The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-29
Uncle MINGo's TRIP.
Tb. old Man Meets With Some In
teyesting Experiences.

,-,,,,rcb appointed Uncle Mingo dele
-. IN the Unconventional convention
LA in one of the interior towns of
the state.
1-ron his return he called at the res
.,urant to see his friend, the waiter
,,.,o in course of conversation inquired
what route he had taken.
81 gone by de P. D. O., said uncle
zrireo "All de roads was sellin' tick
80 bolf-price to de delegates, and
banpen in dat office fus. 1 tell de man
want TO trabble by de stralghtes
80 cause 1 notice 1 mos always see
49, accidents come on de curbs. So
ha omen a map an say, See, dis is our
live. an show me a big broad road
,,jdout no curbs none tall scarcely.
nan ne say. See, dis is de udder road
- dat was a little fine road, awful
crooked. Besides, one place 1T make
charm corner widout no curb. Dat was
de- O. U. road, an say l didn't IKE
dat at all. cause l didn't see how dey
1o,,1d make SIGH a sharp turn. Den
~ cav OATS a fack, dey does frequent
boh smash-up at dat pint. So cose
Inv nv ticket by de P. D. Q.
.Run1bye 1 met anudder delegate wot
cav he had a ticket by de l. o. u, an
saw he make a mistake; he ought 10
% nv de P. D. @. He say 1 dunno wot
7 talkin' bout, an pull out de l. .. U.
map. L.. ~
had de l. o. U. a broad road jis' as
a+raight as a string, an de P. D. Q.
mo- crookeder dan dat road we walk
de night de pleeceman take us up. 'Jis'
Gee he say 'wot a sharp elbow de r.
n q make up dis way; an sure 'nough
well. I was mighty mad, but 1 had
done buy de ticket, so 1t wasn't no
use. Howsomeber, 1 git on all right,
an we mus a turn dat charp elbow
vile | was sleep, cause l nebber feel
no jolt We stop over vile IN Attain
How you like Atlanta?" asked the
We'll" said Uncle Mingo. Il speck
It's all right l wouldn't be surprise
hut wot Atlanta is a VERY nice place
for dem wot likes dat kin OBJ place.
Ebber ben dere?"
NO. not yet" answered the waiter.
in about the tone he would have used
had the question been, were you ever
in iail" "Wot does it look like"
"Ill try an glib you good idee,
said Uncle Mingo. Take de corner OBJ
Bull an Liberty street in the after
noon wen de ottermobiles is runnin'
one way and de sassy niger gals is
pushin baby carriage de udder. Den
take de corner OBJ Bull an Broughton
street in he mornin' wild lot o. street
car goin' one way an niger base
hall percession de udder. Mix desc two
I'D togedder, an den Atlanta is Jis
'zacly de opposite to dat"
Il see" said the waiter, thoroughly
enlightened by the lucid comparison.
Did you come across anything re-
markable?"
DE mos remarkablest," said Uncle
Mingo, was de hills an de rocks. One
day endurin' de meetin' l gone little
ways in de country an 1 see ole fell
Ter buildin' a rock fence roun' little
acre patch. He had rocks 'nough. l say:
"'HeIo brudder, buildin' fence"
Eyes. my brudder,' he say Use
buildin' a fence
OATS a mighty curious lookin
fence | say, it pears to be bout
TO foot high an fibe foot broad
YES, he say, an l tell you wy
l bull him so. You see de win blow
powerful hard up here sometimes, an
lowed I'd make de fence like dis, so
if de win come an blow him ober. he'll
De UlO ulSHeI W ell llS ldll up 0oh hS
is wen he stan down.
Dat was putty good said the wait
er. But how did dey treat you at de
conwention?"
20, fine" said Uncle Mingo. "Dey
SEN me an bout eleben or eight I'D
der to git our grub at boardin' house
KEEP by one O. de sisters. Dat was
regular eatin' house. 1t had O. sign
up ober de do:
Meals at All Hours.
Lunch Between Meals
zone day stranger drop in to din
ner He had on a long black coat an
a high wife collar an a wife gray
beard You nebber see a mo- respecta-
BILE lookin' niger in your life, an we
all feel sure he mus be some doctor O.
dewinity who had jis come, cause we
hadn't saw him at de hail yet. Well,
de lan'lady was one O. desc nice pious
sisters wot always like to hab grace
befo' grub, an so she use to call on
de different bredren to say grace, fus'
one an den anudder. One day she
selec' me-" added Uncle Mingo, mod
estly.
The waiter properly expressed his
qualification at the honor shown to his
worthy friend, and the old man con-
tnued:
We'll, de stranger set mex to me at
ut JdDIe at de IurdeS en- from de ian
lady. Den de lan'lady, TO she start
10 dish out de bile beef an okra soup,
look at the stranger an say:
Hem! Won't you ak a blessin',
sah?'
De stranger wasn't payin' no ten
ton, he was lookin' up at de wall an
putin de ems oh his fingers togedder
Ike he was studyin' bout his mex ser
mon. So she say again:
Hem! Hem! Won't you ak a bless
in, sah?
He nebber take no notice, so ups
an punches him wild my elbow.
De lan'lady is speakin' to you, sah,'
Eli? Menu he say; 'mem?'
Won't you be kim 'nough,' she say.
10 ak a blessin'?'
He ben one side an put his ham to
his ear.
mus AK you to talk little mo-
louder, men, he say, 'cause Use git
IN SO infunnally dam def desc
LOCAL PERSONAL.