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	~hen I wuz a growin‘ up“, said aunt Jane, “folks had ter wu‘ . „ She worked on the farm ‚ spun ‚ wov e ‚ . „ d ofl~e S earns t er wu ‚ k“ and knitted stockings, sox and ~1oves. She said she carded too, “an‘ in dem times ef a nigger wanted ter git de kinks outtn dey hair, dey combed hit wid de cards. Now dey puts ail kinds ov grease on hit, an‘ buy straightenin~ combs. Swnpin‘ dat costs money, dat‘s ail dey is, old fashion cards‘ll straighten hair jess as well as all dis high smellin‘ stuff dey sells now.“

	Lint Jane likes to tell of those days of long ago. Her zneniory is excellent and she talks well. She says she is living o~ herMissJan~e!..s .time. ~ J“Yassum, my ~Iiss Jane died wh~ she /wuz so young, I specks I jess livixi‘ out her days kase I named lier her. But I does miss dem good oie days whut‘s gone. I‘se hungry fer de sight o.v a spinnin‘ wheel ~ does you know whare‘s one? ~ Th lags a ‘ t b ok lake‘ ~ d ey us e t er ‚ ~ a s ~ f er whut . we has ter eat, dare ain‘t no victuals ever smelled ~ et as good as dein whut dey use ter have on de plantation when. I wuz acomin‘ on.jYassum, folkes has got wiser an‘ know mo‘ dan dey did, but ~dey ±s!~.wickeder ~ dey kills now ‘stid er conjurin‘~lak‘ dey ~did me.“
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