Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1885 — The Two Socialists. [ARTICLE]

The Two Socialists.

A Tramp who had stolen a ten-dollar bill from a Farm House was so Vigorously Pursued by the Victim that he was Finally Overhauled. “Ah! you Thief!” shouted the Farmer, “but you Deserve a year in Prison!” “Thief! lam no Thief. ” “But you stole my money!” “I also Deny that. I only took what Belonged to me. As a Socialist you Preach that there should be an Equal Division of Wealth. As a Soc alist I divided your Pile and took only my Half. Moral—The Farmer Socialist let the Fellow go, of course—only‘he didn’t.— Detroit Free Press.