The Mineral argus., 1885-05-21

opening OF the meeting, IN letter from o
Guild pusson in Texas informin' us dat
he has named his baby Brudder Gard
ner Holdback. presume it am o boy
baby, though it may be o gal. De
writer Aatters hisself dat he has done
o smart thing, an dat de fucher of dat
, chile will he plain sailin'. II anybody
wants to name his offspring arter me Or
Sir Isaac Walpole, or Giveadam Jones,
or Judge Cadaver. we can't hinder, but
20 fur as I ar personally consumed
want tn indulge in . few remarks in re-
gard to dis habit.
II verify believe dat de foolishness of
sartin parents in tyin' names to der of.
springs has beclouded an wrecked
many lives. De ole man who was
shOvelin' snow mex doah to me de cd.
der day was named Henry Clay. Il
was on the idcah dat he would make q
mighty smart man, but de mint he got
old 'nuff to realize who an what CLAW
was he pulled right back. He couldn't
nebber git dar', an he knowed IL, In.
stead of bein' addressed rs Henry CLAY,
eberybody calls him Hank Dirt an
he's gwine to be called dat till de clay
kivers his coffin.
Some vars ago o naybur o. mine |
named his baby Washington Lincoln
Grant Smith, He war bound TO fill |
dat boy chock full o. military genius an
hut de chile wasn't TO-
vars ole befO' he realized dat it was too
steep. He hadn't reached ten befo' he
was thief an liar, an de Older day
he went to prison for burglary. De
name was too long fur de public to
yrapple wild, an SO he was called Wash
lirant. Later on it got to he Wash
board, an by de name of Washboard
Smith he am registered on de prison
books.
II has seen Prime Minister Jones
irawn' swill cart around, while clus
behind him, leading yaller dog by
'iece Of old clothes-line, came Mont
norenci Stubbins. has seen Queen
'athrine Bivens at de wash tub, while
lie Princess Bienville was a hangin' ont
le clothes fur her. I has witewashed
N de same job wid Car jackson. an l
las blacked stoves alonside of George
q Foth Bones.
DE white folks am list as bad. an il
eally does me good to see by de papers
at 'HOrtense Victoria Clark has Skin.
ed out wild DE Lisle Fitzhue Brown,' ,
Tho was professional roller skater G
Dafer on salary of 50 per week. |
berry day de police Judge am sendin' a
aclariah Chambers, Roscoe Coax. \
ngs, Thomas Jefferson and Henry W.
'ongfellows to de jug, an ebery day lie I
God old names of Jane an Betsev an g
arab an Emma an Lucy am CROWN
J contempt wild dc female sect n
''Speakin' fur de culrl "a e a one, Is O
1t de fadder who rises above Moses or I,
amuel or William when huntin' fur G
sme fur his baby boy am coaxin' biles q
Id bunions to grow whaY' dey doan' v
sed to. De mudder who can't make a s.
lection from Chloe, Catherine, Violet q
l Sarah Jane needn't feel riled il her t
u runs off wild q bowlegged stove h
acker an eands up her days in q gar o
1. Let us now attack de regular pur. G
edin's." Il
DIDN'T RESOLVE. 81
Waydown Bebee begged to offer a d
solution asking the Legislature Of :,
ichigan to enact a law to more fully =,
rry out the provision of the Civil I
ights bill, as applicable to the colored !:
,pulation OF this State. el
HAS yo1 bin denied any Of your ~
gifts lately, Brudder Bebee?" asked ~
e President. lie
II cant say as has, sab, but has m
ard complaints from Guild men dat &c
y haint treated as good a. white NJ
'ople." &C
Name few" fo
II has been told dey can't stop at first. 70
ass hotels, an dey am not wanted at "
ller rinks." &c
"Brudder Bebee, kin you tell my why
, Guild man should want to pay "a y
lay to stop at fust- class hotel kept r,
white man an frequented by tony
lite folkses, when he kin be made to
me at o house kept by q Guild man m
= de benefit of Guild people, at one. b
arter de price," OF
Not 'zactly, sah." vi
"Do you know why any respectable W
I'D pusson should want to frOw away oc
J time an money wheelin' hisself SO
und an round rink patronized by ID
" gals, soft-headed women an evil 10
nded men?" wi
mo. sah." he
u Neither do I. Il would be much wi
) to his credit to go out an pound We
DIV. Your resolushun am decided no ca
Use for ackshun, an you will at once la
down. De laws OF dis kentry mn WI
. huff to gin cherry man in it. no W
tier what his race or cutler, all de ar
hts he kin tske keer Of" e.
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