Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1880 — Worth All He Got for Him. [ARTICLE]

Worth All He Got for Him.

‘‘Well, I ’ve sold my dog, ” said ho as he leaned against the door jamb. “Have you, though? How much did you get?” inquired a bystander. “Seventy-five dollars.” “ Well, somebody got bit on that dog trade,” remarked bystander No. 2. “Oh, no. I threw in a croquet set, an old campaign flag, a file of the New York Tribune, my last year’s fishing tackle, army overcoat, and —let me see. Oh, yes! I let quite a good second hand buggy go with it. Oh, that’s a mighty good dog. He’s worth all I got for him, ” —New Haven Register.