The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-04-20
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His Claim for a Pension. -
rpom - alxnnsaw Traveller.


An old negro called ON a Government
pension agent. The visitors face wore an
expression Of deep anxiety. He sat down
to await the leisure of the agent, and tax
ing off his old SLOUGH hat, held it in his
lap. and in nervous manner fumbled
with it.
"Wen, said the agent, as he placed
glass paper-weight on cripples sworn
statement, .'what can | do for you, Sam
boz"
.My name amt Sambo, sab, but 20 ken
do er good cal fur me, all de same, | doan
know whut makes de white folks call er
pigger Sambo. Is knowed er good many
niggers in my time, an blame eff | cher
seed one VT dat wuz name Sambo. Tell
you dat now, for 70 own information
aThats all right, old man. The ques-
ton is. what can do for you 7?
ar monst' us sight, sab, eff you does
full jestice ter er mighty injured man. LII
state my case, sab, an den you ken tell
me whut the Gub'ment gwine do. own
ed or small but powerful produein plan a.
ton down ware on de riber, 1t want
broad, but stretched erlong de riber hker
fiae piese O ribbin. luther day dar come
er high freshet, an in one day an one
night all that plan alton slipped inter de
riber, Now, sab, amt got er foot o
land on de face o de yeth.
.sThat IS bad, must say, the agent re-
piled.
ayes, sab; vas, reckon it Is bad. No
body doan know dat better den | does.
ken tell you dat right now fur 20 infer
nation, but de question is, whut Is dc Cub
meut gwine ter do erbout it
THE Government has nothing to do
with it"
..DOan de riber b'lOng ter de Gub'meni. "
AYes.u
aDidnt de land b'long ter me ?
Il suppose so.
aDidnt de riber take de land erway2
Il suppose it did.
@Den whose fault is it?'
1No ones fault that can see.
~De deuce il amt Ef you's got er
patch O. con; an my hog gifts in dar an
eats it up, who gwine pay fur Il 7
You, should think.
avail, now, eff Is got er field, an de
Gub'ment's riber comes eriong an eats Il
up, who gwine ter pay far dat 2
II don't know, I'm sure
avail, but eff you doan know who does
an somebody got ter know. Tell you dat
now fur 20 own information.
9The Government takes no notice OF
such affairs.
@Wall, who gwine take notice o it, den
worked leben years fur dat plan alton,
an yare in er few hours long comes de
Gub'ment's river an takes il erway frum
me. Does de Cub ment speek me ter vote
de right sorter ticket an hab dis sorter
state q erfairs goin on Yare Is lost
eber'thing Is got at de auence o de Cub
ment an de Cub 'ment sets down an
turns UP its nose erbout il. | tell you dat
ANT no way ter ack in er country ike dis.
Say, Cap'n, KANT you low me er sort Q
pension fur dat ar outrage"
s.No, we can not.
aKain't You low me bout fifteen dollars
er munt fur er few years?
sNo.n
@W'y de Gub'ment wouldn't miss de
money
That may be. but you have no valid
claim
aDats er fine state o erfairs in er coun.
try like dis yare. Rob er man an den
dean try ter hep him outen de scrape.
Say, yares ernuder pint. Down on de
udder side de riber, jes below wbar my
place used ter be, er white man had er
little narrer strip DER farm. Wall, sab,
after dis last ireshet err san bar formed on
the cage o dat mans farm an gin him
erbout fifty mo acres 0 Ian. Now, Sab,
de dirt dat made dat Ian come often my
Ian know it did, Gaze | recognizes de
berry sile Now, say, how much ought dat
man ter gin me-"
ale needn't give you any thing unless
he wants to.
Whit, an done got all my LAM My
greshus, neber specked dis Guber' ment
gwine ter git down ter be er plum raskil.
It's settled now wild me. I'm done. IF
dis yare Gub'men got er faber ter ak, it
better ak it O somebody else. Do ober
ergin stead o fghtin' fur freedom Id fight
fur sIabery. Tell you dat now fur 20
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