Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1916 — DOING MORE THAN HIS SHARE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DOING MORE THAN HIS SHARE

Laborer at Bottom of Well Not Willing to Perform Work of Ten y —Rather Give Orders.

Two laborers were engaged to deepen a well which had become dry, One of them sent his mate down into the Well .while he sat at the top and directed the work. i He first ordered the other man to “dig a bit on this side,” then “dfg a little more on that side,” until the latter, tired of both the work and th 6 orders, exclaimed: “You sit up there and use your tongue while I have to do all the work! ” * . “One man here giving directions,” said the man at the top, “can do as much as ten men down there.” Thereupon his mate threw down his pick and climbed up beside the other man. “What are you doing here?” inquired the latter. “Two taen up here,” answered Us. mate, “can do as much as twenty down there.”

- Wistful Waiting. “Care much for fishing?” “No,” replied the melancholy man. “It’s great sport.” “I haven’t found it so. In fact, it has a very bad effect on me.” “Impossible!” “True, nevertheless. Fish seldom bite fast enough to require my undivided attention and the longer I sit and watch a cork the more I’m inclined to brood over my troubles.” A Corpulent One. “It’s rather curious about the Gadsbys.” “Yes?” “They have a family skeleton.” f “Nearly all families do.” “But the funny part about it is that the Gadsbys family skeleton relative of Mr. Gadsby, who once traveled about the country as a fat woman in a side show.” ONLY THING LEFT.

“George, dear, the cook we took without a recommendation has left us.”

“I suppose that is because we are among the. things she didn’t consider of sufficient value to take with her.”

Can’t Charge Admission. “Scadson believes in getting his qioney’s worth.” “He doesn’t always succeed, though.” “I thought him rather shrewd.” “Oh, the man who swaps dollars with him usually pays 20 per cent for the privilege, but whenever Mrs. Scadson gives a party, so far as Scadson is concerned, it’s a dead loss.” Gosh, How He Dreads It! “When your wife gets the ballot, are you prepared to accompany her to the polls?” “Not yet,” answered the timorous man. “But give me a little time. I’m gradually screwing up my courage to. the sticking point, for it is already settled that I’m to be her escort.” Delaying the Count. “Do you think mirrors will be placed in voting booths, for the woman voter?” “I hardly think so,” replied the practical politician. “It would mean that every woman voter* would spend at least ,half an hour in a booth and at that rate an election would require a week or more.” * Mercenary Motive. “What was the subject of the lecturer’.s address?” . 2 *• 'Peace at Any Price/” „ —*■—- “Did he prove his case?” **No. The audience wa s rather small and he cut out some of his most eloquent periods because he failed to get ftis price.”

What We’ve Come To. “In the old days when a man declared himself a Bornan citizen no one dared harm him.” “True. And nowadays when a traveler in a foreign land says he’s an American citizen, officials in gold braid seem to think it’s some kind of joke.”

Nothing But Frowns. “Frown at the world and it frowns back. Smile, and you get a smile in return.” ' “I dunno about that. I’ve had that last part fall to work when trying it on a pretty girl.” L Of Course. A ■ ' “That is* an old. grump. He’d be sour if you vrent to him tyith a golden opportunity*?* ~ “Well, a golden opportunity might to be able to stand a little acid.” ■ l Taking Life Eafey. “How’s your.eonV” •• “Fine! 3-le’s taking life easy slue* he graduated.” .-crasssfes—- ■ “What's he doing?” '‘Sticking- pigs atthe abattoir