The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-19
UNCLE MINGO'S LYNCHING.
How the Old Man Punished IA Dad
hammered Individual.

hammered Individual.
The waiter threw down the newspa-
per which he had been reading while
Uncle Mingo finished his breakfast.
Use sho tired o. readin' bout so
much lynchin'." he exclaimed; '1t seem
like new one ebery day."
Il don't see wot you or me got to
worry bout" said Uncle Mingo, COM
posedly; "dey amt nebber lynch neid-
er one oh us yet, an dey amt lible to,
so long as we mines our own business"
Oats all right" said the waiter:
but dere ought to be a law against
lynchin' all de same
We'll" said Uncle Mingo, "once de
cullud folks did hab a big meetin' to
arrange bout law against lynchin'.
Dis feller talk, an dat feller talk. At
las one feller who was tallxin' fer de
law or 'gainst 1t, fergits rightly wich,
gone on to say, Now. feller citizens, de
pervisions pervided by dis bill 'Hor
on!' broken in a ole feller; you say
dere is pervisions pervide by de bill?'
To be sho,' say de speaker. 'Den,' say
he ole chap, I wants my share right
away. stans in need O. some meat an
some grits an some sugar right now,
an dats all 1 want to know Den ali
de crowd holler out 'hooray!' an dey
had to broke up he meetin'.
'I lynch a nigger one time myself"
continued Uncle Mingo, after a pause.
You wot?" gasped the waiter.
Yes me wot," answered the old
man. ut happen dis way.
II was ridin on de street car good
long time ago, an de car was full. A
ole cullud lady git on. an wife gen
tleman git up an say, Here. Auntie.
take dis seat an he stan up de res
o de way.
"Wen, later on de same day I was
on de car again, an 1t was full;
dey was mostly culled people. 1 had to
stan up, myself. Well, a ole wite lady
get on; she had good size package in
her han, an she look tired. Dere was
a slick lookin nigger sittin down right
hefo' her. He was readin a paper, an
look like he was one o. desc big bug
niggers wot put on a whole lot o. airs,
a preach or perfesSer or sumpen. Well,
dis slick feller wild a high hat, an wife
shirt an shiny shoes, make out like
he nebber see de lady stan in front of
him, an l say to myself, good gracious,
wot kin O. manners has dat feller got?
Dat amt de way 1 was bring up
"Bumbye. a little black gal git on; ;
she was ragged an dirty, jis one O. desc
little street earab. She squeeze her
in, de slick feller wild de paper git up
an say, Take dis seat, ma am. Den
de little gal sit down an de feller look
roun de car like he had done sumpen
smart. l tink to myself, my friend, if
some bad young wite fellers was to
treat you a little rough, l could stan
by an look on widout feelin VERY
sorry. I see some o. de wife mems did
look like dey would enjoy pitchin' him
off he car, but nobody didn't say moth
in
"Well, I gone out on de platform an
dere l was standin', one foot on de step
an one on de platform. an 1 had my
ole ambrella in my ham
"Ater vile de car stop to let de slick
feller git off. 1t was rainin' some time
befo', and dere was a big puddle right
where de slick feller had to jump off,
so dat he had to step careful if he
didn't want to git his shiny shoes
muddy.
"Well. sab, jis' as he was steppin' off
my ole ambrella got in de way some
how by accident. (here Uncle Mingo
gave a prodigious wink, an dat am
brella got all tangle up wild a pair o.
number ten shiny shoes. You ought to
see de feller tumble; he come down full
on his face, kersplash. in de middle o.
de mud-puddle. Wen he git up he was
sight to behold"
Serb him right" commented the
waiter.
He shake his fis' at de car wich had
jis' start to move off. take off my hat
an bow very low. 'Scuse me, sah,' l
say, it was done accidental De las 1
could see he was standin' in de mud
puddle, shakin' his fis' at de car.
MY! how de wite gentlemens on de
hnOlx ~ do -
fat feller wild a big gol' chain, say,
ole man. yous a brick! Dat was de
bes' ting l ebber see; wouldn't o.
missed it for ten dollars! Please 'cept
o. dis?'
well, I nebber spec no pay for
lynchin' dat feller, but I was pretty
hard up at dat time, an dat fibe dollar
bill did come in mighty handy"