Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 225, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1912 — Methuselah’s Shattered Ambition. [ARTICLE]

Methuselah’s Shattered Ambition.

“What in the world made the old gentleman live so long?” asked one of the neighbors after the funeral of Methuselah. “It was this way,” explained ar great-great-great-great-gosh - all - hem-lock-great-scott-great - grand - nephew, “when be was 1$ years old Undo Methuselah began working for himself. He was inspired by an article on Thrift in a magazine of that time, and determined to save up bis money until bo had a million dollars. He. laid by one dollar every working day. When he figured It all up recently he discovered that after all this while be only had 1135,850 to his name—and It sort of discouraged him.”