Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1888 — A Bright Idea. [ARTICLE]

A Bright Idea.

Misther O’Booney (entering hardware store) —The boss sint me down afther a pane av glass, tin be foorteen. Wagggish clerk—Well, Pat, I don’t think I can give you a ten-by-fourteen, but I can let you have a lourteen-by-ten, if you think you can make that do. Pat (struck with a bright idea) —Be hivvens just gimme wan av thim, an’ Oi’ll just turn th’ sideways av it upside down, an’ Oi don’t belave the boss himself ud ever know th’ difference.—Toronto Grip. An Austin clergyman, whose, name we suppress on account of his sacred calling, was absorbed in thought a few Sundays ago, just before divine service began, when he was approached by the organist, who asked, referring to the opening hymn: - “What shall I play?” - “What kind of a hand have you got?” responded the absent-minded clergyman.—Texas Siftings. A patent has been finally issued for an electrical typewriter.