Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1913 — Kept Himself Guessing. [ARTICLE]

Kept Himself Guessing.

A negro porter in a barber shop made a speech one night at his colored men’s club. It was quite an effort, creating a sensation among his brothers on account of the number of bigs words it contained. His employer heard of it, and the next day began twitting him when he saw him absorbed in a dictionary. “What are you doing, Sam?” he asked. “Looking up some more big words for another Speech?” “No, sah,” he replied. “Taln’t that. Ah’s jest’ transactin' the speech Ah made las’ night.”—Harper’s Weekly.