Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1886 — Too Clever by Half. [ARTICLE]

Too Clever by Half.

"I Merchant (to clerk)—“Here, I have just written out the following letter: ‘Dear Sir: As respects the amount for which I am indebted to jou, I beg to state that I intend to pay in full very shortly, as you are my principal creditor, and the rest of my liabilities are scarcely worth mentioning, 1 etc., etc. I want you to make thirty copies of this letter, and send them to the addresses giyen in this list.” Merchant (next day) —“Well, did you attend to that little matter?” Clerk —“O, yes: but to save trouble I had the letters lithographed before sending them off.” — llumorulijsite JUaetter,