Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1919 — QUIT YOUR CRABBING; THINK OF THIS POOR INSECT. [ARTICLE]

QUIT YOUR CRABBING; THINK OF THIS POOR INSECT.

i Lots of folks crab. John Evers is king crab, Bill Klem said so. There are other crabs, scads of them, some of ’em grow in the ocean, but the I most of them are to be found on ‘ land. Some people crab (because its hot; others bedause its cool. Some humans ctaib over the peace treaty one way or the 'other; others crab 'at the weatherman —in truth the wholle wide world is inhabited by a I set of chabbers Who overlook not a single (thing to crab about. j But the only thing -that has a real, for-sure-enough crab coming is, ■ the lone gold fish that resides in the I large glass jar down Bert Jarrette’s I I way. To begin with a gold fish has small enough privacy as it is, but i the lone survivor of Mr. Jarrette’s school has more than the usual : amount of kick coming. To be , placed on Miain street, alone and i unprotected, to be scanned constant-, i (]y by the curious public, is the i | height of injustice and something; should ibe done to relieve the poor , I insect of its embarrassing position, i Won't someone ptease buy this abused lifttie animal? Mr. ‘Jarrette promises to call it a season on gold