Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1884 — Fully Prepared. [ARTICLE]

Fully Prepared.

At a meeting of the operatives of a neighboring city, the chairman gave his hearers a little sound advice on the need of saving money against the time of old age and sickness. “In spite of the good pay you have received,” said he, “11l venture to say that half the men present have not saved anything this summer.” To test the correctness of his statement he asked several, from whom he got more or less satisfactory answers. Finally he looked over to where a well-to-do Irishman was sitting, and said: “Well, Patrick, how much have you got laid up against a rainy day ?” “An owld umbrilly in the attic, begorra, and that’s enough for a workin’ man.” —Boston Globe.