Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1878 — Sign of Surrender. [ARTICLE]

Sign of Surrender.

A down-town resident, native to the land which gave Bismarck birth, remarked to a young man, supposed to be seriously attentive to a very handsome niece : “ Dot feller’s vixed. He’s gotum pad. He make dot gal bresent ov ring mit dose don’t you-for-get-me-it flowers on.” —Kingston (N. Y.) Freeman. Another attempt to break down the law of primogeniture in England has been made. It resulted, however, in a failure, as the bill, though supported by Sir William Harcourt, was defeated by thirty-six votes.