Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1916 — Fixing the Blame. [ARTICLE]

Fixing the Blame.

“You are charged with stealing an umbrella,” said the police magistrate. "What have you to say in your behalf?” “My mother is to blame for it,” replied the prisoner. : T • "How is that?” asked the P. M. “When I was a boy,” answered the prisoner, “she taught me that it was always well to lay up something for a rainy day.”