The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-20
WHAT "CoNFIsTIcATED" MEANS.
IncIe MingO Talks About a Curious
New York Advertise

New York Advertise ment.
BY VIM. Taylor Williams.
Uncle Mingo was finishing supper,
and the waiter was looking over a
New York paper.
Uncle, said the waiter, "Wot do
'confscated' mean?"
We'll" said Uncle Mingo, cautiously,
sometimes it mean one ting, an den
again sometimes it don't. Wot's it
about"
The waiter showed him an adver-
tisement reading thus:
A rare and very old Flemish Oil
Painting, confiscated at Charleston 5.
G.. during the war, and in a good state
Of preservation. will be sold at a sac
mfce. Address H. S. c.. this office"
"Confsc1ted is a good word" COM
mented Uncle Mingo; deere amt no
doubt bout de meanin'. Las week
Cudio Cumback confscated sack o
flour an side O bacon from de conf
missary an now Guido, he's in Jail"
Dat mus be one O. dem family por-
traits" remarked the waiter.
Dunno" said Uncle Mingo; "de pa
per say it VERY ole. Mebbe it's one O.
dem pieters OBJ Washin' ton crossin' de
DellyWare. or else chopin down de
'smmon tree wild his little Ratchet"
q speck," said the waiter. dem fell
lers sWipcd a whole lot endurin' de
War."
"You's right bout dat" said Uncle
Mingo; "dey confiscate mo- SLIDER an
pIcters am sich like dan enough.
Wen de Kunnel refugee, he taken
long all he kim an de balance he lef'
cen de house een my charge. De Yanks
come, an one say, aldough | wasn't
SO ole, ole man, wot you dom here
Amt YOU know you is free?' 1 tell him
IT amt no use to tell me dat. l know
1t already; de Kunnel done tell me long
ago. Den he ak me wy | amt gone
way. | ak wot l goin' for; I say | been
IKE ole man Ben. He say how was dat
tell him ole Ben was KEEP on after
freedom to ten to de horses. He was
gltin' ole an forgitful, an edible now
an den he forgit to water de bosses.
20 at las de kunnel call him up. Ben,
Re say, Use fraid me an you has got
10 part, you is gittn' too no count. You
IS all de time forgittin' to water de
rosses, an now sence / done loss de
HlSgers, de bosses is all l got Ben he
l!omlse he wouldn't forgit no mo- so
ue kunnel glib him anudder trial. En-
5oout tree days Ben fergit again.
Ne hunnel say, Ben, how's dis? You
Iemember wot l tole you Ben he beg
OF once mo-. 'Kunnel.' he say, If you
@cuse me dis one time, / sway, 1 won t
.oIglt no mo- none tall, nohow.' All
Ight, say de Kunnel. but dis is de
us time; l can't STAN it no longer.
Less a week Ben gone an forgit
sam Ben say de Kunnel, dis ends
~ me an you has got to part All
tsht' sab say Ben, Use mighty sorry,
uut would you min tellin' me whar
your specks to go?
Dey all laugh at dat. an den dey
psICeed to look aroun an confsticate
tooe ting dey see. Wot dey din't want
else burn up.
Dere was de doctors books. De doc
w., was de bes' man cen de worl, 'scus-
1e Kunnel: rain or shine. night
nay. sleet or snow. he was always
iF TO answer edible call. rich or po',
I've OF black, pay or no pay"
An dld he always cure dem ?" asked
Ule waiter
M,ell,' said Uncle Mingo. "he
h has centrally CURED dem. onless de
'ne Jackasses take il cen DER head
gone an dead vile he was a dom
sa GU know edible body got to die
1e time or udder.
,o 30 wen de doctor was goin' he say
due Mingo,' he say. 4 can't carry
/, w. books but I prizes dem high. So
~, you agrees, / will SEN 'em out to
mousse. an you kin do wot you kin
Saoe EN- for me-
wen, he SEN de books to my house
wa, way our cen de woods; am 'spose dey
rs Sho safe Please goodness. one
daV day a lot o. Yanks come out
10Y % books.
OILS all dls?" dey say
ga, on mustn't bodder wild dat
ds '"use denis de doctors books. an
II not he's a good man an he don't
pie nobody"
vs|M.oi dii dey say to DATE" asked III
b..rE say Blank de doctorl' am / be
ds, said Uncle Mingo solemnly. ~
.1iant gone an kick de whole
match out cen de rain
san, ] don't take no stock cen
A. NHlsratln' business. AN spech
''1 lalk 70 dat ChaFleston gentle