§ 76 With Credit to S. Blythe
Sam Blythe claims this is a true one. Maybe he is right; Sam generally is.
He says a Washington wholesaler wished to learn the relative qualities of two brands of mucilage. He handed one bottle of each brand to his negro janitor.
“Henry,” he said, “take these and test them and see which one is the stickier.”
Hours passed before Henry reappeared. Wearing a somewhat unhappy, not to say distressed, expression, he entered his employer’s office and placed the two bottles on the latter’s desk.
“Well, Henry,” said the jobber, “what’s the result of your experiments?”
“Boss,” stated Henry, “it’s lak dis: Dis yere one gummed up my mouth the most; but dis yere other one, the taste lasted the longest.”