Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1911 — Getting the Exact Spot. [ARTICLE]

Getting the Exact Spot.

An emergency call from a policeman t for a tape measure kept two women waiting in the dressmaker's parlor for five minutes. There were other tape measures there which the dressmaker might have used, but she was too busy pondering the circumstance that had suddenly converted her into an ally of the police department. Presently the policeman returned the tape. “What did you want It for?” she asked. “To help find the right place to shoot a horse with a broken leg,” he said. “The vital spot is just three inches above that little swirl in his forehead where a dozen crowns seem to meet I am not very good at guessing, so we thought it safest to find the exact spot with a tape measure.”—New York Sun.