Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1898 — Badly Disabled. [ARTICLE]

Badly Disabled.

A writer in Harper’s Drawer sayi that a lawyer, having some papers t« be executed by an old Irishwoman, went to her hou«e one morning for her signature. On his arrival he requested her to sign her pame “here,” indicating the spot. “Ocb,” said jihe, with a bland smile, “you sign ii for me, for sure, since I lost me glasses I can’t write.” “Well, tow do you spell your name, Mrs. B.?’* “Martha, dear,” she cried, “come here directly and sbpell me name for the gintleman, for sure, since I lost me teeth 1 can’t shpell a word!”