Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1884 — A Base Fabrication. [ARTICLE]

A Base Fabrication.

“He’s got’em on! He’s got’em on!” triumphantly exclaimed young Johnnie Jarphly at the breakfast table. “Got wot on ?” asked his mother, in surprise. “What ails you, Johnnie? What are you a-peeking under the table so for? Why don’t you sit up straight and eat your meal ?” “Pah’s got ’em on! I see ’em!” emphatically asserted the Jarphlys’ heir. “Got wot on, sir? Wot are yon talking about?” sternly asked his father. “Why, you got you’re pants on, and I heard Mr. Smiff say that he thought mail wore ’em .—Pittsburgh Chronicle J Telegraph.