Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1883 — An Abused Traveler. [ARTICLE]

An Abused Traveler.

The Wall Street Daily News man reports a conversation he overheard in a large mercantile house, as follows: “Mr. Scott,” said the head of the firm to one of the drummers who had just reached home, “what is this in the papers about your having five wives ?” “Is it in the papers ?” “Yes, sir; and marked copies have been sent to our firm.” “Well, there’s a mistake somewhere: or else it’s a put-up job to throw me out of a place.” “But have you five wives ?” “No, of course not I” “Then you had better sue for damages. I’ll give you the address of our lawyer, and vou can call upon him this afternoon. There is no mistak, you say?” “Mistake! Can you make five wives out of one wife in Jersey, a cousin in Albany, a sister-in-law in Troy, and a widow who is mashed on me in Syracuse ? I’m an innocent and abused man, and it will take a million dollars to satisfy my injuries.” The trade dollar is an orphan; it has lost Its pan A good medicinal tonic with real merit, is Brown’s Iron Bitters. Coffee is being extensively planted on the Florida Keys.