Senator Smfth, of Georgia, is repsrted to have introduced this anecdote as part of an after-dinner spsech: "German militarism set out to overrun the world. Before tho disasters that havo befallen it, however, German militarism must now be feeling a good deal like. Cal Clav. Calhoun Clay, of Paint Rock, was fishing for tarpon in Florida, and lie hooked such a big one that it pulled li'in overboard. As Cal went over the side of tho boat and lore through tho water in tho tarpon's wake, ho said: 'AVhat All wants to know is dis—is dis niggali afishin', or (lis fish a-niggerin'?'" Sambo had been haled before the. Court on tho charge of chicken stealing. The Judge said: "You are charged with stealing chickens; have you any witnesses?" "No, suh," was the answer; "when 1 steal chickens I don't havo no witnesses."
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 157, 28 March 1919, Page 8
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142Untitled Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 157, 28 March 1919, Page 8
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