Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1913 — Misconstrued. [ARTICLE]

Misconstrued.

An American motoring through a small Scotch town was pulled up for excessive speed. “Didn’t you see that notice. ’Dead Slow’?’’ inquired the policeman. "Course I did,” replied the Yankee, “but I thought it referred to your durned little town.” —London Standard.