Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1910 — VERY APPROPRIATE. [ARTICLE]
VERY APPROPRIATE.
On the wide veranda of the old southern hotel sat the titled gentle* men with their weekly papers and cooling mint juleps. "Jeff," whispered the Chicago man who had Just arrived, "can you tell me the different titles of those gentle* men?” ' The old colored hostler grinned. “Yeas, boss. Ah kin toll y& ebhy one ob dem. Dat big stout gea’man wid de empty Julep glass am Gineral Tom, sah, De uddeh gen’man wld de broad grin am Gineral Chesteh. sad. De lean gen’man dat am talkin’ about de wah am Gineral Clay, sah." I"he Chicago man was Interested^ “Ah, lndeedl And who Is that crab-bed-looking Individual sitting In the corner?" “Him? Lands, boss, he am so disagreeable en so unpleasant en he maks you so wahm we dess call him Gineral Humidity."
