OCR Text |
Show Two Courses Fok Emht Cents. The Detroit Free Press A colored man living on Fourth street, east, has a sign on hisuou-e, reading: "Meals for eight cents." The sign attracted tho attention of a hungry man of color the other day, anJ he stepped in and said ho would havo a dinner. A slice of bread and a boal of water were placed on tho tible, and he waa told to draw u p. "What sort of a meal is dal?" he demanded, drawing a-.vay, instead ot drawing up. "D.u'h an eipht-fvut meal, my friend." "I isn't prepar.d to fquar' oil' in front of no such dinner," growled tho stranger, getting out doors.- "It isn't no festival, dat'a true," replied Ihe proprietor, "but when de price ii limited down to eight cents you must spue de luod will be limited dr.wn to about two courses. Dar's beard, and dar's water, and if you want to make it ten cents, I'll put on de peper-box and a knife and fork." j |