Telegram-herald., 1891-11-15

IT hssia't de MOTTO DAT makes ce man.
Dos seszy maa fnust make hisself When
Shisdis Nssxins goes 10 de grocery fur
. pouaa Of sAleratus de grocer do&n' az
hi2 what motto ne an rUnnin bixness
on. bat looks hiEa In De eye an expects
him 70 coEas down wild dc cold cash. II
Samuel Sain lad bin iyia fur the last
twsaty- one ars by de golden principles
Of dc motto Of STRIVE 10 Do Right ne
couida's go out On sixth avenue an
make il boy aim three yards Of cslik-r.
Wsen dat eaiiaer WAS cut OF an rollet'
up. BrGdder Shia would hev 10 plank
down lie cash or offer good security.
An 1 want 70 tell yo' dsr ons-hslf de
.ru5ols We encounter In dis wurld Gums
from our expectin too much of our felier
men We expect y maa am gwins 10
tell dc troo< when We know we'd dodge
it oarself; DAT he's gwine TO be honest
where we'd bs tricky; DAT he'll beheve,n
us while we doubt hiIn; dat ne ortsr be
generous while we am stingy. In fact,
ve's lookin fur o1der folks To be perfect,
while We re-lize dat we ourselves am
chuck full o mesnness.
Il has made IL rule al nay life not to
expect too much OF my feller man. I've
knowed man TO run long fur y ar or so
as level as a plank an as good nstured as
q squash. Then he'd suddenly kick up
an show his mean side. We is all full o.
streaks an whiIns an noshuns, an dar
Gums = tine when we've got TO show EN-
out or bust de bller.
II has bin panied 70 obsarve q dispo-
sishun on de part OF sartin members OF
dis club 10 Re Gurus regardin DER nay
burs. used TO be dat way myself in dc
long ago. Ders was time in my life
ehen, II strange Niger passed my
cabin r.dln a straw Guild mewl an fol-
lowed by o yaller dawg, I'd stop hoein
con and sot down To wonder who he
was-whar' he cum frum-how many
chill'en he hsd-wheder he wouldn't
trade dat dawg fur bar trap, an 30 on
l quit. Any one Of us who kin manage
to keep out Of de hands Of de- doctors,
police an LAWYERS has about all dc biz
ness he wan to zee to.
IAN | want TO say a few words to de
younger members Of dis club on de sub
jick Of spreadin deirselves. De odder day
saw Three-Ply Johnson, who is waitah
in hotel, gwine along Broadway wild SO
much spread dat folks stopped to look
arter him an wonder how many banks
he owned. When we come right down
to facts, Brudder johnson Arms about
ten dollars . week, an if he am heah to-
night I'll bet he hain't got fifty cents in
his pocket. What's de use, den, Of all
dat spread? What's de use of deceivin de
public? Let man be what he am. If
he's got seventeen millyon dollars, den
let him frov on seventeen millyon dol
lars wuth Of style. II he haint got but
seventeen cents let him walk softly aroun
an attempt no decepshnn. De public
can't be deceived about desc things.
"When Waydown Bebee gifts on dat
cape coat Of his an goes sailing down
Broadway, nobody believes dat he owns
all dis town below Blocker street. Day
is right onto him for chap who couldn't
buy fifteen cents worth of paregoric an
hev 'nuff cash left to ride home on de
kyar. / saw one OF our members gwine
into bank de odder day wild great stiff
ness Al importance, He just reckoned
dat ober fo'sy Thousand people would
believe he was gwine in dar to git $20.-
900 in cash an buy house on Lexington
avenue, but he was deceived. l dun
saw = man look arter him an say, i
wonder If dat niger Is gwine to carry
coal in?
81 saw snoder member standin down
by the possofds an loohn at de Astor
House. He walked up an down an
looked an looked. He wanted people to
emagine dat ne was gwine to buy dat
hotel. he felt in his pocket an he asked
man if Mr.. Astor was home. but he
deceived no one. was standin right
dar when policeman said he mus dun
move on or he'd give him de collar.
''Jist word or two mo. From whar
stan kin count no less dan forty-two
great, large diamond pins giitterin on de
shirt bosuins an neckscarfs of members,
an reckon dere ar forty-two mo- on de
back rows. De ideah wild cherry single
one of yo' is to make de public believe
yo'r pin cost at least $500, an dat yo' is
rollin in richness. Does de public so
believe? Not much! De public knows
winder glass when it sses it, an de pub
lie pities yo' fur yo'r childish vanity.
We will now put out de fah, upset de
water pail an depart TO our various
homes"-New York World,