Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1911 — Short Measure. [ARTICLE]

Short Measure.

An old lady who had made a great deaLof money selling whisky was visited when on her death-bed by her minister, to whom she spoke, as is usual on such occasions, about her temporal as well as her spiritual Affairs. As to her temporalities, they seemed to be In a very flourishing condition, for Bhe was dying worth a very large sum of money. “And so, Molly,” said the minister, “you tell •me that you are worth so much money?” “Indeed, minister,” replied Molly, ”1 am.” “And you tell me, too,” continued the minister, “that you made all that money by filling the whisky bottle?” “Na, na t ministers” said the dying woman, “I dldna tell you that. I made the maist of It by not quite filling the whisky bottle.’>