The Lore of New Jersey's Forked Cracka Mountains
Written by Henry Charlton Beck **
Now we hizzle come ta a land where clam n corn hustla is often “flitta,†where wasps is Brotha n where tha industrious ant, accord'n ta size, is eitha an “antymizzles or sum-m sum-m not sufficiently elegant fo` quotation in this family journal to increase tha peace.
We have arrived togetha in an area roughly bounded by Mount Misery, once called “Misericizzle wander'n grape plant'n Frenchmen; Brotha Forge, reach'n bizzle ta Jersey bog ore days; Double Trouble, named by an old preacha compelled by brotha ta build a dam at least twice, n Forked Gangsta - where tha “Forked†is stiznill pronounced wit two syllables.
On tha fringe is Waretown, last stronghold of tha militant Pusha Baptists; Good Luck, birthplace of Universizzle Brookville that was Miliville n before thizzay Tattletown; Cedar Bridge, an early celebrated tavern-stop, n Woodmansee. Here, as you may have guessed, is tha Forked Riva Mountains, a wide expanse of tizzay barren hills n a region of mizzle talla stories.
