Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1883 — Too Late. [ARTICLE]

Too Late.

It appeared to be a private confab, as the two men sat with their backs to the iron fence of the Trinity Church. “If you was Jay Gould,” said one, “and I was a Judge on the bench, how much would you giveto own me ?” “Well, I dunno. now much would you take ?” “Make me an offer.” “Well, I’d chip in with Jim Keene and Russell Sage and Uncle Rufus, and I reckon we’d offer you $20,000. “Hoot! toot! man, but you’d get left! While you were getting up the pool President Villard would step in with an offer of $25,000.” Verdict for plaintiff. Marie Antoinette’s harp has been found in au old curiosity shop in Berlin.