Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1912 — Cruelty to Animals. [ARTICLE]

Cruelty to Animals.

Manager—We will try the new play 'in this town on the dog. Agent—You’re taking a risk. They’ve got an active humane society there. <‘,.-7 .

) The Motive. It was an evening party. A young man with a tali collar and pale hair was reciting a poem. He had ground out forty-seven stanzas—and the end was not yet. “What’s going on?” whispered the guest who had just come in. "Rhymer is letting out his latest poem,” answered the pessimistic person. - "What’s the subject—the motive?" queried the late comer. : : z "I have forgotten the subject,” replied the P. P., "but I suspect the motive must be revenge.”—ldeas.