Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1877 — A Direct Appeal. [ARTICLE]

A Direct Appeal.

The early mornings witness the gathering of the hard-up and hungry along the wharves, all armed with bait and fishing-tackle. An old darkey was heard talking to the fishes he saw swimming around his line yesterday, and among other enticing things he said was: “Give me abite, honey; de children am a-orying down to my house, and I tell you it’s fish or nothing in dat establishment, •’ Oati.Adit's.