Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1881 — One of Those "Mash” Letters. [ARTICLE]

One of Those "Mash” Letters.

N.Y. Sun. When Horace Weston, the colored banjo player of the Plantation troupe, was traveling in Europe with the Jarrett & and Palmer Uncle Tom Combination, he received a large mail daily. O<e day he was showing his letters to Mr. Jarrett, who was reading them to him, as De bad never learned to? read Suddenly Mr. Jarrett was overcome with emotion. “Where did you get tuat letter?” he asked, holding out one with the royal insignia printed on the corner, and signed by a court officer. “D it one? Wbv. I’ve carried dat in my pocket a week.” “Why, you idiot!” ehouted Jarratt, “that Is a command to appear before the Queen, and is Worth SIO,COO to the company as an advertisement.” “Is dat so?” replied Weston, “I thought it was one of dt m ere mash letters.” Weston is n*w placing with" the Combination, and the Com'nndre o“en jokes him about his ‘mash letter.” % The man that 0..< >ed at the stake is fired out vs h