Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1905 — The Main Point. [ARTICLE]

The Main Point.

It so happened that a man from New Orleans recently Tound himself in a far northern city where the alleged coffee closely resembled warm spring water. “How much I should enjoy,” he remarked to his vis-a-vis after the dessert at dinner, “a good cup of case noir!” The attentive waiter, letting slip no opportunity to uphold the honor of his city, remarked: “ ‘Noir’ means black, doesn't it, sir? Well, we can give it to you black if you wish it.” “Ah, but my friend,” replied the traveler from New Orleans, “you forget that case means coffee!”—New Orleans Times-Democrat.