“Waiting for the Verdict.”—The Herman Nurse: “Is it a Chermau or an Euklish papy?” The Mamma: “Well. I don't know. You see she was born in England, but my husband is Herman.” Ti e Herman Nurse : “ Ach, sob ! Uen ve \ ill vaitto see van lenkvetch she vill schbcak, aid zen ve vill know 1” A negro in a religious gathering pnyed earnestly that he and his colo- n I brethren migii' be preserved from what be < ailed their “ upsettin’ sins.” “ Brnddcr,’’ -aid one of bis friends at the close of the meeting, “you ain’t got de hang of dat ’ar word. It's ‘ besettin’,’ not ‘ upsettin’, ’ ’ “ Drudder,” replied the other, “if dat’s so, it’s so. But 1 was a-prayiu’. Providence to save us from de sin ob intoxication : an’ if dat ain't an upsettin’ sin, I dunuo what am."
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Globe, Volume V, Issue 601, 23 May 1876, Page 3
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138Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Globe, Volume V, Issue 601, 23 May 1876, Page 3
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