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Thats Was a Phenomenon

No living human loves a long word that rumbles over the tongue in pronunciation, better than does a colored preacher. Hand him a new, long word to use, give him an idea of what it means and how to use it, and his friends and corrgregation may just as well begin getting ready to hear it often. They're that way. Ask anyone who knows them-

Brother Jackson was the pastor of the First Colored Baptist Church in his town, and on a visit to a neighboring city he met up with the word "phenomenpn," and it made a decided hit \pith him, so he started using it overtime.

The first sennon he preached ,after he got back home was to a crowded church, and he gave them the benefit of his newly acquired long word, using it over and over again during his sermon. He could see that it made a fine hit with the colored folks, and he noted the result every time he fired it at them.

After services were over and they were milling arou,nd in the vestry of the church, an old colored lady made her way through the crowd to the preacher's side, and adressed him:

"Pahsun, whutevah do you mean by dat wo'd'phenomenon'whut you done use sevrul times enduring of yoush suhmon dis mawnin?"

"Sistuh Jones," said the Parson in feigned surprise, "Ah'm surprised you doan know whut phenomenon means. If you wants Ah'll splanify an' illustrate it fo' yo'."

"Ah wisht you would," said Sister Jones.

"Yassumr" said the parson, "Sposin' you'all comes walkin' along de road, Sistuh Jones, an' you'all sees a cow. Dat ain't no phenomenon. No mam. An' sposin you'all goes furder an' you'all sees a big thistle bush. Dat ain't no phenomenon. No mam. An' sposin you'all goes on an' you'all sees a bird singin'. Dat ain't no phenomenon. No mam. Not none. But, Sistuh Jones, sposin' you'all comes along dat same road an' yo' sees dat satne cow' settin'on dat same thistle, an' singin' like dat same bird-lady, dat's a PHENOMENON.''

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