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Show . Analyzed. I Representative John Sharp Williams of Mississippi tells of a colored man In a town of that State who enjoys a local fame by reason of his romarkablo vocabulary. vocab-ulary. Ono day tho colored man was standing near an artesian well, when a stranger, also a negro, accosted him, ask. i lng: "Is dls here good water?" "Well, I reckon," Indignantly replied Xha othcr "Whar you como from, anyhow, dat you don't know hit? Ain't you heerd dat dls water been scandalized by frec-nologlsts? frec-nologlsts? Dls hero water been foun' to persist ln three parts two parts ox-hlde-ungas an' ono part hldefoby." New York Press. |