Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1914 — He is Still Wid Us, Luka [ARTICLE]

He is Still Wid Us, Luka

Wonder what has become of the old tad who poured his coffee into his saucer, whirl it around, blow puddles in it and strain It through his mustache in big gulps?—Luke McLuke in Cincinnati Enquirer. We saiw him the other day at the Hotel Frain. His coffee, direct from the red hot stove, was poured into his saucer and gulped down with evident relisbf “Ah well,” sez I to mesilf, “Ould mon, ’tis bther to saucer your coffee than to burn your glob.” And beside the old gent owns two or three big farms in this county and then some realty over in Illinois. So why shouldn’t he have the keys of the house?—Winamac Democrat-Journal. h —— When ordering buckwheat flous, graham, whole wheat flour, or meat insist <m having Sprague’s, made fresh every day. Guaranteed highest quality. Your Grocer, or phone 456. A car loaded with rags on Pennsylvania preferred freight train No. 2, eastbound, caught fire at Delphos Tuesday night and the flames were shooting out of the roof when the blaze was discovered. Dropping the portion of the train that fol ; lowed the burning ear, the crew rushed to a siding, shunted the blazing rolling stock into the switch and got to a safe distance. The fire was caused by spontaneous combustion in the oily rags. The shipment was to a New Jersey paper factory.