Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1896 — A Great Financier. [ARTICLE]

A Great Financier.

An old negro down in Georgia was lately telling something of his condition as a property holder, and seemed Quite pleased that be was so well off. He said: “Ise bought sum ole marster 50 acres er groun’, en Ise got all dat onder cultivation ’cep’ ’bout 40 acres, en I bought de grown’ for $75. Dat’s all paid off, ’cep’ ’bout SOS. Den I bought me er mule fur SSO, en I gin mah qotes fur dat. But X swapped de mule off fer a steer, en de ole fool steer he goes an’ gets stuck in er bog an fo’ I fines ’lm dat steer he je’s up en died dah, sah. Still en all, Ise got de notes on de mule er ruiyiln’ yet, en dey’s mos’ly paid up ’cep’ ’bout $45, en am gittin’ ’long monst’ous well, I thinks, fur dese yar hard times. Ole marse, he say, es I keep on lak dis I gwan to be er rich man fo’ de m’llenimum come—whatsmever dat Is, sah—en he say, furder, he did, dat am sieh er monst'ous good fiamseer dat I oter be sawtah mix up, some way, wld de nashinuldebt. But den Ise got ernuff to ten ter dout foolin’ ’long wld other folkses depts.” • 7