Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1885 — It Balanced. [ARTICLE]

It Balanced.

“What are you doing down town at this time of night?” asked one pedestrian of another, in front of the City Hall, at 10 o’clock at night. “Been working at my books down at the office.” “What ailed ’em?” “My cash account wouldn’t balance. Old Smith was looking over the books this afternoon, and he said he’d give me till to-morrow noon to see that cash balanced cash-on-hand account.” “Can you t nd the error?” “Oh, I’ve found it, and made everything balan- e. I brought Sjf3i).6s down from the house, you know!” —Detroit Free Brens. New single leather, belting weighs nearly sixty pounds to the cubio foot, while a strip one foot long and one inch ■wide weighs O.Obb pound.