Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1911 — Where He Was Queer. [ARTICLE]

Where He Was Queer.

<The negro, on occasions, displays a In© ‘discrimination In the choice bT words. “Who’s the best white-washer in town?” inquired the new resident. "Ale Hall am a bo’nd a’tist with a whitewash brush, sah,” answered the colored patriarch eloquently. “Well, tell him to come and whitewash my chicken house tomorrow.” Uncle Jacob shook his head dubiously. "Ah don’ believe, sah, ah’d engage Ale Hall to whitewash a chicken house, sah.” “Why, didn’t you say he was a good whitewasher?" “Yes, sah, a powe’ful good whitewasher, sah; but mighty queer about a chicken house, shh, mighty queer!” —Mack's National Monthly.