Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1913 — Rensselaer a “Limerick” Subject in Minneapolis. [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer a “Limerick” Subject in Minneapolis.

The Minneapolis Journal of last Sunday contained the appended “limerick” on its-funny page, which goes to show that the fame of our fair city and the shattered resolutions of its young men have more than a local reputation. -The “limerick” reads: A chap from that town Rensselaer Resolved to begin the new year By ceasing to smoke, But he found it no joke, And he’s smoking again, so we hear.