Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1913 — Bedridden. [ARTICLE]
Bedridden.
“Yea, ma’am,” said Harry the Hobo, “I know I look like a strong man, but out of my 50 years of life I’ve spent over 16 years in bed.” * “Why, my poor man,” replied the lady, sympathetically, handing him a quarter. “What has been the trouble —paralysis?” “No, ma’am,” said Hasry, “Jest a reg’lar habit of sleepln’ eight houfs a day, ma’am.”—Harper’s Weekly.
