The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-03-23
QM1rmurrat-S Star
A TOtGH CIGAR STORY.

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siVe business, as the candidate yer,
soon finds If he does not know it be
lorchand' Among the incident,
which the average candidate literal,
holds out TO the voters are cigars. and
very cheap cigars they usually are.
Ihey are generally ''twofers," and
very bad, indeed.
An election took place in Houston
some years ago, and among the candi-
dates was Col. Percy Yerger. lie was
elected, and meeting Uncle Nose, one
or his colored constituents, about a
week after the election, he tenders
the venerable darkey a cigar.
To Col. Yerger's surprise Uncle
Nose drew back and assuming a hos
tile attitude, said in an excited man.
ner:
Don't yer glib me no NAH OBJ dem
cigars, Col. Yerger, or I'll salt yer on
de spot. Use sixty yeahs old, but de
man what pokes any noah OBJ dem ci-
CARS at dis ole niggah has got to
shuck hisself and have it out, for Use
gwinter chaw his neck"
why, Nose, you surprise me "
Dem cigars s'prised me, too. |
had only used three OBJ dem. I'm
keepin' de rest to pizen rats with.
"Why, you must have got hold of a
bad box"
Il got in a bad box, sure enough,
when | got dem cigars. | lit de fust
n when | got home dat night. |
hadn't tuck more than two puffs
when de ole woman made a face like
she smelt sumtin, and said, ''Foah
God, dat dog been rollin' in a dead
boss or some uddcr carrion. Dat dog
can't stay in dis house," and she up
wild a broomstick and whacked de
house dog, old Tige, and druv him
outen de house. Kunnel, it mos
broke my heart, bekase | luved dat
dog. | knowed all de time by de
taste in my mouf it was de highly
favored cigar and not de dog, what
didn't smell fresh, but | didn't let on
bekase Use been hit too often already
by de broomstick myself, and | would
just as lief old Tige should hab it, cb-
en- If he is a good dog and hasn't got
no defensive habits"
"Dey's all alike. De only place
whar dat brand of cigars kin be smok-
ed wldout breeding an epidemic is on
dc top OBJ a high mountain, and when
"A hurricane is blowing 400 or 0 milcs
a mlnnit, but dat amt de brand of ci-
gars to use in consolidating de colorcd
vote of Houston"
II am afraid the rival candidate
put up those cigars on me to deprive
me of your influence" said Col. Yer
ger. ut looks like it,"
"And it smelt like it, too. De mex
time lit one of them de ole woman
come mighty neal fannin de air wild
de remains OBJ de youngest boy. Abe
Linkum. She said he had been put
tin fedders and ole rags IN de stove to
make her sneeze. After dat | CUB IN
smoking in de family to save de cost
OBJ a funeral"
wei, Uncle Nose, I am really sor- r
ry."
De next time I enjoyed one oh dem |
cigars was at de meeting ob de Dark
Sons of Liberty" continued NJ
Uncle Nose" | s'posed dar were such
perfume in dat club room when
about forty cxcitable niggahs got to
politics and perspiring dat no. :
oody was going to single out de smell
my cigar. | lit de cigar and took
draw jess as o o as | bowed
'ut smoke everybody quit talkin' and n
ley all seemed to be huntin' for sum-
Jim Webster spoke first. He
AID de gas am leakin'. Brudder
ones, de president OBJ de club, lowed
|at besides Gle gas a skunk had crawl
q uhdcr de house and died dar a few ,
lays preyious.s | gave one more puff, \
nd it wasn't long before forty pair
ID eyes was a hangin' out, and all
ookln' r~cpr0aciful at me, and forty
air 90 colored nostrils was a workin'
p and down. Sebcral members said u"
ey had made oddcr engagements, and =
ey went out, but | reckon by de noise
ey made outside dey must hab ]
hrowed up dar engagements along
ID dc rest. Finally Brudder Jones
nd: 'Brcdern oh de club, we all c
onors and respects Uncle ,Mose for
many good qualities, but we will
ab to put him outen de club for
nokiDg dat cigar"
DID they put you out of the club?"
"Dey did fer a fac, and de wust OBJ -
was dat dey put me out fru dc win
,r, and de club room is on de second
)or' Dey drapt me noah den twcn-
7 feet, and | broke two ribs by hit
n de yarf. G'way, Kunncl, don't
llk to me about dem cigars, or |
laws yer neck"
10y this time the old darkey had be-
so excited that Colonel Yerger
included it was best to beat a re-
eat.