Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — Comments of the Cheerful Man. [ARTICLE]

Comments of the Cheerful Man.

The cheerful man came into breakfast late the other morning. The stout lady opposite, who always comes down to breakfast in a wrapper, was complaining that, the table was too crowded. “I must have another leaf put In,” she said. “Ah, an autumn leaf—very appropriate,” fhld the cheerful man. “No, just a plain, hard board,” said the stout lady. “Plain, hard board,” said the cheerful man. “More appropriate still.” Thea he suddenly remembered that the stout lady was the landlady’s sister, and put salt on his buckwheat cake. —Washington Post.