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floor, but I siep~t wid my Pa andM~a ‘cause.~I was sopet~i~h. Most of de beds was rn~de out of.poles, dis a~way: Dey~bored two holes in de wall, wide apart as: dey wanted de. bed, and in deae holes dey stuck one e nd of de p o le s what was de s ide pi e ee~ s . Dey sharpene d de ends of two more ~poies and driv‘ ‘~em in de floor for de foot j~ieces and fastened de• side pieces to tens. ~ Planks was put acrostdi~ frame to hold a coarse cloth tick filled wid wheat straw. Ma had a ruffle, what was called a foot bouncer, ‘round de foot of her bed. .Beds up at de big house wa~ a sight to see. Dey had high postieß and cur~ tains over de top and ‘round de bottom of deir $ds. . Dem beds at de big house was so high dey had Steps to walk up so eycould git in ‘em. Oh, dey was. pretty, all ki~vered over widbob!xiet tokeep flies and skeeters off de white folkses whilst dey slept!. ~
	~Tarn‘t nothin‘ short ‘bout de eats.	 ~ur white folkse3

b‘lieved in good satin‘s. Dey give us bread and meat wid all de cabbage ‚ colla‘ d and turnip greens us wants d ‚ and us had ‚ inatoe s, ttatoes, chickens and ducks. Yessuin, and dere allue was plenty t~O85~~3fls and rabbits cooked ‘bout lak dey is now, only dare warn‘t no stoves in dein days. Pots for biling swung on racksdey called
crane s ‚ over de éoals in big open fireplaces.		Baking was done in.

ovens and skillets. Dare was allus lojs. of fishes in saa~on, but I didn~t do none of de fishin‘, ‘cause twas too skeered of de water when I was a chap.

	h‘~ll de cloth for our clothes was wove in de loom room up at de big house. Little gal‘s dresses was~made just lak deir Ma‘s, wid full skirts gathered on to plain, close fittin‘ waisties. Little