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Neglect and Indignity--Caesar and Pompey.
Caesar. "Dey say dese outlandish folks captivated de most 'stinguished gent'men of de county t'oder night."
Pompey. "Did dey disturb your premises, Caesar?"
Caesar: "Dey did not. Was you interrupted, Pompey?"
Pompey. "I b'lieves not. I allows dem was ignorant pussens, onacquainted wid de neighborhood of Harper's Ferry."
Caesar. "Dat I always know'd before I ever heard of 'em." From Harper's Weekly, November 26, 1859.
Boyd B. Stutler Collection, West Virginia State Archives

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