The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-06-26
Bombardment of Taku Forts, June p, 1880.
From print showing warshps cauEht in the udl

| high on dat account, an dat he himself
| believes dat Adam an Eve was drefuliy
| sun-tanned, chen if der ha'r didn't kiak
| Gigantic applause and yells for Brother
| Gardner)
My fren's. don't make de mistake of
| fallin' down a we'll while tryif' to climb a
| ladder While not engaged in seIlin' de
| best root beer on de face of dis airth 1
| hev devoted my time to readin' up on lie
| beginnin' Of de worP As sarsparilIy is de-
| beginnin' of root beer, so was dat garden
Of Eden de beginnin' of der worP. Fur de
| pride an glory of our race I should hev
/ rejoiced 10 find out dat Adam and Eve had
! de color of good Old-faS hioned lampblack
| but it was not to be. (GrOans and lamen-
| tationS.) l hev twisted sacred an seCu-
| lar history in fO'ty different directions,
| but can't make it come out our way
| When a man tells yo' to go around wild
yo'r hat on yO'r ear an spit Ober yo'r
shoulder kase de fust two people on dis
airth was Of our color, don't yo' believe it.
| More groans) II am true dat while wan
derin' around de garden Adam and Eve
got powerfully sunburnt, same as white
folks DO at de seaShore but il all peeled
off as sbon as de weather got cold 1t may
glib Us pain to do it, but we has got TO
come right down an acknowledge dat &c
white man was yere fust. (Reluctant
cheers for the white mani
But if yo' am disappointed in one d.
! rection yO' may be gratiied in another
From all 1 kin Tarn. an Tze Earned q
heaD de colOred race begun wild Ham
Pze got dat pusson's record down fine In
his looks he was man 10 be proud Of, an
he didn't take no back seat in dc matter
| Of knowledge. (Cheers.) Anybody who
! took Ham fur a greenhorn got left
(Yells) He wasn't cast out by his family
on account of his color, as some folks
would have yo' believe, but arter hangin'
around fur awhile an findin' things DOW
erful slow he decided 10 go away an sot
up fur himself. (Red-hOt applauseD He
went, an he made a success of H. Dat
Ham, he raised mo cattle an sheep an
yams an watermillyons dan any white
man fur hundreds Of miles around. De
( time come when he bOssed d milyon peo-
pie. He was a hull bakery in hisself, an
when he died he left 'nuff money behind
him to fill d canal-boat When yo' want
to do any braggin' yo' jest skip Adam an
Eve an do yo'r hull talkin' bout Ham.
Uong-continued applause, during which
three lamps went OUt)
AN when yo' git frew taIkin' bout Ham
go want 70 take up de kings Of Afric1
Egypt an Arabia, an yo' want 10 ask
who butt dc pyramids an de ancient
cities Of de east. De descendants Of Ham
kept CROWN lighter in complexion as dew
Earned to use mo- soap, but dey was his
people all de same. (Outbursts) Oars
neaD Of EN- left ober dar yit, an as nigh
as / kin find out dey am Muslin right
along Wid Ge white man. Yves cot =
Ia l. s-= u
&c fust keerds on de pack, bat I'm hor!n
we shan't OyerdO matters. Yves got a
POssum party ysre. an IVES feelin DAT W.
has got political rights, but we want IN
20 slow an keep our eye on de white man
No use sayin he don't boss dis kenrry
kase he does. If we 90 to doin any bluf.
I'm, he'll call our hand an give US De r9n
We can't blum him, an we can't skee-
him, an ives got 10 look sort OF kpar!ers
an take what We kin git tGrOansl P-.k
on il gibs some OF 20 de headache. bur
yo'U have TO put up wid IT, Il was well
TO organize 4 party. an II am well 10 say
90 want Office, buJ d0an' yo' 70 10 prau- /
Gin around an thinkin yo've got &c white
man on MS back lie aebber gifts d4r
Hesitating cheers for something OF othar.l I
7 an wild go a. a POssum. | want % see /
els move a success. De only way yO' XII /
make IL q success am 10 go slow an not /
lose y0'r heads. OATS De great trsuoi, |
wild d c0l0red man, a. We az know. tie
neDber gifts sight OF q rabbit track WldOut /
jumpin to de cOnclusnun dat he's gRiue % /
run down a bar. applause and laughterJ /
jest look fur Ce eoDlt an let DE- bar come
along ten vars later. We can't help feelIr I
qat our rights Oggist 10 ge recognized, DIT I
de lesson taught a. by our emblem. &c !
POssum should not Be wasted. tApplauscJ /
MY fr'ens. ] thank yD fur yo'r kind al 1
tenshCn. ] may not ncV euthused 20. bur /
] believe ] hey advised 20 IuT the best
! leave 20 feelin hOnOred al the OppJr-
tunity OF sayin q few words. an when &c
meetin has been broke IL two so Will find
me in De aunty room wild my receipt fur
maxim root beer De said receipt am
printed in red lax from big type - Dat al
may read. an ] not only warrant DE- beer
% cure de twenty-One different ailments
named on c. back o. de- receipt but 20
produce such q holy calm around the
general hreside dat yor dawg Will think
eoery day IN de week am sunday
'C0pTrighr. 1900 b. G. q. LcEaJ