Show reminiscences of general wash ington you say I remarked to tho the oil old negro who drove the hack thai that mv vou ou were general Washing toni body servant bats damaso Da taso so I data dats jes so cosm I done waited on washington sence he lie was so bi high bih h no biggers a small chile you know the story then about the cherry treo and tho the hatchet know it why I was dar on tho spot escen I seen mossa moma gaage climb do tree after de cherries and anti I seen him fling de hatchet at do boys who was as him I done chase dem boys off do de place moela do you remember hy his appearance aa as a man mail what lie looked like yes he was a kinder short chunky man sorter fat and lien learty arty lookin ni jut ilse seed him in afar far cap wid ear car warmers you were not with him of course when he be crossed the delaware when he be went acro across s the delaw delaware ire river wid him yes I was right dar I waa was not moren two feet offa iii him ni as he dhruv across the bridge in his buggy dat dats s a fac I walked longside de de off hind wheel of dat buggy all dc do way you saw him then when he fought the british at trenton aos youre born I did I held mossa lossa L ganges coat an hat bat while he be fought the british at dat worry P place lace mossa mossit gaego clinched him and den dey hassled and hassled ras sled and at first he lie frew mossa gaerge and den mossa hossa flung him and find set on him and done hammered him till ho ile cried mossit gaage won that fight I seed him wid me own eyes an I come home wid him in the ayars you with him though when he shot the apple off the be boa ys head who want wid him awant I want I was do only busson dar P bentin cen CC sll t tin u one white man I loaded os s ganges revolver and bained it I him and picked up do io apple ripple an it soon as hod body cant tell dish yer ole bout dat circumstance you knew all of the generals general relations too I suppose pose martin luther and peter suppose SuE t the e hermit and the rest knowel um all many and banys de time I done waited on do table when mossa alma had bad um to dinner I remember dem two gemmen jes le wells if id a seen um yesterday yes sah sab an dru dhruv v cm ein out often ive frequently seen pictures of washington in which he is represented sitting upon u 01 a white whito horse did he really ride a white horse or don dont it you recall the color of bis his horse why bress your sou soul call de co color lor ob de hosa hoss call dc do color ob it do you see dish yer nigh boss hoss dat im a darivin now right yer well dats de do worry werry hoss mossa gawuc used to ride he ile let lef it to mo me in his will just then we reached the tile station and I dismounted dismount ed from the hack and Us paid d ling tons body servant for his ser services vica no doubt a longer conversation with him N would have re recalled caled other new and rind startling facts relating to the father of his country |