NEGRO PROVERBS.
VNigger sleep warm ef his head kiverediip. Nurf wind show you do cracks in de house. When'you make de jail too nice you better strenkiu de hog-pen, Mule don't kick 'cordin' to no rule. Sun trabble, slow 'cross de new groun's, -.i Better keep-de* rockin'cheer in de cabin-lof tell Sunday., You can't coax de mornin' glory to clam de wrong way 'round do cornstalk. Sat'day night be'p do roomatiz pow'ful. High l'arnfc nigger ain't much service in de log-rnlliii 1 . ' Blind brindle can't hide de fodder - stack fam de lean horse, j Co'n-cob stopper don't lm't de 'lassrs in | dii jug. Hot sun makes de blades dull I in de harves' fief. Mule don't unnerstan 1 do wheelbarrer, Smart rabbit go home fo'de snow done fallin'. Dead limb on de tree show itsel' when do buds come out. De new groun's is de bes' yardstick to nipjer a strange nigger by, Dribbin' tie steers wid mule-talk is flingin' 'way your bref. Tin plate don't mind drappin' on de flo'. Citssin' do weather is mighty po' farmin 1 . De preacher need heap mo' grace when he went pray for rain tell de-win' git right. It takes heap o' licks to dribe a nail in.de dark. Good signs o' rain don't tell when do bee-martin an 1 de chick6n.hawk fell out. Don't take too big a chip on a saplin'i Pe public road aint free for do rattlesnake Do plough p'int is close kin tode meal-bag. Dar's some fac's in dc will' dab don't slide.'long on de telogrnpb-wire,-—' The Century.'
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1401, 11 June 1883, Page 3
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260NEGRO PROVERBS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1401, 11 June 1883, Page 3
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