Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1885 — An Express-Messenger Caught. [ARTICLE]

An Express-Messenger Caught.

“Did you know Boss ?” said the express messenger. “No? Well, he was one of those jovial fellows who could laugh himself out of scrapes which lose other men their places. He had charge of a cage with two deer in it; one of his packages turned up missing, and Mr. Sloan asked Boss to account for it. Ross scratched his head awhile, and said, ‘ Well, the fact is, Mr. Sloan, I put that package on top of that cage of deer and the deer ate it up.* “ 'Ton are sure the deer ate it, are you?’ “ ‘Oh, yes, I know they did.’ " ‘lt is rather expensive to feed deer

on bundles worth sl6, isn’t it?’ said Mr. Sloan. “‘Yes, it is; but I couldn’t help it’ “Mr. Sloan got Ross down fine, so that he ins sted the deer had eaten the package, and then he handed him the bill for the goods. It was for four solid ivory billiard balls at $4 apiece. We only had to ask Ross how many billiard balls a deer could eat to shut him up. ” Terre Haute Express.