Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 277, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1917 — Davy's Philosophy. [ARTICLE]

Davy's Philosophy.

Old Davy Skinner, a fisherman on the Cape was noted for unfailing self-poise and economy of words. No one ever knew Old Davy to become in the least excited, nor did he ever waste a word. One summer day he was rowing along in his boat, when a dory containing five or six young summer people was captized near him. Naturally there were screams and wild confusion, In the midst of which Davy rotfed over to the scene of the disaster and said placidly to the young people who were clinging to the boat, screaming for help: “Hadn’t you better git in?”