Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1916 — HATES WATER IS NOT RABID [ARTICLE]

HATES WATER IS NOT RABID

Steve Mooney Springs a Joke in Police Court at Winnipeg and Goes to Jail. Winnipeg.'— Steve Mooney does like to have his joke. He sprung one on Magistrate Richards in police court recently and was fined $5 and coßts for his pains. He merely grinned and accepted several days in jail as an alternative. "I’m suffering from hydrophobia,” said Steve when asked why he drank so heavily. “What’s that?” demanded the judge. "Makes you thirsty, I suppose?" “Nope,” replied Steve. “You see it’s this way: Webster says hydrophobia is derived from the two Greek words, hydro and phobia. Hydro means water and phobia hate. That means, hate water." “Take him out,” ordered the judge, reaching for the water pitcher.