Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1916 — SCANDAL QUICK TO SPREAD [ARTICLE]

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How It Comes That Indianapolis Lady Is Unjustly Accused of Smoking Cob Pipe. Quite a number of Indianapolis people have cottages in Brown county, to which they go to spend the week-end. Among these .are Mr. and Mrs. H , who have a cozy log house on a hillside near Nashville. Mr. H —is fond of a pipe, particularly of a cob pipe. The other day, having mislaid or lost his solace of his resting hours, ha called his boy-of-all work and said: “Josh, go to the grocery and get mea cob pipe. Well, get two while you’re at it and pick out good ones.” As Josh came out of the grocery, with the pipes in his hand, he was hailed by a group of acquaintances: ‘Hello, Josh, where did you get them pipes?” “Mr. H sent me fur ’em.” "Sent y’ fur two?” “Yep.” “Well, one of ’em mus’ be fer the missus. Dinged if I knew before that she smoked.” And now the news is abroad in the Brown county hills that Mrs. Hsmokes a cob pipe.—lndianapolis News.