Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1885 — Saving Souls in Iowa. [ARTICLE]

Saving Souls in Iowa.

Ghif«go Hearld. “Have you any dinamite?” “No, sir- we don’t keep it. — None of the regular stores in Chicago do. What did you want it for?’ “Business.” ‘Well, we haven’t got any What kind of business do you want it for?’ ‘Church bu siness. ‘What?’ ‘Church business. You see, there’s a big rivalry between two denominations in my neighborhood in the business of saving souls. The one I belong to is getting left. The other fellows have got the bulge on us, and we held a church council last week and decided to blow up their concern with dynamite some dark night’ " here do you live, anyway?’ ‘Oh, out in >owa.’