Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1901 — A Nice Little Boy. [ARTICLE]

A Nice Little Boy.

Trust a messenger boy to be up on expressive slang. The particular one who had a message to deliver the other morning at the office of the general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania railroad was as tough looking a specimen as you could find in a day’s journey. His cap was placed at a perilous angle on his frowsy head, tobacco stains lurked about the corners of his mouth, and he was puffing a cigarette stump. The dignified clerk whotook the message scowled. “Sign dat,” demanded the boy, holding out his slip and expectorating copiously on the floor. “I’ll have you put out of here if you don’t know how to behave,”’ said the clerk severely. A look of scorn passed over the boy’s grimy features. “Aw, don’t git icy w T id me, or I’ll slide all over youse!” he exclaimed. Then he sauntered out whistling “Go Away Back and Sit Down.”—Philadelphia Record.