Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1888 — Show Your Hands. [ARTICLE]

Show Your Hands.

Entering an Austin watch-maker’s establishment, a country negro produced the hands of a dock, and observed to the astonished watch-maker: “Boss, I wants yer ter fix up dese ban’s. Dey don’t keep no kere’t time for moak den six munfs.” “Yere has you got de glock?” interrogated the German proprietor of the establishment. “Out at de house on Injun Greek. ” “Yen you prings him in?” “Wbaffor you want de glock?” “I vants to fix dot glock mit der hands. ” “Of course yer fixes it wid yer han’s. Who said yer wars gwiaeter fix it. wid 4 yer toes?” “I must have dot glock.” “Didn’t I tole yer dar was nnffin de matter wid de clock ’ceptin’ de han’s, and I have dun brung ’em ter yer? You jess wants de clock so yon kin tinker wid it and charge me like de debble. Gib me back dem han’s. And taking them awuy from the designing German he went out to hunt up another establishment. —Texas Siftings.