Punch (99.1890)

December 20, 1890.] PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

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THE HIBERNIAN BRER FOX; OR, UNCLE REMUS IN IRELAND.

der las' time we confabbed togedder, sezee, when we war des as
soshubble ez er basket er kittens, twel bimeby you kinder went down
to der bottom kerblunkity-blunk, and den you sorter rounded on me
'bout der privit palaver, en I des don't like der way ez der sym'tums

" Now, 'bout dat time, honey," pursued Uncle Remt/s, " Brer Fox
he lay low pooty well all der time."

" Why was that ?" asked the little boy.

" Dat," replied the old man, " was des w'at his frends wanted fer

ter know. But Brer Fox, he ain't seem to segashuate," says Brer Rabbit,

sayin' nuthin'. Den dey sorter dallo j^tF~~"N sezee.

roun' waiting fo' Brer Fox. En dey <^^~^ y "Youer stuck up, dat's w'at you is,

keep on waitin', but no Brer Fox ain't jr^^j^Sf '&EnS^^^v but you ain't gwineter boss me," says

C°" V,hat fff ioing a11 this /UtS^^sSsS^ y^E^S^ BTre^°Rabbit,e'he sorter chuckle in his

time?" asked the;little boy. Wwli^^Wl^Ai' W\ stummuck, he did, but he ain't sayin'

" Oh, well den! " exclaimed the old \Kn^f; ;v M W^\<{ 1 i 1M f nuthin'

man "cWlluns can't speck ter knowaU ^ '^^^^n^^M^'MW "I'm gwineter larn you howter talk

'bout eve ything Ana bless grashus, ^K^WmU^^MSMM^ ter 'spectubble fokes if hit's der las'

honey! _ some er der dom s er Brer Fox ZW^S^W^^mT^ ack," says Brer Fox, sezee. " Ef you

bout dis yer time am t fit fer chilluns ^ JI'^WS^^^^XL \ don't take off dat hat, and tell me

ter know. Brer Fox, 1 in feared, wuz '''^(M^-'fflgHHIk A, howdy, I'm gwineter to bus' you wide

kinder simpertin roun' atter udder '''isOu^/flM open, sezee, ef I busses myself at der

people's pro^ty, and dat's des why he ^Biffi ".'Ilto^ same time," sezee.

^to^er^nTle old man, ^^^^^^^^jg JM"* ,W ^ T^l

»+'f„ o ™,nBO _ tm ^^8$&SM\1%B&iH%>' V^WmtFk oenime legs like he wuz 'stomshed, but

alter a pau.e, M ,, -y '^^^WzZW/V)) Wfmk. he stan'on his dignitude, and he ain't

"'De place wharbouts you spill de grease, ^fS "1; - ^$lla22§F mX/mOi. sayin'nuthin!

Eight dar youer boon' ter slide.' \\ ^^M^MM^%^ MfflMk Den Brer Fox get mighty mad. Der

And bimeby Brer Fox he sorter slid up \\ y'^/MmMX/ W%mUt neVer i Wuz3 a madder beas' dan he

ker-slmnp, he did, on his own slide, an' //L'i\\\\ ' WWmW -^k^^ ^mP^k wul den. He rip, en he r'ar,

his frens dey done 'fuse m'on m'on to /M/V V- WBMU ^3 >%^Mk ^ en he cuss' en te Bwar' ho snort' en he

lire naberlv wid him, see'n ez he'd done "Hm\\}3^MBm JjJJ^JkIL ca7™ , .....

broke der laws er naberly conduc' as 1 \\ \ y\ , ' //Mm '"jiML Cy /M^MMm What was he dom£ tiLat for> Unole

der beastesses hold'em. En Brer Bab- VVAW// ' " ' 'f ^m^jj^^Wm- Bemtjs?" the little boy inquired,

bit-Oie Man Babbit, as dey call him— // WAim^SM /MBSt^ma f*™tQm " Bress you' soul, he wuz try in' fer

he up en he sez, sezee, I ain't gwineter '(/. wv^fflPjffl '^B^^^SwIwAlli^M^ ^ar ^lag er Babbit off'n his digni-

'sociate long er no Brer Foxes no mo', \\| '.s'WifWl'^^^^^^^^^^Wm^ tude," answered the old man.

he sez ; 'taint'spectubble, he sez. An' %. \| M\%$^fT . UJ/S^Wk " And did he succeed ?" pursued the

nex time Brer Babbit met Brer Fox, h. HI ^dSLl ~ / little lad.

Brer Babbit 'fuse ter 'spon ter his AXu^^^^^&M^^WF «k "Dat's all de fur de tale goes—at

howdy, and dis make Brer Fox feel vw^^gT^ <r>*^ss%^flPT r^Ok- »|l present," replied the old man. "How
mighty bad, seein' ez how dey useter i^T .g^^s^-^^^M^mi^^^^ Bsak de onfrennelness eventuated, I may

make so many scurshuns togedder. ^-/.v p ^^^^^^^^^S^^MW^ tell you anudder time. But, as I tell

" Hoi'on dar, Brer Rabbit' " sez Brer =* T \Jr y°u> Brer Rabbit wuz a monstus soon

Fox, sezee. i^jr beas'; and, when Brer Fox look

'• I ain't got time, Brer Fox," says Brer BRER "FOX." mighty biggity, atter cuttin'up mighty

Rabbit," sezee, kinder mendin' his licks. ' small, en loup roun' and make faces at

"I wanter have some confab wid you, Brer Rabbit, says Brer; all de beastesses, en sorter rustle roun' like he wuz gwinter bus' .
Fox, sezee. j eberything, why den, honey, fokes is apt to look on him as kinder

" All right, Brer Fox, but you had better holler fum whar' you : splummy-splummy, atter all, en his entloons bimeby is boun' to be
stan'," sez Brer Rabbit, " so's der res' may hear. I sorter members 1 pow'ful lackin'."

THAT FOOT-BALL.

An Athletic Father's Lament.

What was it made me cricket snub,
And force my seven sons to sub-
sidize a local " Rugby " Club ?
That Foot-ball!

Yet, what first drew from me a sigh,
When Tom, my eldest, missed a " try,"
But got instead a broken thigh !
That Foot-ball!

What in my second, stalwart"Jack,
Caused some inside machine to crack,
And kept him ten months on his back—?
That Foot-baU!

What brought my third, unhappy Ted,
To fade and sink, and keep his bed,
And finally go oif his head ?—
That Foot-ball!

My fourth and fifth, poor John and Jim,
What made the sight of one so dim p
What made the other lack a limb ?
That Foot-ball!

Then Fhank, my sixth, who cannot touch
The ground unaided by a crutch,
Alas! of what had he too much ?

That Foot-ball!
The seventh ends the mournful line,
Poor Stephen with his fractured spine.
A debt owe these good sons of mine,

That Foot-ball 1

And as we pass the street-boys cry,
"Look at them cripples!" 1 but sigh,
"You're right, my friends. But would
you fly

A lot like ours ; oh, do not try
That Foot-ball!"

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