Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1910 — Statistics Go Lame. [ARTICLE]

Statistics Go Lame.

1 “ ’Pears t’ me thar’s somethin’ Wrong with stertistlcks,” remarked the oldest inhabitant as he dropped into his usual place on the loafers’ bench. “What’s wrong with ’em?” queried the village grocer. "Wall, ercordin’ tew ’em,” continued the o. i., “we orter hev had a death in teown ev’ry six weeks fer th’ past tew years.” “Is that so?” said the grocer. “Yaas,” answered the other, “an’ by ginger, we ain’t had ’em!”