Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1913 — Took the Trick. [ARTICLE]

Took the Trick.

A conversation relating to the face value of cards the other evening caused Senator Bradley of Kentucky to become reminiscent He was reminded, he said, of a man from the mountain zone of his state, who once bought a jug of whisky, and not wanting to carry it around with him, decided to leave it at the corner grocery until he should be ready to go home. Jn order that the jug might be properly identified, the man took a deck of cards from his pocket, extracted the six of spades, wrote his name upon it and attached it to the handle of the jug. This done, he happily rambled forth, leaving the jug on the end of the counter. Two hours later the mountaineer returned, and great was his consternation, as well as eloquence, to find that his jug of electrified spirits had faded away. “Look here, Jim,” he agitatedly cried to the proprietor of the store. “Do you know what become o’ thet jug o’ mine?” “Of course I do, Seth,” was the prompt rejoinder of the proprietor. “Jake Howell come along with ther seven o’ spades an’ took it’’—Philadelphia Telegraph.