Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1890 — Extremely High-Strung. [ARTICLE]

Extremely High-Strung.

“Do you remember Jones, who went out West?” said one traveling man who was conversing with another in a reminiscent vein. “ Very well.” “He was a veiy high-strung fellow.” “He was when I last saw him.” “What do you mean?” “A vigilance committee had taken charge of him.” By way of shedding some light on the inquiry as to when shad were first used for food, Richard Wynkoop publishes a letter of which he has the original, showing that Washington’s soldiers ute them in 1781. That the fish was eien then held in proper esteem is indicated by the fact that it is spelled with a capital S in the letter refeired to.