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Show Misplaced Words. A man was brought before a police court charged with abusing his team and using loud and profane language on the street. One of the witnesses was a pious old negro, who was submitted sub-mitted to a short cross-examination. "Did the defendant use improper language while he was beating his horse?" asked the lawyer. "Well, he talk mighty loud, sah." "Did he indulge in profanity?" The witness seemed puzzled. The lawyer put the question in another way. "What I mean, Uncle Ans, is did he use words that would he proper for your minister to use in a sermon?" "Oh, yes, sun, yes, sun," the old man replied, with a grin that revealed the full width of his immense mouth, "but dey'd have to be 'ranged dlff'runt." |