Eureka Reporter | 1905-02-10 | Page 4 | Puzzled by the Law

puzzled by the law abrar librarian lan putnam of the congles library tells a story of a col ored man who came into the library a few days ago and asked one of the assistants for a good law book he explained that one of his neighbors intended to sue him and he wanted to get a book so be he could find out the law the clerk gave him a copy of a book called every man his own law yer the colored man sat down at one of the desks and turned the pages of the book for an hour then he came to the desk of the assistant and said deed boss cahnt it you git me dis yere Is d fifth edi edl tion cain cali to I 1 have d fust edition 9 debbe I 1 c u d under stan dat I 1 ain t bin gittin on right smart with dis yere fifth one baltimore news