Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1886 — The Classics in Chicago. [ARTICLE]

The Classics in Chicago.

While waiting in the house of a friend I espied a well-filled book case, and with the groedy eye of a bibliophile I determined to put in a few minutes in examining the volumes. A bulky volume labeled “Cicero” attracted my attention. Mechanically I laid hold of it and removed it from the shelf. It was remarkably heavy, and on turning it about I discovered it was no more or less than a pasteboard box, the lid of which formed the front of the alleged book. Lifting this up I disclosed to view a flat, transparent flask of extremely fine Henderson County whisky. While struggling with the cork my friend entered. “Ah,” he said, “I see you are as great an admirer of Cicero as I am—cheese it, my wife’s coming. ” There wasn’t a book in the case. They were all dummies. —Chicago News.