Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1898 — Thought It a New-Fangled Notion. [ARTICLE]

Thought It a New-Fangled Notion.

Recently two gentlemen, driving along in wagonette, were smoking, when a spark falling from one of their cigars set fire to some straw at the bottom. The flames soon drove* them from their seats, and while they were busy extinguishing the fire, a countryman, who had for sometime been following them on horseback, alighted to assist them. “I have been watching the smoke for some time,” said he. “Why, then, in heaven’s name, did yon not give us notice?” asked the astonished travelers. “Well.” responded the man, “there are so many new-fangled notions nowadays I thought you Were going by steam *