Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1915 — Seeing the Best Side [ARTICLE]

Seeing the Best Side

The medal of optimism has been awarded to a resident of an Ohio village which was flooded. * The old man found on the roof of his house watching the waters flow past. A neighbor who possessed a boat rowed across to rescue him. “AH your chickens washed away this mornin*, Bill?” “Yes, but the ducks can swim.” “Apple trees gone, too, eh?” "Well, they said the crop would be a failure anyhow.” “I see the river reached above your windows.” That’s all right, Sam. The windows needed washin*!”