Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1883 — Rocky Mountain Costumes. [ARTICLE]
Rocky Mountain Costumes.
“Don’tyou think it’s warm?” inquired a Colorado man. “Not especially.” “Well, I s’pose it’s because I’ve got my winter flannels on. I always buy six red flannel undershirts in September, and put one on. In October I put on another; in November another.” “What! not over the rest?” “Yes, over the rest; in December another; and so on until the first of March, when I take off the top one; in April I take off another, and so on until I take off the last one.” “Then what do you do?” “I take a bath'. ” —Kansas City Times.
