Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1895 — The Fault of the Grip. [ARTICLE]

The Fault of the Grip.

He was standing on a street corner, looking very disconsolate, when a friend asked what troubled him. “Looking for a new Job,” he said, shortly. “What was the matter with the one yon hadt’ “Grip,” he replied. , “Lost your grip?” i “No; got it.” “What do you mean?” **W ell,” he said, in an explanatory Way, “the grip is very trying to a man’s temper, Isn’t it?” “Yes.” , “Ton never saw a man with the grip in good humor, did you?” “No.” “Well, I made a trifling mistake.” “Yes.” “And the boss said something to me about It” “Of course.” “And I said something to him.” "Yes.” “We both had the grip at the time.” “Well, what else?” “Nothing else. He’s looking for a new clerk and I’m looking for a new boss. Men can get along all right, but when two cases of grip come together there’s always trouble.”—Chicago Post