Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1910 — Refused to Be Fooled. [ARTICLE]

Refused to Be Fooled.

There is no fooling a man who loves fooling. Some one, on that significant date, April 1, sent Henry Ward Beecher a letter containing just a sheet of paper with the two words, “April Fool,” says the United Presbyterian. Mr. Beecher opened it, and then a delighted smile beamed over his face as he exclaimed: “Well! I’ve . Otten heard of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign his name to it, but this is the first ease of a man signing his name and forgetting to write the letter.”