The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-13
UNCLE MINGo HAS DREAM.
Old Man Dreams He Heard sam Jones
Nearly 1900 Years AFRO.

%gFOV ago
Il see Sam Jones is comm" remarked
Uncle Mingo, one day after dinner.
Yes" answered the waiter, "jis' as
soon as he gifts troo scarin' de debbel out
O Waycross."
''W'en he come" continued the old man,
Il spec he goin' to stop wild his nephew,
de alderman, Golly! I lows he'll feel
proud we'en he fin de people done name
big street after him.
Il had mighty curious dream bout
him las night.
Il dream l been cen a strange lookiu
town wild high wall all roun', and see
all de people goin' cen a big house. So
ak man Were dey was all goin.
Wy he say. you mus sho be a
stranger cen desc parts; dey's all goin' to
lear Sam Jones preach
Den | ak him wedder he was preachin'
cen Savannah or Waycross, an he open
his eyes wide.
You is way off, he say, dem place
you mention won't be built for mos two
tousan year. Dis town am Jericho, an
dis is de year t'irty-one.
Dat splain wy ebbleting look so
strange, and so widout akin any mo-
question, ! gone long wild de crowd to de
synagogue.
Il lowed Sam was preachin' a frs
rate sermon tell bumbye he begin to lay
1t eento man name Jesus, wot he say
been goin' bout de country preachin' a
new riligion endurin de las few years
Dis man. he say, wants to warn
YOU 'ginst, case he's fraud an a i'm
pcstor. He gifts off some mighty good
things sometimes he say. mos as good
as l could git off myself, but OATS jis' to
fool de silly people. Wy, he's known as
de frien' O. republicans an sinners, an
all sorts O low down trash. Now look ar
me! he say: Use got on my side all de
prizes an all de good pharisee an scribe,
vile he only got de no-count trash an de
hell-boun' republicans en- sinners
'Jis' den a man way up cen front git
up an start 10 go out.
Look a dat low-down blackguardv
say Sam, pndn' at de man.
dat sneakin' skunk! Eff any
body got watermelons or chickens out
loose. dey better look out for dat buzz
card is goin to steal sumpin' else TO he
goes to hell, witch wont be long
Den de man tu'n roun' an say:
Use Soin' out, case I don't feel like
hearin myself 'bused out cen meetin'. lis
case | is a Republican.
ere is you from? say Sam.
Use from Ohio, say de man.
OATS wot l lowed, say Sam; de mex
ting youll be teIlin ME you is Mark
Hanna. Go on to hell he say, an wen
| see you again, you'll be burnin' up cen
birthstone wild seben little niggers stick
in you wild red-hot pitchforks. Den you'll
see me cen de udder place, strollin roun
wild Abraham, an Isaac, an all dem I'D
der ole fellers, an you'll beg me for jis
one little swaller ob ice water Den I'll
ply de thumb o. scorn to de nose o. con-
temp an twirl de fingers o. derision.
Now he say. I'll resume. sence de
buzzard has gone to roos.
LAS I was sayin', dat man Jones is
a fraud an a humbug. wy. he is mos
gin'rally spoke of as a Sabbat' breaker
is half way to hell already. But dat
amt de wus.
"'Dey had a big weddin' down i'm Ca
naan de udder day. an Jesus was in
vited. Now, dis was what dey call
society event. an he had no business
to 90 none tall for all dem social So
ciety house is de very westibule oh hell.
I knows all bout dem kim O. people, he
say, mo dan dey knows deyself. an /
amt nebber put my foot cen de front do
of no society house yet he say
Den vile de bucks and bookcases
was dancin an carousin' an habin'
big time, all de wine run out, an de
bucks hadn't had half 'nough. An wot
did dis humbug preacher do? He tell de
waiter 10 fill up a whole lot O. jug wild
water. an den tell EN- to po' some out
an carry to de head waiter to tas'e. An
de water had all been tun to wine: cose
him an de debbil was cen cahoot. Now
say Sam, 'wot you tink o dat for a
preacher? EFF dat was me, ia tun all
de wine to water fus ting. an den smash
all de jug same like Sister Nation