Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1917 — Worm Turns on Practical Joker. [ARTICLE]

Worm Turns on Practical Joker.

“It’s a long lane that has no turning” and “He who laughs last laughs best” are tiine-honored axioms, but never the less true, as Al Baumgart, a South St. Paul commisison man, is willing to admit. Some time ago Al sought to Initiate a new employee, but the “worm turned,” and the real joke was on him, says the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He sent the youth about half a mile down the yards after a “cow anchor.” The youth, when he returned with a 150-pound sack of Iron, was given “ha, ha!” In the office was a box of flowers which Mr. Baumgart had ordered for a dear friend. His victim carefully removed the flowers and filled the box with paper. Unmindful of the change, Mr. Baumgart carried the box to her home. What she said when she opened It is not known. To make matters worse, Mr. Baumgart was obliged to carry the cow anchor back to the scalehouse. Now he’s through with practical jokes.