Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1889 — Hard Times. [ARTICLE]

Hard Times.

“By Jove, but these are hard times,” said a jolly fellow’ the other day. “I can’t earn enough to give my wife and children a trip to the beach.” “That’s rather hard.” “Hard! I should think so. Why, I earned only $75 last month, and it cost SSO for household expenses.” “I should think that out of the remaining $25 you could have given your wife and children a trip to the beach.” “Yes, but I had to use that $25 for club dues and the expenses of a couple of yachting excursions I took W’ith the boys.” —Boston Courier. Fob washing flannels, Dobbins’ Eloctrio Soap is marvelous. Blankets and woolens wasued with it look like new, and there is absolutely no shrinking. No other soap in the world will do such perfect work. Guest —“See here, one of your waiters has spilled a plate of soup over this lady’s dress.” Proprietor—“Be calm, sir. We will take the price of the soup out of his next week's wages.”