Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1898 — A Mother’s Excuse [ARTICLE]

A Mother’s Excuse

’ “I am willing to admit, madam, that the thieving propensity may be a disease, but I don’t see any excuse for your son’s handling his victim so roughly.” “Oh, your honor, he took all his diseases so hard.”—Cleveland Plaindealer.