Show negro banking Tal talking kinz of banks remind 3 me of oe the ne negro r 0 I 1 bank I 1 once heard of oe in virginia oat Ca cathan toan an I 1 old negro negro who was noted for his cunning ihaas had succeeded u in makino making 11 his fellow servants in the neighborhood believe that banking was a very profitable business ba siness so they con eluded that they would throw all their change together and start a bank old cato taking care to have himself constituted the ban barik barikmo ato to I 1 whom all the sixpences of all the darkies in the neighborhood q was duly paid over and I 1 now said cato ahenebah nebah bigah borrow sixpence out ob dis bank to buy blekah he got 7 to cum back in free weeks and pay in two I 1 i sixpence and in dis way you see e ebry bry sixpence bring suddah sixpence till aher after a I 1 4 while all dese nig galis be ba as rich is as old massa G gy y and upon this principle the I 1 b bank ank went into operation old cato always I 1 taking care that every darkey should fork over according to bank rules but in the course of time some of the stockholders thought they smelt a rat 5 and called on cato to withdraw their capital from the bank when the following conversation took place between cato and jack jack well cato we want to draw our money from the bank and quit dis bankin business cato did you heah de dejews news jack no what dat cato cato why de bank broke last night 1 jack who core care what de bank do I 1 tell you I 1 want my mv shah of de money 11 cato well but bat I 1 tell you dat de bank broke jack 1 I not bout dat I 1 say do money 11 cato why you v ou fool dont you know dat when de ae bank break do de money all I 1 gone sartin I 1 jack welp but de debbia de money gone to cato idaus dats more an dis bigah know all he know bout it is ia dat when white folks I 1 bank break de money always lost an bigah I 1 bank no better dan white folks I 1 jack well dis I 1 gage I 1 I 1 in bankin agin he hope de debbia git him fuss i cato worry werry sorry de bank br break e ak jack werry sorry 11 I 1 here our informant left 0 0 statesman |