The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-06
MINGO ON TRUSTS.

"Talkin' bout your trus'." said I'm
Gle Mingo as he lit his cheroot, your
coal trus', an your meat trus' an all
de res, dis here baker trus' sho take
de rag off de brush"
"Wot baker trus is dat?" asked the
waiter.
wy" said Uncle Mingo, "ain't 20
see cen de papers? All de Savannah
bakers had a meetin' de udder day,
an form a trus'. So dey git consultin
togedder an dey pass a resolution like
dis: 'W'ereas, we, de bakers, is out
for de dough, witch de same we needs
VERY bad, an Christmas Nis comm,
derefore, be it resolve, da we don't glib
away no mo Christmas presents, cause
some can't afrode to, an de udders
don't want to. Resolve, dat we will
bake no mo- family fruit cake, minch
pie, plum puddin, pompey head nor
tater-pone on probation, but de same
mus be buy from US. duly make an
bake, or nil disperandum, nothin
doin' Also dat hereafter we
will shake no mo san nor
| sugar or less dan fifteen cent wort oh
pies, juInbos. or doughnuts.
"Geemaneddy!" exclaimed the wait
| er: wilder is we driftin? ?"
"Cose, now" resumed Uncle Mingo,
ITS up to de butchers. Now dey'el
| have to git togedder an pass reso-
! luton like dis, We, de butchers, cen
mass-meetin' assemble, does hereby
| resolve dat we will from hencefort
| glib no Christmas nor neider New Year
| present. Neider will we continue to
| keep enn de ice box dat pair o ducks
| for Sunday dinner, nor dat hanch o
| wenson wot a frien' SEN you from de
| country. Furdermo,' we will no longer
| continue to sabe a chico cut OBJ roas'
for no customer; for de future, our
| customers mus be satisfy wild wot dey
git; our motto shill be Nec plus ultry,
wich, bein interpreted, means neck or
| nothin'.'"
"Hooray for de butcher" exclaimed
the waiter. But cose we restaurant
| neople will hab to do
sumpin' or udder to git chen,
TOO be sho,' said Uncle Mingo; de
restaurant people win hoP meetln',
an pass q resolution TO dis effeck: Re-
solve, dat after dis date we, de perpe-
| traitors OBJ restaurants, hotels an eat
in houses cen general will refrain from
gibin' away oh any presents on Chris
| mas, New Years or Easter. Resolve,
| furder dat we shlll hereafter allow
only one kin O. meat a day, an so
fur as possible dat shill be rehash
| OBJ meat lef' ober from yistidday or
| de day befo' Resolve, also, dat we shil
glib nothin' for dissert 'cep' bread-pud-
din an stewed prunes: an If any fell
Ter has de gall to kick ODER he bill-o-
fare he shill be hereafter contour to
a menu oh rice an mustard, so If he
don't fancy elder one, he kin help his
self to de udder.'"
VERY good" said the waiter, "but
wouldn't de grocer people hab sumpin'
to say?"
"Cose dey would" said Uncle
Mingo; de grocers would make
a hot foot to form a trus' also.
Den dey would pass a resolution run
min dis way: Resolve, dat we de gro
| GERS an keepers OBJ corner shops, will,
after dis date, glib away no mo- pres
ents, neider Chris mas presents, nor
New Years, nor Easter, nor birthdays.
Resolve, furder, dat we shill no longer
SEN our Vaughn to pick up dat coob o.
chickens you got on de w'arf, nor dat
ole SEWN machine you lef' on Brough-
ton street for repairs. Resolve, fur
der. dat we shill no longer call by at
de market for de market basket, nor
telephone to de bewery to SEN up a
case OBJ beer"
We'll" commented the waiter. ''by
de time all OBJ dem fellers an de ice
man an dc wood man, an de coal man,
all form trus'. won't it be time for
de housekeepers to do a little on der
own account?''
20 yes,' said Uncle Mingo, "de
housekeepers will also hab to hol'
meetin', an de resolution
dey passes, will be about dis way. Re
solve. dat we shill make no presents
cen de future oh any kim needer
Christmas, New Years, Easter, birth
, day, nor any udder kim. Furder, dat
cen regard to our usual Chris mas
niinch-pies, fruit cake, angel cake,
poun' cake an ct cetery, we shill make
dem ourselves, an SEN 'em to be bake
by de ole cullud oman wild a red head
Handkerchief wot use to cook for mud
der. Resolve. cen addition, dat we shill
instruc' de cullud female Niger gal to
, turn two def ears to de appealin' ring
in OBJ de baker Vaughn at de yard gate,
an to dispense altogedder wild de use
OBJ baker bread cen our establishment.
Resolve. dat we shill hereafter try to
f.. worry along wild de aid OBJ de tootsome
hcecake, fiap-jack johnny-cake
. L. n