Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1916 — ONE RESULT OF THE WAR. [ARTICLE]

ONE RESULT OF THE WAR.

A delightful old lady of a little town in Nebraska was discovered one morning in the act of killing a chicken. “Why, Mrs. Brown, I thought that you were afraid to kill a chicken,” said a neighbor in surprise. “Yes, dearie, I did useter be, but since the war broke out I’ve done it right smart.” “I don’t understand you; what does the war have to do with It?” “Well, you see, it’s this way: I useter think that bloodshed was an awful thing, but since I’ve been readin’ about all them men-killin’s In Europe I just get a rooster by the feet, lay his head on the block and say to myself, ‘Now, Sarah, ’tain't near so bad as killin’ a man. Where’s your nerve?* And then I just shut my eyes and whack.”— Youth’s Companion.