Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1919 — HE WASN’T A LAWYER. [ARTICLE]

HE WASN’T A LAWYER.

The lawyer was cross-examining a witness to a robbery. “When did. 'the robbery take place?” he asked. “I think ” began the witness. “We don’t care what you think, sir. We want to know what you know.” “Then if you don’t want to know what I think, I may as well leave the stand. I can’t talk without thinking; I’m not a lawyer.”—Galveston News. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Woodworth, of Storm Lake, la., and Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Porter, of this city, are visiting with relatives in Salem, Kas" having made the trip from Storm Lake by automobile. J. M. Merica, who had been visiting with his brother, Alex Merica, and family, returned Thursday to his home in Tuscola, 111. Ewart Merica, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Merica, accompanied his uncle to his home. The trip was made by automobile. 1 Mrs. Marion Wyant, of Kentland, I her daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Living--1 atone, and children, of Indiana Harbor, and Mrs. Henry Smith, also of Indiana Harbor, visited today with Marion Wyarrt, who is recovering from the results of an injury sustained in a grain elevator accident a short time ago. He is in the Jasper county hospital.