Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1910 — A Rabelais Hoax. [ARTICLE]

A Rabelais Hoax.

Rabelais, being out of money, once tricked the police Into taking him from Marseilles to Paris on a charge of treason. He made up some packages of brick dust and labeled them "Poison for the royal family.” The officers took Rabelais 700 miles only to be told at the end of their journey that It was April 1 and the affair was a hoax. Of course, as Rabelais was the privileged wit of the royal family, he was forgiven.