People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1892 — He Corrected Himself. [ARTICLE]

He Corrected Himself.

He was a good fellow, but the grammarity of his language pained his educated wife severely, and she was constantly correcting him. A few days ago she told him of the departure of a friend. “Yes,” he said, “I knew he was going, but I did not know he had gone.” She looked up at him, so he thought he had slipped again. “Excuse me,” he apologized hurriedly. “I knowed he was going, but I didn’t know he had went.” Then it was she broke down and w’ept.—Detroit Free Press.