Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1884 — Two of a Kind. [ARTICLE]

Two of a Kind.

They were talking about Gus De Smith and Kosciusko Murphy in the Fizzletop family. Col. Fizzletop said that he considered them two of the brightest young men in Austin. Little Johnny spoke up and said: “Why, pa, Mr. De Smith hasn’t got any sense. The other day he thought I was a chip, and Mr. Murphy can’t count two.” “What do you mean, Johnny?” “Well, pa, I was riding out on my little donkey the other day, and I met Gus De Smith and Mr. Murphy. Mr. De Smith looked at me and said I was a chip of the old block.” “And what did Mr. Murphy say ?” “He put his hand on the donkey and said there were two chips of the old block. x Now, if I was a chip of the old block, how did he come to say there were two chips ? The donkey isn’t a chip of the old block, too, is he?” The “oldblock,” or rather Fizzletop, has not quite as good an opinion of those young men as he formerly had. —Texas Siftings.