Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1898 — Ex-President Hayes and the Farmer. [ARTICLE]

Ex-President Hayes and the Farmer.

It Is told of ex-President Rutherford B. Hayeu that, while attending school at Kenvon College, he was in the habit of taking daily walks into the country with two intimate fun-loving companions. They frequently indulged in repartee with people on the road, and on one occasion met their match. In an old garden they saw a man whose patriarchal heard suggested the following Joke: One of them doffed his hat, and called, “Good morning, Father Abraham;” the next said, “Good morning,' Father Isaac;” while Mr. Hayes, not to be outdone, called out, “Good morning, Father Jacob.” Ignoring the outstretched hand of the latter, the old man said with dignity: “Gentlemen, you are mistaken in the man. lam neither Abraham, Isaac nor Jacob, but Saul, the son of Kish, who was sent out to seek his father’s asses, and lo! I have found them.”