Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1912 — GOOD JOKES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOOD JOKES

THE SPECIALIST. The eminent specialist looked the patient over. . “Yes,” he said, “what you need is a gradual* gain in ntuscular tissues. Go at it slowly. Commence by lifting a ten-pound weight Add to this until you can raise 50 pounds with comparative ease. Then come to me again.” The patient hesitated. “I guess,” he said, “you ain’t gittin’ me quite right.” The specialist frowned. “What do you mean by that?” he demanded. The patient still hesitated. "Why, you see,” he said, “I’m the feller that carries th’ trunks downstairs an’ heaves ’em into th’ transfer company’s baggage wagon!”