SOUTHERN NEGRO PROPHET. He Is Given to the Utterance of Peculiar Observations. Smithville, Lee county, Ga boasts a colored col-ored philosopher named John Spraddlcr, who is known to his acquaintances by ths familiar title of "uncle." He mokes a great many startling and sensational observations, ob-servations, some of which have been thought worthy of a place in print. Here are a few of his quaint assertions: I doan know ef dis worl' is a fren' to grace or not, knae I know sum folks dat don't say grace at all. De sayln' is, you mus' moke hay while de sun shines, en dat's why dere's sech a scarc ity of hay. rows don't like de sun, you see. Religion is a great blessln', but sum folks bab a call to plow, en' tink it is a call to preach. Datcounts for de scarcity ob fa'mers 'inong de cullud race. I doan b'lieve in A.l!n ....11 1IUUII1 UtUlU .Till dis heah worl', unclk spraddlkh. kase it's lies' worl' I was ever in, an' it's a mighty long ways to de next one. I)e Bible tells de sluggard to go to de ants; but sura o' dete ant would mck it so hot for him dat he'd hab to git up ,n' hustle. It's a long lane what ain't got no turnin', but tck care he don't turn too short and turn de wagon over, Bo don't drive too fast. Dis race question is mighty easy to settle. set-tle. Let de white man keep on bein' white, aa' de nigger black, an' foliar de mule faithful, Hn' quit loiiflu' roun' de kentry, an' h it'll settle jis like coffee. When I see a man goin' home wid a gallon gal-lon ob whisky and a pound ob meat I know dat dere's a peck ob misery to ebery 3 I 1 , . I I . 1 .1 pounu oo nappinoss in uai, uuuseuuui, Dere ain't no use in grievin' over spilt milk, for ton to one tie milk wns half water, an' dure's plenty mo' wells in de kentry. |