Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1913 — Useless Enterprise. [ARTICLE]

Useless Enterprise.

The following communication w&e recently received by a gentleman resident in the north of England: “We understand that you are contemplating matrimony, and tender you our congratulations. ..If you will advise us of the amount you are prepared to I spend—spy, two hundred pounds —we will set up a model jxouse in our establishment, so that you can see what every room will look like In addition, without any charge, we will select decorations to harmonize with the furniture and supervise the workmen. So, without the slightest trouble to yourself, you Will find every piece of furniture placed exactly at you desire in an approprlately-deo orated house.”... . The reply was: “Unless the sum named, include! the provision of a bride it ig uselesr to me. Bu( try toy cousin; he i« fiu unfortunate man!”