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early de next morning after it had done took salt. Den dar was a big box kîvvered wid screen wire dat victuals was kept in in de dry well. Dese boxes was made rat proof.

	“V~hulst de meats fer de company table was kept barbecued out in de yard, de cakes, pies, bretdi, and t‘other fixings was done in de kitchen out in de big house yard. Baskets had ter be packed to go to camp meetint • Tables was built up at Rogers under de big oak trees dat has all been out down now. De tables jes‘ gro*ried and oreeked and sighed wid victuals at dinner hour every day dunn ‚ de osnip i‘s

	“Missua fetch her finest linens and silver and glasses to out—shine dem brung by de t‘other white folks o‘ quality. ifl dGm days de white folks ‘ quality in onion most all come from Goshen Hill and Fish Darn. After de white folks done et all dey could hold den de slaves what had done come to church and to help wid de tables and de carriages would have de dinner on a smaller table over obst to de spring. Us had table cloths on our table also end us et from de kitchen china and de kitchen silver.

-	ttyo~~ gals oouldn‘ t eat much in public, kaise

it ain‘t stylish fer young courting gale-to let onlike c~y has any appetite to speak of. I sees dat em a custom dat still goes amongst de winnnen folks, not to eat, so heavy. Cullud gals tried to do jes‘ like de young white missus would do.

	“After everything was done eat it would be enough to pack up and fetch back home to féed ai]. de hungry niggers what roams roun‘ here in Union now. Dem was de times when everybody had ‘nuff to eat and more dan dey wanted and plenty olothee to wear I