Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1886 — Melancholy All Around. [ARTICLE]

Melancholy All Around.

Old Gent—“ And how is your father, John?” John—“He is dead, sir.” Old Gent—“ Dead! Dear me! What a. pity! And how is your mother?” John—“ She is dead, too. ” Old Gent—“lndeed! Dear me! What a pity, what a pity! But how is your wife, John?” John—“ She died last week, sir.” Old Gent—“ Why goodness me—what a pity! And your mother-in-law, how’s she?” John—“ She’s hearty, sir.” Old Gent (abstractedly)—“Dear me, what a pity”— Detroit I 'ree Press.