Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1911 — Absurd. [ARTICLE]

Absurd.

Among the recent visitors to a metropolitan museum was a ‘woman from a, rural district, who was much interested in the ancient pottery exhibits. The attendant pointed out one collection of beautiful old vases, saying: “Those were dug up at Herculaneum.” ./ ♦ “What!” exclaimed the woman from the country. "Dug up?” "Yes, madam.” “Out of the ground?” “Just as they are now. They were cleaned up a bit, but they were found about as you see them.” With an expressive toss of the head, the lady from the country turned to her companion and said: "He’s a nice-looking young feller, but I don’t believe what he says. They never dug up no ready-made pots out of the ground.”—Lippincott’s Magazine.