Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1912 — Gathered Smiles [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Gathered Smiles

ROUGH ON THE RABBIT. The conjurer in the village school room had invited any gentleman from the audience to step up on the platform, and a rustic in a velveteen coat responded. "Now, sir,” said the professor, "I suppose you consider It a matter of impossibility for me to make that rabbit in the box on the table pass into your coat-tail- pocket?" “I dunno about impossible," came the reply, “but I wouldn’t do it if 1 was you, sir." "Oh, you’ll be In no danger. 1 can assure you,” smiled the sleight-of-hand man, airily. “I won’t thinkln' about myself,’' the rustic answered. “I were studyin’ the rabbit I’ve got a couple o' tenets tn that there pocket"