Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1884 — One of the Family. [ARTICLE]

One of the Family.

“Say pard,” said an Austin man to a stranger'who was shuffling so slowly along the street that his shadow seemed to be stuck fast to the sidewalk, “don’t you come from the West?” “I reckon you’re about right in your calkerlations, ” he drawled. “I thought so.” “What made you. think I hailed from that region ?” “Because I hear that there has been a shower of snails there lately, and I was sure that you must be one of the family.”—Tea as Sittings.