Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1900 — The Cheerful Idiot. [ARTICLE]

The Cheerful Idiot.

“That old pagan precept, ’know thyself,’ ” said the shoe clerk boarder, “la not half bad as a bit of advice.” “Especially for a fat man,” said the Cheerful Idiot. “And why for a fat man any mor« than a thin?” “It gives him a wide acquaintance."