Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1888 — Only a Peanut Tender. [ARTICLE]

Only a Peanut Tender.

It does not do to jump at conclusions, apropos of which is the following story from Golden Bays: A witness was being examined in an important case, and his testimony was conclusive. So the lawyer for the other side undertook to make him an object for ridicule. “You are a business man, I believe?” “Yes, sir.” “What is your business!” “I deal in peanuts. ” The lawyer smiled knowingly at the jury. “A peanut vender, eh? How many pints did you sell last month?” “I hardly know. A million, perhaps.” “What?” “I handle about half a million bushels a year. lam a wholesale dealer. ” The lawyer sat down. He had forgotten that the peanut crop is the source of riches to many Southern farmers, and that the annual trade in the humble “goober” foots up $10,000,000!*