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
