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Show Among the extensive stories possessed by a certain southern congressman is one with refer-'ence refer-'ence to some candidates for baptism in a river in Louisana. One individual, who had fear of alligators, srjke of it to the minister who had bought him thither. "Why, brother" said the preacher, reproachfully, reproach-fully, "can't you trust the Lord? He took care of Jonah,, didn't He?" "Yussuh' said the doubtful one; 'ibut a whale's different. A whale's got a memhory, but ef one of them 'gators was to swaller dls nigger, he'd jest go to sleep in de sun an' ferget all 'bout me." Philadelphia Public Ledger. |