Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1885 — On Account of Sickness. [ARTICLE]

On Account of Sickness.

Stockton Judge (speaking to prisoner) —You are drunk. Prisoner—Yes, your honor; but I am obliged to drink on account of sickness. “How long have you been sick ?” “I haven’t been feeling well, Judge, for twenty years.” —Stockton Maverick. ‘ A gentleman in conversation said that his dogs were A 1. Shouldn’t they have been rated K 9 2