Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1884 — A Lover of the Antique. [ARTICLE]

A Lover of the Antique.

Mrs. Limoges is very bric-a-brac in her tastes, but is not very ready to pay her bills. The other day the grocery man called. “Can I see Mrs. L. ?” he said to the servant. “What do you want?” “I’ve got a bill here for some groceries she bought last month.” “Only a month old?” asked the girl in surprise. “Ain’t that old enough?” “No, sir, it is not. Mrs. Limoges, I’d have you know, is a lover of the antique, and should she see a-bill only a month old she would have a fit of nervous prostration.” “Well, that beats the deuce. When shall I come ?”' “O, some time in the future. The older thdlbill gets the better; but don’t you ever dare to come around with any of those vulgar new bills that the stains of time have never touched,” and she slammed the door in his face.— Ex.