Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1910 — Reckless Speed. [ARTICLE]

Reckless Speed.

Governor Hughes, at a dinner in Albany, speaking of a piece of legislation he disliked, said: “They are putting this piece of legislation through with reckless speed. They remind me of Peter Simpson. “Peter Simpson lived, on the eighth story of a tenement. Having arranged to move to the eighth story of Che tenement opposite, he decided that to carry his belongings down eight flights and then up eight flights was too slow and tedious a process for him. He, by the powers, would hurl them across. "So that Is what he did. From his own window he hurled through the air towards the opposite window frying pans, stools, pictures, chairs, and even a small table. “‘Go it, Pete!' the crowd shouted from below. And their delight was boundless when Simpson threw the cat, tied In a pillowcase, and Mrs. Simpson caught It deftly at the window across the way. “‘Go It!’ they cried again. “I understand that the baby was just being tied u$ la another pillowcase when a policeman interfered.’’ A woman who engages In two love affairs at the same time makes a mistake; she cannot enjoy either, and Is liable to get killed. A rabbit will fight over a love affair, r ' —v - As soon as a town man trades horses with a farmer, he begins screaming: "I want my money back!”