Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1912 — SMILE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SMILE

ONE HE DIDN’T CONVERT. A candidate for congress had been making a speech in one of the towns of his district where he was not well known personally, and in the evening while waiting for a train he strayed into a butcher’s shop, and, without saying who hd was, began to pump the butcher to find out how he stood. “Did you hear that speech this afternoon?” he inquired, after some general talk. “Yes,” replied the butcher, "I was there.” "What did you think of it?” “Pshaw!” said the honest butcher, "I’ve made a better speech than that a hundred times, trying to sell 15 cents’ worth of soup bones.” The candidate concealed his identity.