Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1891 — Outrageous Wastefulness. [ARTICLE]

Outrageous Wastefulness.

Uncle Silas (reading)—Stifferny & Co. have made a solid silver epergne for a New York lady. It is valued at $1,496. Aunt Betsy—That’s downright extravagance. I never had an apr’n in my life that cost over 35 cents.— Jewelers’ Weekly.