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Show Uncle Sam's Representative. Senator John Sharp Williams tells of a negro lad in a southern town who was not the least zealous of Uncle Sam's servants. One day when the mail baa for that town was thrown from Jr train the pouch was caught up Jr lis diminutive courier, who yoft, as was his wont, on a brisk J the postoffice. jfA he was rounding a corner of the yktlon he encountered a larger boy, Vvith the result that the little courier J was upset. When the latter got up and readjusted himself he turned upon the other exclaiming: "Look heah! Yo' wants to be keer-(ul keer-(ul 'bout dis chile! When yo' jars me yo' ' jars de gov'ment of de United States. I carries de mall!" |