“Did this man use improper language?” inquired the lawyer for the prosecution.
“Well, sah,” replied Uncle Ans, “he did tawk mighty loud, sah.”
“And did he indulge in profanity?”
The witness looked puzzled but did not answer, so the attorney tried again.
“What I mean, Uncle Ans,” he said, “is this: did he use words that your minister could use in a sermon?”
“Oh, yessah, yessah,” answered Uncle Ans, with a grin; “de ministah could use dem word, sah, but he suttinly would hab ter errange dem different.”
PRECAUTIONARY.
Mrs. Bacon—“I see washerwomen in Alabama are compelled to register their names with the city health departments.”
Mr. Bacon—“Why don’t they vaccinate them?”