Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 290, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1916 — Nautical Terms. [ARTICLE]

Nautical Terms.

“You say his, wife has a great deal of money and he’s poor?” “Yes.” “I don’t suppose he has smooth sailing.” “No. . The neighbors say that’s the reason why he’s often seen in a condition described as ‘throe sheets in the wind.’ ”