Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1883 — What He Was In. [ARTICLE]

What He Was In.

“Mr. White,” said a Harrisburg lawyer to a witness in the box, “at the time these papers were executed you were speculating, were you not ?” “Yes, sir.” “You were in oil?” “I was.” “And what are you in now?” “Bankruptcy and the poorhouse!” was the solemn reply.— Wall Street News. The Rochester Post-Express, having been asked whether it is the correct thing to hold a bird in your fingers while eating it, replies: “If the bird is the regulation watering-place spring chicken it is correct enough, but poor policy. You should brace yourself against something and use both hands.” For aged men, women, weak and sickly children, without a rival. Will not cause headache. Brown’s Iron Bitters. The wheat-grower's motto —Of two weevils choose the less.