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“1Law, I ‘leet de time Marse marry Miss Cornella. He went on de

mail boat anci brung her trom ~ew Orleans, Sue ie prett les ‚ women in o.e world almost, ‘ceptin‘ sne nave ae b1~es~ mOui~ I nearly ever seect. He bru.ng her up to ae house ~nci ~‘il de niggers ~nd boys and girls aria cats ~nd d~gs ~na sech come end. salute ner, Dere she st~rnd on de gallery, with a purty white dress on with red. stripes runnin‘ up ~nd down, Marse s~y to her, ~Honey, 5CC all ~e black folks, dey ‘longe to ~rou flow.‘ She wave to us and smile on us arid next dcy she give her weddin‘ dress to my ma. Dat de fines‘ dress I ever seen. It was purple ~u~ct green silk ~z~d !~ll de nigger gals wear dat dress when dey git marry, My sister Sidney wore l-t ~nd Sarv ~nd ~iry.

tt~lss Corrdia was de fines‘ wor~n In de world, Come SL~J~Ç1~T mornin‘ sAie

done~ put a bucicet of dimes on de iront gallery and stand öere ~nd throw dimes to Ue nigger chilien jes‘ like feeain‘ chickens. I sho‘ rlgnt here to test‘±‘y, t cause ~ e right dere helpin‘ grab. Sometime she done put de was~itub of butter-‘ milk on de back gallery and us chilien bring us gourds ~inc1 dip up dat good~, olc. buttermilk till it all git drunk up. Som~tlrne she fotcti bread and butter to d~e back gallery and pass lt out when it don‘t even corne mealtime,

	“Miss Cornelia set my ma to CUttIU‘ patterns and sewin‘ right ~ She give all de women a bolt or iinsey to make clothes ~nd ma cut de pattern. Us all have de fine drawers down to de ankle, buttoned with pretty white b~ttons on de bottom, Lawsy, ma sho‘ cut a mite of drawers, with sewin‘ for her eleven gals and four boys ‚ t oo. In de summertime we all git a bolt of blue cloth and white tape for trimmin‘, to make Sunday dresses. ?or de field, all de niggers git homespun what you make jumpers out of. I ‘lect how M&‘se say, ‘Don‘t go into de field dirty Monday i‘ . Scrub youself and. put on de clean jumper.‘
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