Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1886 — A Thief with a Conscience. [ARTICLE]

A Thief with a Conscience.

“Did you ever see an honest thief?* asked Mr. Carpenter, the Front street marlcetman. “Well, I have. A man came into the store Y! onday morning and asked me if I had any pickerel. I opened the fish-box, and lie picked out a fair-sized one. ‘How much do you want for that one?’ asked the man. ‘l’ll weigh it and see,’ I replied. I did so, and told him he could have it for 40 cents. Said he: ‘I stole a pickerel from your stand out there last Saturday night and I want to pay for it. It was nearly as big as this one you’ve just weighed for me, and I had you weigh this one bo I could find out liow much the other one was worth. Now, lam willing, to pay you double for it. I don’t know what made me steal it, for I never did such a thing before, and I passed a most wretched Sunday on ac count of it.’”— Port Jervis * Union. Sam Jones says that playing progressive euchre is gambling. This accounts for its popularity. No man can be a thoroughly pure Christian without the aid of soap.