Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1916 — A Galley o' Fun! [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A Galley o' Fun!

just a uutlE favor.*” "So you're goin’ back 6) New York to morrow, eh?" said Uncle Eb Cobb to the city boarder. Yes; got to go. My playtime has come to an end. Got to go back and go to work." "Yes, I reckon. Well, I wonder if you’d be willin’ to do me a little favor when you git to New York." ‘Certainly, certainly. Glad to oblige you.. What can I do for you? "Well, I got a nephew there named Jones. His mother was my sister. His name is Ed Jones an’ he lives somewhere in New York, but I ain’t got his address. Had it, but don’t seem able to find it now. My wife an’ me thought it would be nice to send Ed an’ his wife a few things right from the farm, an’ I was wonderin' if you would be willin’ to take him a pair o’ chickens %n’ a dozen ears o' corn an’ a few of our fall pippins an’ a dozen or two o’ eggs an’ a green torn ater pie like he used to be so fond of when he was a boy here in the country. We’d like to send him a bottle o’ maple sirup an’ another ripe gooseberry jam an’ a little jar o’ sweet pickle an’ a bottle o' ketchup such as I bet he can’t buy there in the city, If it'd be convenient to carry them. His full name is Edward Everett Jones. I reckon you’d find him in. the city d’rectory. I’ll fetch the things over to the hotel this evenin' in a carpetbag that was Ed’s great-grandfather's, an’ mebbe he would like to have it as well as what’s in it. Much obliged to you for the favor o' takin' those things to Ed. I reckon he’ll be some s’prised when he gits em. Mother thinks sh’d like to send Ed a little kitten in a box If It wouldn't be too much trouble for you to take it."