“ Ma, why is that darkey equivalent to a conundrum ?” “ I’m sure I don’t know my eon,” “ Because he is a-nig-ma. “Madam, can you tell me why two women stop in the middle of a street-cros-sing to talk ?” “ I suppose they do it for the same reason that a man rushes at the. top of his speed to get across the line in front of a tram of cars, and then stands and watches the train go by,” The gentleman changed the subject.
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Evening Star, Issue 7497, 16 April 1888, Page 2
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