"DE PROPEREST WAY."
" Which am de properest way to suppress oneself? Does yer say : ' We eated at the table/ or ' we has done ate at de table V asked one Texas dttvkey of another, they being- engaged in a grammatical discussion. As they could not agree the question was referred to Uncle Mose for his decision, which was :
"In de case of you two niggahs none ob you am right." " What am de properest way to say : ' We eated at de table,' Uncle Mose V " De properest way for sich cattle as you two am to say : ' We fed at de troft.' "
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Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 68, 17 September 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)
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102"DE PROPEREST WAY." Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 68, 17 September 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)
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