Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1886 — A Rush of Business. [ARTICLE]

A Rush of Business.

A man once fell off of a Missouri River steamboat, and his fare being paid, the boat steamed rapidly around a curve and was soon lost to view. While struggling in the water a skiff approached and a man in it called out; “Hey, there, pardner, hurry up!” “For heaven’s sake take me in your boat before I drown!” replied the man in the water. “Aint quite ready fer that perceedin’ yet my friend,” returned the first speaker, begingiug to back off. “Come, can’t wait all cay.” “ hat do you mean ?” “Mean! don’t you know me ?” “No.”

“Well, I’m the coroner of Morton County, and if you want a purty fair funeral and a first-, lass verdi t and not go floating'down the river without a friend in the world you want to hurry up and get under. There are a couple of the boys getting full over here at the town and I expe t they’ll 1 egin to shoot pretty quick and I’if have to ’tend to those cases; so if you have any selfrespe. t you’d better hurry up."-Estel-line Bell.

A bad man is like an earthen vessel; easy to break and hard to mend. A eood man is like a golden vessel; hard to break and easy to mend. — From the Hindoo.