Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1899 — The Cheerful Idiot. [ARTICLE]

The Cheerful Idiot.

“That old pagan precept, ‘know thyself,’ ” said the shoe-clerk boarder, “is not half bad, as a bit of advice.” “Especially for a fat man,” said the Cheerful Idiot. “And why for a fat man any more than a thin?” “It gives him a wide acquaintance.” —lndianapolis Journal.