Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1888 — How He Got Fat. [ARTICLE]

How He Got Fat.

“Ah, it’s a glorious country,” said the young editor of an Arizona paper. “Since I’ve left college and came out here I’ve gained twenty-eight pounds.” “But,” said his old classmate who was visiting him, “you look and are a thundering sight thinner than you were when you graduated. ” “Well, maybe I am,” replied the journalist, “but I’ve got twenty-eight pounds of buckshot and slugs in my person, just the same. If something fatal doeseu’t happen, I'll weigh a ton before tho Fourth of July.” *