Sam Kee 1879

KEE

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 4/13/2017 at 21:17:48

The Clinton Age, Clinton, Iowa, January 31, 1879

Sam Kee, the Chinese washerman, had a boy arrested yesterday for annoying him, by pulling his bell, tying a cat to his que, and otherwise troubling him. “Damme me,” said Sam, “ketche Mehean boyee, me sopee he eye, go blind maybe. Marshallman ketche he by damme.” - Dubuque Herald