Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1918 — STRAY PLANTS. [ARTICLE]

STRAY PLANTS.

The very best place for a professional “iron fist” is the scrap-heap. ’Tis a mighty, innumerable host, when Humanity girds on the armor. Even a great nation like ours has many sins to answer so “champion pugilists.” Some men want to be the stamens In the blossom of life —but the fragrance they bring gives them away. Where is .the good old brother who used to shut his eyes and sing through his nose “Jee-ru-sa-lem, My Hap-pee Home?” But, If you ask your dealer to shake down the potatoes in the measure, don’t you see it would bruise your potatoes? Sometimes you meet a food conservationist who would be more entertaining with a mouth full of mashed potatoes.