Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1885 — A Mean Insinuation. [ARTICLE]

A Mean Insinuation.

“You have not put down where you came from,” remarked an Austin hotel clerk to a newly arrived stranger, who had registered himself and wife. “That’s so, and I don’t propose to put down where we came from,” replied the stranger, who was on his bridal tour. “What is the reason you don’t register the name of the place you live at?” asked the clerk. “Because, if I put down that we are from Chicago, everybody will think that we are not married.” The clerk smiled incredulously, and dropped the subject.— Texas Siftings.