Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 February 1884 — A Matter of Principle. [ARTICLE]

A Matter of Principle.

“Say, Uncle Mose,” said young Jake Snow, as he met the old man; “who * am dis aunty-monop’ly I heerd some ob de folks talkin’ about ?” “Hush, chile, doan go roun’ ’sposen’ yer ign’renoe like dat. Aunty*monop’ly ain’t nobody but jes w’at sum people b’leeves.” “How’s dat?” “W’y, yer see, w’en a man has all dere is, dat’s monop’ly. An’ w'en you doan b’leeve in one man habin’ all dere is, dat’s aunty-monop’ly.” “How’d dey git to callin’ hit dat way, Uncle Mose? Doan peer to me to hab much sense in hit no way.” “Now jes hole on, an’ let me ’splain. Dere was a ole nigger name Monop’ly an’ he had a power o’ chickens. An’ dere ware ole Aunty Monop’ly as hadn’t none, an’ she was ’posed to ole Monop’ly habin’ all dem pallets he’s ownse’f. Dat’s de way hit fust started, an’ now w’eneber a man hab all dey is, dey says he’s ole Monop’ly, an’ w’en annuder one hain’t got nothin’ an’ wants to diwide, den dey say he’s ole Aunty-Monop’ly.” “Is you* for Aunty-Monop’ly, Uncle Mose?” “Now, see yer, chile, dis am a mattah ob princerple. I’ze got a lot ob chickens an’ a cow, darfo’, on de chicken an’ cow question I’ze monop’ly. But Bosschile hab a bank an’ a railrode, darfo’, on de bank an’ railrode question I’ze aunty-monoply ebery time. Dis yer sing am a matter ob princerple.*’— Texas Siftings.