Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1898 — Swindled. [ARTICLE]

Swindled.

“Don’t you come around here with any more of your patent frauds,” said Uncle Reuben. “I’ve been took in once, but you ain’t goln’ to ketch me agin.” “What’s the matter?” asked the gentlemanly agent. “The lightning rods I sold you are all right, aren’t they?” “All right? Well, mebby you call ’em all right, but they’ve been up for more’n six months now and the lightnln’ hasn’t hit ’em once!”