Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1901 — The Colonel’s Answer. [ARTICLE]

The Colonel’s Answer.

lieutenant Colonel Hugh I* Scott of the United States Volunteer*, formerly 'Captain of the Seventh Cavalry, la known in the army aa an officer who probably knows more about Indian ■ign language than any other living man. At one time Col. Scott made a atandlng offer of $1 to any redskin who could show him a sign used by any tribe which he did not know. The Colonel Is also peculiarly absent-minded, a fact which was emphasized at bls marriage a few years ago. As he stood at the altar with his bride, the officiating clergyman asked him the usual question as to taking the woman beside him to be his wife. The Colonel placed two fingers upon his left eyebrow. After an embarrassing pause the clergyman repeated the question, and again the two fingers went solemnly to the left eyebrow. It was not until the best man poked the bridegroom in the ribs that he came back to earth and articulated “Yea.”-New York Evening Sun