NEGRO PROVERBS.
Nigger sleep Avarni ef his head kivered up. Norf wind show you do cracks in de house. When you make dc jail too nice you better streukin de hog-pen. Mule don't kick 'cordin' to no rule. Black sheep hide mighty easy in de dark. Sun trabble slow 'cross do new groun's. Better keep de rockiu'-cheer in do cabiu-lof' tell Sunday. You can't coax dc morn in' glory to clam dc wrong way 'round do cornstalk. Sat'day night hep do roomutiz pow'ful. High I'arnt nigger ain't much sendee in de log-rollin'. Blind brindle can't hide de fodder-stack fum de lean horse. Con-cob stopper don't hut de 'lasses in de jug. Hot sun makes de blades dull in de harves' ficl'. Mule don't unnerstan' de Avhcelborrer. Smart rabbit go home of de snow done fallin'. Dead limb on do tree show itsel' when do buds come out. De new groun's is de bos' yardstick to mojer a strange nigger by. Dribin' de steers wid nude-talk is Jiingin' 'way you href. Tin plate don't mind drappin' on de Ho. Cussin' de weather is mighty po' farmin'. De preacher ned heap mo' grace Avhen he wont pray for rain tell do Avin' git right. It takes heap o' licks to dribe v nail tn de dark Good signs o' rain don't always hep de young crap. Books don't tell avlicu de bee-mart iv an' do ehicken-huAvk fell out. Don't take too big a chip on a sapliu'. De public road ain't free for de rattlesnake. De plough-pint is close kin to de meal-bag. Dar's some fuo's in de avul' dat don't slide 'long on de telegraph-wire.—The Century.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3715, 12 June 1883, Page 4
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275NEGRO PROVERBS. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3715, 12 June 1883, Page 4
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