Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1898 — Dead Easy. [ARTICLE]

Dead Easy.

Walking Delegate—Say, you fellows, what makes you all look so cheerful? What’s the matter in this shop, anyway? A person might think every man here was satisfied with his wages. I never saw anything like it. Are you all crazy? Foreman—Naw. Everything’s lovely here, and why not? The proprietor of the place is running for office. We’ve had four raises in the last three weeks, jist fer the askin’.