Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1910 — Our Own Minstrels. [ARTICLE]

Our Own Minstrels.

“Wot am de difFunce, Mistah Wal* kah, ’tween collectin’ graft f’m a divakeeper an’ detachin’ de kewpona fm a guv’ment bond?” “I don’t know, Sam; what IS the difference between collecting graft from a divekeeper and detaching the coupons from a government bond?” ”D one am a tariff fur perfection, an’ de uddah am a tear-off fur rev’nue only.” ‘‘Ladies and gentlemen, the, brass lunged basso, Sig. pmltz de Growells, will now sing a selection entitled: ‘You Smoke ’Em, George, and Yet You Live? How Sad!’”