Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1919 — History Repeats Itself. [ARTICLE]

History Repeats Itself.

A charming little incident has taken place in Doctor Johnson’s house, Gough square. A party of soldiers visited the Mecca and they got a colored member of the party to read aloud from the famous dictionary. He did so In excellent style. An inquiry revealed the fact that he was a native of Jamaica. All lovers of Johnson will remember It was Francis Barber of Jamaica who was the doctor’s faithful servant, to whom he left a handsome bequest. And Barber once went to sea. The coincidence of a Jamaican sailor reading aloud the dictionary In the old house was certainly curious.—London Dally Chronicle. 5