Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1917 — Different Methods. [ARTICLE]

Different Methods.

The prison visitor op his usual rounds noticed that a nets man occupied a cell that had been empty for some time. “My friend,” he began, “may I ask what brought you here?” “The same thing that brought you here," replied the convict; “a desire to poke my nose into other people’s business, only I generally used to go in by the basement window.” A pretty girl is apt to be less interesting than the bank account of a homely maid. Three River Falls, Wis., business men will farm while wives run stores.