hu-u-u-sh

Updated: June 21, 2025

The number of Northern visitors was very large, and it was evident that the negro managers of the congregation felt the importance of keeping on good terms with all of them without regard to party; for, on one occasion, as the pastor was giving these notices, slowly deciphering them, with the aid of a younger minister, and reading them mechanically, he began as follows: "Dere will be a meetin' of de Republikins of dis ward" and instantly a number of the brethren started to their feet, and put up their hands with a long "Hu-u-u-sh!"

Andrew Dickson White - Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2