Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1901 — Washington Conundrums. [ARTICLE]

Washington Conundrums.

"Where did Washington tnke his first ride?" “When he took n hack at the tree.” “How do we kuow he slept in an upright position?” “Hecnuse he could not lie.” “When was he apprenticed to u blacksmith?” “When he spent a winter at Valley Forge.” “Where would ho always meet defeat?” “On a postage stamp—anyone could lick him." “Why was he like a piano?” “Because he was grand, upright and mpinre.” The “nbandoued" farms of Massachusetts nrc fast being.taken up. Three yenrs ngo theve were 330 thus classed In the Htnte. A recent enumeration shows there are now but 136.