Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06
JUSTLY DISGUISED.
A Colored Planters Sad Experience y
Uncle SANS Government.


A Colored Planters Sad Experience with
Uncle Sans Government.
An old negro called on q Government
pension agent The visitors face wore
an expression of deep anxiety. He sat
down to await the leisure of the agent,
and, taking off his old SLOUGH hat, held
it in his lap. and In q nervous manner
fumbled with it.
WELL" said the agent, as he placed
a glass paper-welght on a cripple's
sworn statement, what can ! do for
you, Sambo?"
my name amt Sambo, sab, but
70 ken do er good 'eal fur me, all de
same. l doan know whut makes de
white folks call er niger Sambo. rs
knowed er good many niggers in my
time, an blame eff eber seed one yit
dat wuz name Sambo. Tell you dat
now, fur yo' own information"
That's all right, old man. The
question is, what can do for your"
"Er monst'us sight, sab, eff you
does full jestice ter er mighty injured
man. I'll state my case, sab, an den
you ken tell me whut the Cub ent
gwine do. owned err small but pow
erful producin' plan'a alton down yare
on de riber. 1t want broad, but
stretched erlong de riber liker fine
piece O. ribbin. luther day dar come
er high freshet, an in one day an one
night all dat plan alton slipped inter
de riber. Now, sab, l amt got er foot
O land on de face O de yeth.''
THAT is bad, must say" the agent
replied.
''Yas, sab; vas, reckon it is bad.
Nobody doan know dat better den l
does. ken tell you dat right now fur
yo' information, but de question is,
whut is de Gub'men gwine ter do
erbOut it?'
1.-The Government has nothing to
do with it,
"Doan de riber b'long ter de Cub
'ment?''
YES"
didn't de land b'long ter me?''
Il suppose So"
Didn't de riber take de land
erway?"
Il suppose it did"
"Den whose fault is it?''
mo ones fault that can see."
de deuce it amt. Eff you's got er
patch O con, an my hog gifts in dar
an eats it up, who gwine pay fur it?"
"You, should think"
"Wall, now, eff rs got err field, an
de Gub'ment's riber comes erlong an
eats it up, who gwine ter pay fur
dat?"
Il don't know, I'm sure
"Wall, but eff you doan know who
does? an somebody got ter know.
Tell you dat now fur yo' own infer
nation"
of such affairs"
wall, who gwine take notice o. it,
den? worked 'leben years fur dat
plan alton, an yare in err few hours
long comes de Guberment's river an
takes it erway frum me. Does de
Guberment speck me ter vote de right
sOrter ticket an hab dis sorter state o.
erfairs goin' on? Yare Is lost eber'-
thing is got at de 'fiuence o de Cub
erment an de Guberment sets down an
turns up its nose erbout it. tell you
dat ain no way ter ack in err country
like dis. Say, Cap'n. KANT you low
me er sort o pension fur dat ar out
rage?"
No, we can not.
KANT you low me bout fifteen
dollars er munt fur er few years."
NO"
Ivy, de Guberment wouldn't miss
de money"
THAT may be, but you have no valid
claim"
Oats err fine state o. erfairs in er
country like dis yare. Rob err man an
den doan try ter hep him outen de
scrape. Say, yare's ernuder pint
Down on de udder side de riber. jes
below whar my place used ter be, err
white man had er little narrer strip
Ger farm. Wall. sab. after dis last
freshet err san bar formed on the edge
o dat mans farm an gin him erbout
fifty mo- acres O. lam Now, sab. de
dirt dat made dat lam come often my
lam. know it did, Gaze l reconizes
de berry sile. Now, say, how much
ought dat man ter gin me?''
He needn't give you any thing un-
less he wants to.
''Whut, an done got all my lam?
My greshus, neber specked die Cub
erment gwine ter git down ter be err
plum raskiL. It's settled now wild me.
I'm done. Eff dis yare Guberment got
er faber ter AK, it better AK it o. some
body else. Do ODER ergin stead O.
fightin' fur freedom I'd fight fur slab
cry. Tell you dat now fur yo' own in
formation. "-ArknnsaU T'rareler.
Wise Sayings Well Said.