Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1881 — Spotted Tail’s Joke. [ARTICLE]
Spotted Tail’s Joke.
One day Captain Lee was talking frith Spotted Tail, the murdered chief, and others about honest people, and the keeping of one’s word. . “ There’s no such thing as an honest man,” said the Captain, jokingly. “There used to be however. In former times honest men always used to have a bunch of hair growing in the palm of their right hand. I don’t see lint a few bunches in my hand.” <1 < . Spotted Tail u» jto him, and shaking hands with nia. aafcl: “ How! How! Trifjea ft>#have a great big bunch of hair in ‘of ms hand but it has all been' worn off by shaking with the'fljiteg’Jg j’» Mr. George Drawees Oak street, nnapolis, Ind., suffered terribly with, Wafer*! rheumatism. He Si. JWcObs Oil and. was entirely cured.—M Y. 1 Spirit of the Times. «
