Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 207, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1920 — And Yet It Was Tough! [ARTICLE]

And Yet It Was Tough!

A woman famous locally for hei ducks sold one to Brown, her neighbor. But It proved particularly tough, and as Brown had paid a big price for the bird he called on the vender without delay. “What do you mean by Imposing such a duck upon me, one of your neighbors?" he inquired. “Why, was there anything wrong with it?” . “Wrong! It wasn’t good at ail!” “Well, It ought to have been,” replied. the dame. “It won the first prlzs at all the poultry shows for 11 years in succession !"