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nir~er lookin‘ at a boum‘ coffee pot on a stove one day got the idea dat he could cause it to run by putting wheels on it. Die ni~,ger being a blackemith put hie thoughts into action by ~nakin‘ wheels art1 put coffóe on it, an ~ by eome kinder means he made it run ‘ the idea ~z etole from him an ~ dey bui lt de eteameagine . ~ ~



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	I wuz one slave dat de poor white man had his match, See Miee Sue? Deee here ol‘ white men eald, “what I can ‘t do by fair meane I ‚ Il do by çoul.~‘ One tried to throw me, but ho couldn‘t. We tueeeled an~ knocked over chaire an‘ ~Then I got a grin I ecratchod hie face all to pieces; an

da r wu~ no more botheri rig Fannie from him ; but oh, honey, eorne e lave e viould be beat up so, ~ ~vhen dey reeleted, ~n‘ ~o~ietimes if you‘ll ~belled de overeeer ~ou1d kill yo‘. U~ Colored ~ornen had to go through a plenty, I tell you. ~


MARRIAGE


~	Elder Wiliiar~e married me in Miee Delia Wann‘s (whit.) parlor on de crater road. The houae still stands, The houes wuz full of ~olored~ople. Miee Sue Jones ~rtt Miee Molley Clark (white), waited on me. ]~y took de lampe ant we walked up to de preacher. One waiter joined my hans ~t one my hueband‘a han‘. After marr1a~~e de wl‘ite folks give me a ‘ception; an‘,~ hone~r, ts~lkin‘ ‘bout a table~~-~-- hit wuz etretched clean ‘croee de dinin‘ room. We had everythin‘ to eat you could call for. No, didn‘t )~e no c~ôn eate. ~e could sing tri dar, an‘ dance o1 e~uar‘ dance aU ue ehoosed, ha! ha~ ha~ Lord! Lordi I can eee dorn gale now on dat fie ‚ j ~ee ekippin ~ an ~ e trattin‘. An‘ honey, dar wuz no white tollte to set down an ~ eat ‘to yo&.