The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03
JIM's INVESTMENTS
A CoIored citizen Demonstrafcs w. -
signs Of Good Luck are LII. -

StEHN OF 1000 LUCK are
Jim knowed all kinds Of signs U.,..,
he knowed most everything saf5 !.
looked 10 me like all the signs was a1,,--.
bad luck. and so ] asked him III there ,,.--.,.
any good luck signs He says:
Mighty few-an' dey ain no use p, .
body. What You want 10 know when -
luck's a-comin' for want 20 keep Il on 50
And he said: If you's got hairy arms o.,
a hairy breas', it's "A sign you's arv,na =,
be rich. Well, dey's some use in a sign 1,t.
dat, 'kase it's so fur ahead Yuu see rDs-,
be yOu's got 10 be po' a long time fusr =,
so you might git discourage en- KIN 80
Y you didn' know de sign dat YOU q,yyrs
70 be rich bymeby-"
Have you got hairy arms and a hair,
breast, Jim ?"
"what's de use TO AK dat question DOM
you see ] has 30
"Wen, are you rich ?"
No; but I ben rich wuust. and r-,r,-,
to be rich agin. Wunst I had fo'teen 5oi
lars. but | tuck TO speculat'u', en- got hg,t-
ed out"
What did you speculate in. Jim su
"WeI, fust tackled stock
What kind Of stock ="
"Why. live stock Cattle. you know ?
put ten dollars in COW. But I aiu't g,,--.
20 resk no mo- money in stock De cow r--
n died on my hans ~
So you lost the ten dollars 2r'
No, ] didn't lose 10 all onry los -r,7,,.
nine Of 1t. ! sole de hide en talle4 Tor a frI-
lar On ten cents "
% NOu had five dollars and ten cents r.s.
Did you speculate any more go
Yes. You know dat oue-laiEcssi u5L--ar
dat b'lougs 10 ole Misto Bradish Wei he
sot mp bank. en- say anybody daf --.f i..
dollar would git 70 dollars mo- al r. ei,..r
de year Well, all dc uiE-ers went I'M lr--t
dey didB' have much. I was the r--y --,c
dat had much. 10 ] stuck ont for r.-f. ,4,,
~ a !
start a bank mysef Well. o' cour-a fst
Niger want TO keep me out eT ,it. business
bekase he say dey warn't husinrs~ ---r--b
for two banks. 50 he say ] could pat 10 nv
en- ct de year
so done It Den l7eck'n-d I'D frv-s,
de thirty-fivp dollars right gT ar E.--
things a-mOvfu'. Dcy vuz 81 ui-.-ar r.-.r....-
Bob. dat had EStChcd "a wool fiat a-I r-.
marsteT didn' know IL Ell J bought IL of7.-r
him. en- told him 90 take Uc thirty five. .lrI
lars when de en- CT de year come f--s
somebody stole te wood flat dat uivrf ..r,
mex day de uue-laigCed Niger ~. de-.
banks busted 80 dey didu' none rf r5- IL
no money. 90
What did yen do with the ten cents.
Jim :"
Well, NJ gvyne to speu' il. hut 7 had
a dream. en- de dream toic me ter --ra q r0.
2 nigCer name Balum-Ba Ass Hlv
call him, for short he'sOne ct dem chuckls-
heads YOU know But he's lucky Fpv say
Balum Ia kes de ten cents eu he'd make a
raise for he. Well Balum he tuck de-
money, en- when he wuz iu church he haar
de preacher say dat whoever give 10 de
pO' len to de Lord en- b0uu' t8 rit his
money back a huud q times So Baium he
tuck en- give de ten cents 10 de pu' eu laid
low TO see what vlz gvIne to come Of it."
Well, what did come 81 d.. Jim s-
Muffin never come Of IL. I couldn't
manage TO kleck dat money no wav. en-
Balum he couldn'. ain gyvyne 20 len no
mo money 'dout see de security. BOuu'
TO git yO' money back a hund'd times ds
preacher say IF could cit de ten cents
back, I'd call il sqUah. Cd be glad er de
chanst"
Wen, it's all night anyway. Jim. long as
you're going 70 be rich again some time OF
other "
Hes-en Is rich now cfIue to look at Il
] owns myse'f, en- Is wuth eight huul d dol
lars. But live stocks too resky. HuCk I
wisht I had de eight hund'd dollars.
en- somebody else had de EiEger. Marx
Twain, in the Century.