Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1890 — Natural Science. [ARTICLE]

Natural Science.

Patrick—Phwy do ye be wearin’ thot heavy coat a warrum day loike this? Mike —Oi had th’ coat wid me, an’ it’s asier wearin’ it than carryin’ it. Patrick —That’s ph were y’r mishtaken, Moike. Wan day lasht wake Tim Murphy, who kapes th’ saloon beyant, axed me to go t’ th’ daler’s an’ get him a dimijohn of whisky. I wint, an’ th’ dimijohn waz so heavy Oi took some swigs out av it, to lighten ft, but begorry th’ moor av it Oi droonk up, the heavier it got, until Oi cudn’t carry it at all at all.