Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1895 — Old Pledges. [ARTICLE]

Old Pledges.

At the Paris Mont de Piete, the official pawnbroking establishment, a wedding ring pawned in 1857 has just been redeemed. Only 17 francs was lent upon it originally, but the ticket was renewed thirty-six times, and the owner paid fifty francs in interest Tickets are still renewed every year for a pair of cotton curtains pledged for 4 francs twenty-two years ago, and for an umbrella pawned in 1849. About the most miserable man in the world is the one who is expected to laugh at a joke be hao heard before. —Texas Siftings. Ly