Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1894 — Thought He Was a Witch. [ARTICLE]

Thought He Was a Witch.

In 1745 Dr. Watson stretched a wire across the Thames and sent an electric shock through it from one observer to the other. He was accused of witchcraft and had much trouble in proving his innocence. Papa— “ How is it, Alice, that you never get a prize at school?” Mamma —“And that your friend, Louisa Sharp, gets so many?” Alice—(innocently)—“Louisa Sharp haa such slever parents.”—Tid-Blts.