Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1914 — With Insult Added. [ARTICLE]

With Insult Added.

When the fat plumber met his friend the thin carpenter early Saturday morning he said peevishly. “I can take a joke, all right, but that Umson certainly gets my goat.” “ ’Smatter now ?” queried the thin carpenter. “I went downtown to see the carnival last night, and who should I see in a clown suit but Umson.” “In a clown suit?" “Yes, and he came up to me, pulled my nose and then had the nerve to say: “ ‘Oh, excuse me, old top! I thought you had on a false face.’ ”