Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1909 — Biblical. [ARTICLE]

Biblical.

An Alabama man tells of an old darkey in Birmingham who became possessed of a seedy and forlorn looking dog to which he promptly assigned the name “Moreover.” “Jefferson,” the aged negro was asked, “ how did you hit upon such a name as ‘Moreover’ for the dog?*’ “I gits it outen de Bible,” said the darkey. “The Bible?” “Sure, sah. Doan’ yo’ ’member, where it says, ‘When Lazarus lay at de rich man’s gate Moreover, de dog come an’ lick his sores?’”