Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1911 — VALUABLE ASSET. [ARTICLE]

VALUABLE ASSET.

Nothing is sacred nowadays, A bankrqpt was telling tije court haw poor be was and bow much money he had lost by commercial depression, when the official receiver remarked: “You have very good teeth, Mr. Stylish.” - ' ; "Yes,” innocently replied the bankrupt, “they 'are very sound.” “How much did you give for them?" was the" next question and it was s poser. . "Must- I answer such a rude ques - tion?” asked the bankrupt, appealing to the Judge. “Certainly,” answered the man' o law. ’■ '"Well, 1 fifty guineas for them.” “Ah, very good,” said the official: re ceiver; “then hand them over for the benefit of your creditors.”'