Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1913 — A Investigating for Himself. [ARTICLE]

A Investigating for Himself.

It was in the suburbs. "Sir, why are you climbing all these trees?” , “Well, I’m a retired business man, just retired." “Yes.” “Been reading poetry all my life and taking their statements on trust I don't like to take anything on trust. Poets have always given me to understand that there are no birds in last year’s nests. Now I'm climbing a few trees to ascertain if this statement is strictly true.”