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Show TOO EARNEST IN HIS WORK. Old Colored Man's Humorcus Warning Warn-ing to His Employer. A southern member of Congress wh lives in a Washington hotel has for his personal attendant an old colored col-ored man to whom he Is much attached. attach-ed. The negro, by virtue of long servitude, servi-tude, has come to assume considerabla authority over his employer. The Conjressman was visited by some friend the other evening the host fferlmg them a drink of whisky, Bay-tng Bay-tng he was about to take one himself, heplg to break up a cold. The party tec three or four drinks, and the Jug was about to be passed again, when the negro servant mafle things very embarrassing to the host by saying: " 'Deed, sah, you said you was a-takin' this yer whisky to break up a cold. 'Pears like they was tryla' to break up a hull winter." |