Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1918 — Easy Solution of Difficulty. [ARTICLE]

Easy Solution of Difficulty.

A pompous old gentleman upon reaching his home one evening found the street blockaded and a heap of earth piled against his doorstep. Observing a workman wielding his shovel In a nearby ditch, he accosted a passing policeman and complained that the laborer was trespassing upon private property. “What do yes mean by throwing dirt on th’ gintieman’s stepsY’ demanded the officer. “There’s no other place t* throw itl" replied the workman indifferently. “Well, thin, in that case, yez had better dig another hole an' threw it in there!”