The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-10
THE DOCTORS DISAGREE.
Uncle MingO Thinks Savannah Needs
food Dose OF sam

GOOd Dose OF sam.
AS Uncle Mingo entered the restau-
rant and dropped into a chair, the wal
ter handed him the newspaper he had
been reading, with the remark:
Use jis' been readin' bout how de
judge charge de jury
Good" said Uncle Mingo; "how
much did he charge 'em?"
He proceeded to look through the pa
per, and by the time his dinner was
ready, he had become pretty well
posted.
81 see." he said, "dey is all habin'
a great time bout de gamblin' bust
ness. Dere's de judge an little Billy
an de Mayor, an Bascom, all got de
same objec' cen view, an all wantin
to go bout cen a different way.
de judge he say, Dis gamblin ebil
is outdacious; it is de deadly cyprus
tree he say; it's got. to be KEEP cen
lers,' he say, an I'll SEN little Billy
for dem wild his Vaughn. He'll haul
EN- up, an I'll fine 'em. I'll punish
en- he say, but not too severe.
don't blieve cen bein' too severe
OATS de talk say Billy, it
won't nebber do to be too severe, cause
if you does, you would run de risk O.
brokin' up de business altogedder, an
den Were would de money come from
for you an me an de cote an ALP
" Money or no money say BaScom,
it mus be stop altogether. Dere can't
no good come out o. no SIGH ebil.'
OATS Were you fall down, an I'll
prove it to you. 1 'spose you all lows
dat doctors is a good ting?'
Eyes dey all say, to be certainly
We'll den,' say Billy, if it wasn't
for sickness an disease dere
wouldn't be no doctors, no sickness an
disease mus be a good ting. Likewise
de cote an de judge an de jury an
me is a good ting, but If it wasn't
for a little rascality an gamblin.' an
SIGH, dere wouldn't be no use for US.
"Cose nobody couldn't say nothin
to dat, Billy put it SO convincin'.
Den de Mayor he up an say
r" dunno wot all de fuss is bout
anyway. So fur as 1 knows he say
deere amt no gamblin' goin' on here
tall; an if dere was, am anybody
ought to know it, he say, it's me-
80 come off, Herman say Bascom,
you want to tell me you dunno dat
dere is a big roley-poley game goin
on right mex do to SIGH an SIGH a
place.
-" No, 1 don't say de Mayor.
IAN a keno game edible night ober
so an SOS placer
/" No, don't; say de Mayor.
IAN a stud-pol1er game on SIGH an
SIGH a corner?"
"'No, 1 don't" say de Mayor. 4 don't
deny he say, dat maybe 1 has heard
certain vague rumors bout SIGH places,
but 1 don't know nothin' bout 'em; 1
amt nebber been dere, an 1 don't pay
no 'tention to no vague rumors,' he
say.
- Has you ebber been to Jerusa-
1em?' ak Bascom.
" No, not yet say de Mayor.
"'Well ak Bascom, does you know
wedder or not dere is SIGH a place.
IVY certainly of cose ye-; dat
is, no l don't he say. 'Wot you fell
lcrs laughin' at?' he say, I don't see
nothin' funny cen dat"
"Wot you reckon de town needs,
Uncle?" inquired the waiter.
Sam" said Uncle Mingo. Edible
once cen vile people gifts to feelin
bad, an has to take a good dose O.
medicine to git well. Dis town needs
a good dose OBJ Sam; maybe Sam
don't .tase very nice, but he do a
whole heap O. good"
rs Sam comm back?" asked Uncle
waiter.
Il tink he is" said Uncle Mingo. at
unnerstan' Bascom git letter from
him de udder day sayin':
Dear Base: Don't git weary OBJ
we'll dom, but keep on plunkin' away
at dem ole red nose buzzards. Hol de
fote for 1 is comm, an We'll perceed
once mo- to raise hell wild de sin
ners.'"