Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1912 — GOOD JOKES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOOD JOKES

WHAT SURPRISED HIM. “I suppose,” said the interviewer, “you have found many surprising things in our country.” “Yeß," replied the distinguished foreigner, “I shall freely confess that I have.” “Would you mind telling me for publication what particularr thing surprised you most?” “Not at all, my boy, not at all. One thing that has surprised me is the fact that few of your people can spell, but that is not what has most surprised me.” "Whd't, if I may ask, has caused you most surprise?” “I have said that I have been surprised to find that few of your people know how to read. The thing that has most surprised me, Is that inability to spell appears to be regarded as a mark of distinction. Most of your people boast about their ignorance in this particular."