Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1902 — A Stone-Dead Town. [ARTICLE]

A Stone-Dead Town.

“Do you keep ping-pong?” asked the resident of the proprietor of the Village grocery and general emporium. “Well, mum,” was the answer, “we hain’t ordered all our line o’ fancy groceries fer the summer, and ” “Oh, mercy! It isn’t a grocery—it “I know it ain’t,” broke in the storekeeper. “I was Jest a-goln’ to say that when we ordered them we was goin’ to pick out the latest patterns in neckties, because we have a good trade now, and ” “Goodness me, man! It isn’t to wear— It is to ” “I know that, too,” Interrupted the proprietor of the store again; “I know that. I was about to tell you that we are intendin’ to put In all the latest novels when we lay in our new stocks, and if you’ll come around then we’ll be sure to have ” “Dear me!” put in the lady. “Pingpong isn’t a gook—it’s a game.” “Weil,” said the merchant, "we try to handle all the new goods our customers demand, but when it comes to games, why, seven-up and croklnole holds the banner in this town, and I don’t reckon, we want to make any change this year.”—New York Judge.