Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-09
uncle Remus's Vote.
y, hone Won all young gentermens L

uncle Remus's Vote.
y, hone Won all young gentermens Is
y" lid Uncle Rcmus, as he entered
ven, ,,;toris,sl rooms of the Constitution
the e eu,s yiay. II mighty poly myself,
inc = Of amt hender me from hopin'
bu .h as' folks is keepin' way from dc
yt...r shops. Many en- many is de po'
doel tar wat done bin ter de doctor shops
cfeet 10 too much. Yit look at me. I
on ehs dar mighty nigh much ez anybody,
e o@ Miss Sally say deys lots er hard work
e. me- Wit, 'vidin' anybody kin git it
Intar me. In my young days | use ter
CUE uar talk dat de highest road ter de
yea rin-qroun' waz 'roun' by de doctor
o lsan but spite DIES dat l keeps on TAX
s :no Ter truck, an l amt see dat it do
- no harm. Eff any you young gen.
u pa.,nens gifts ter feeling low down in de
.earets. en- sorter quare in de naborhoods
= ,de oizzard, you DIES rack 'roun' to
s q Dock Alexander en- git some er
sal on ar ouiernine en- blue mast pills, en-
If dey don't set you up, you kin DIES lay
de blame onter me. When Ole Miss was
live. de doctor ID come 'roun' bout dis
t;n,e er year, en- all de niggers, little en-
sn md halter cum up en- git = dost er
; III, en- callymel; but deze days you
rOtter hunt de doctor up Ell git o piece
8 naner en- beat 'roun' town twel you
Kin fine some un fer ter mix up de truck"
Uncle Remus paused, and then broke
a,t into a loud laugh.
.hNat de name er goodness is I dcin'?
rdes crope up yer fer ter ak you all
rouno eentermens sumpin, en- yer l is
ymn;n, On like a catrbird in . peach
orchard. l dunner how you all is, but
+ amt got no time fer ter be projikin."
..Gracious h~eaven!" exclaimed one of
the Young men, edo you hear thatP He
says he hasn't got time! Won't some-
hody lead him out and ask him to call
sgain and say one word-one little word
when he has got timer"
EN- needer is I got time fer ter be
runnin' on longer you ALL" Uncle
Remus retorted, indignantly. "You all
kin take yo' shears and split dem ar
newspapers wide open, but ole Remus
can't take no shears en- cut. truck outer
ter folks gyardin, kaze eff I did dey'd
slap the law on me. En- eff [ aim't got
time fer to- stan yer en- talk, co'se I
amt got no time fer ter be gwine ter
law. Dat gyardin out dar at Wes' Een'
calling me right now, en- l amt got a
minnit ter spar'-dat 1 amt"
Suppose you go down in the fire.
escape some one suggested, but Uncle
Remus ignored the hint.
'Man down dar on de street ak how I
gwine vote dis time, en- l DIES ruined up
yer fer ter AK you all gentermens eff
deyer a gwinter be n'er lection in de
Kunited States er Georgy.'
'Why, of course there is"
.Now, amt dat too muchr!' ex-
claimed Uncle Remus, with unmistak-
able bitterness. 1.Man go up en- vote,
Ell he amt got no time ter change his
cloze TO he gotter rack up EN- vote
ag'n."
why, haven't you heard about Boyn-
ton, Bacon and the rest?'
Il year Miss Sally readin' out names
en- dates en- 'sputin' longer Mars John,
but l tuck de idee dey wuz one er deze
yer cake-walks ggwine on up dar."
"Up wherep"
"Up dar whar de sleepin' kyars comes
MM; some rS up oar.
rHe seems to be thoroughly familiar
with the geography of our common.
country" remarked one of the young
men.
Uncle Remus grinnef broadly.
II lay dey don't fool me on de cake
walk, kaze dey wuz a niger man in
one I'm UNI; but wat poster me is deze
yer 'lections followin' after one er n'er
des lax a drove er sheep. Eve'y time
dey comes, ole Remus'. gifts in trouble
Euss en- wuss."
Why, SOP"
"Des kaze. Mars John en- Miss Sally
gifts ter 'sputin' bout witch de bes' man
en- den dey comes after me. Hits
Remus, how you gwine ter voteP' en-
NO you amt en- Yes you is ontwel
ldes natally gifts wo' out. Hits pull
en- haul, pull en- haul, day in en- day
out, en- l amt got no peace er min
twel lection day done gone. Miss Sally
say vote dish yer way, Mars John say
vote dat ar way, en- wen dat de case,
wat a ole niger like me gwine doP"
SWELL, how do you vote, after all?"
"Dat wat l want to know; dat DIES
~ W." L LII uIICA. NAaIo QUILL, u0
low he de boss, yit 1 notices dat wen
Mss Sally say [ amt gwine to git NO
gravy on my grits dey amt no gravy
Oar, en- de man wat kin eat grits bidout
gravy is got mo- strenkin mis- stummuck
Dan wat l is. From dis out twell after
9e lection done good en- gone you kin
oeS put it down dat de rheumatic done
struck me in de j'ints, en- hit'n be dat
Servlgous dat I can't move skacely. En-
eve'y time they say vote I'm a gwine to
SSrunt en- groan like n er deze yer
ives Pint ingines. But, shoe! 1 amt
got time fer ter be runnin on yer wild
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