Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1911 — ALL SERENE. [ARTICLE]

ALL SERENE.

This Country Correspondent Wrote to Explain He was oh the Job. A country correspondent for a Kentucky newspaper once found himself In the mountains of that State lookin? for Items of Interest to his Jour ■ n*L ■*' “There ain’t a bit of news." said one farmer. “All down this way are too bus/, with the crops to think of anything else." * • "Fine crops this year, ehf" asked the correspondent "Couldn’t be better," inserted the farmer. "I oughter be in 'my field right now. an' 1 would be omy I come to town to see' the coroner.” *“The cortmer?” _ - "Tea; he's wanted to ho'l an Inquest on a couple of fellers In our place.” "Accident ?” “I reckon not! Ran Morgan ain’t doin’ nuthin’ like that by accident! He got Jim Jeffords an’ his brother Tom with two shots! Got to have an inquest, though.” “What led to the fight?” ♦ “There wa’n’t no fight Ran never give the other fellers any chanct to make it a fight. Jes’ hid behind a tree an’ give it to ’em as they come along, x “Has Ran been arrested?" “No. What’s the use? Some o the Jeffords people come along, burned down Raa’s house, shot him an’ his wife, an’ set fire to his barn. No. Ran ain’t been arrested. But 1 ain’t got time to stand' heah talkin’ to you. Got to git back to my harvestin’. But there ain’t any news down our way Ei anything happens I’ll let you know.”