Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1889 — At the Justice Court. [ARTICLE]

At the Justice Court.

Magistrate—Villain, can it be true that you stabbed this wretched man fourteen times? Prisoner—That was for his own sake, your Honor. I had only stabbed him thirteen times, but I remembered that thirteen is an unlucky number, so I went back and gave him another!