Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1913 — Taking No Chances. [ARTICLE]

Taking No Chances.

Genial Squire—Many happy returns, William. I was just going to call on you with a little bit of tobacco. William (aged eighty)—Thank yo kindly, sir, but I be done wi' smokin’. Genial Squire—Why, how’s that? William—Well, I’ve heard that between eighty and ninety is a ticklish, part of a man’s life, so I be takta* no (chances.—London Punch.