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Every Fourth of July the	whole town	had an all-day picnic* The laaber	ecrapany
had two bands cose oat froa ;!w Orleans,	ona for	the colorad folks, one for	the whit*
people* rha bands played as the boat brought than up the river* This was a gala occasion with delloious food,	games, and	dancing	in the evening*
Several tine# a Showboat	case up the river,	playing the calliope &s it	docked*
Per several night a the showboat people <;ave :>layoj then the boat moved along to another town*
The Chautauqua carae, stayed three days, and save two performances a day in ita huge tent* The people really looked fonierd to thi3 entertainment each year, because real talent and high standards prevailed amon ■ the performers*
Aaong the quaint old cuatoene froa lew Orloans that exioted m U>gtovm for years •were the .tegro street von ors with their plaintive, saelodious cries, announcing their woe*
n31ack-berries - frsh and Cine* I got black-berriee, loJy, ‘‘Vooh froa the vine*
I g©t black—berries, lady, Three gl^.ss fo* a dine, I got black-berries - I 301 blackberries, hiock-berriea0*
Another old darky sold charcoal and this was his fauilior chant*
"liah etile is white, ^ah chah-coal is black -I sells noli chah—coal - two bits a sack —
U! ah—coal, chah-coaltt*
when the tfegroen had a funeral, they walked behind the casket, from the homo of the deceased to the oeoetery* Iheee colored folks were very ttsotional with their sinking, crying, shouting, and fainting* As they would fall out on the ground, they would cry, "0 my baby, now itis ay tine to faint“*