Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1903 — HE STOPPED HIS PAPER. [ARTICLE]

HE STOPPED HIS PAPER.

He would atop the local paper to eco noisin' be Mid. The dollar that it coat him he would mv«. Said he tu to buty working that the aheet waa never read, And other reasona weighty then he gave. “Nothing in it that’a worth reading,” waa the thought he had in mind. And he chucked that he’d saved a dollar bill. But while neighbors were progressing he waa left so far behind That the bunco men could aee lym standstill. He didn't see the warning 'gainst the sharpers going around ' With cheap pot-metal ranges called the beat; And the contract aigned to take one to hia horror soon be found A note he had to pay with internet. Next be signed a little paperfor a pair of wily guys Who Mid the fact would help 'em sell their trees. And in just three mouths thereafter, to bis very great surprise. The local bank wrote: "Pay this, if you please.” One bright day a fellow met him and said, "Say, I’ll buy your land And give you just six thousand for the place.” And the owner said, “I’ll take it; put the money in my hand,” So the straoger posted forfeit with good grace. But next day another fellow hove in sight and offered more. And the owner paid a premium to the first. Then when both the sharpers faded loud the * owner then did roar, For he saw that in the deal he’d got the wont. Next he bought a lot of woolens from a mau who whispered low He'd smuggled them and so could sell them cheap. Then when he set out to wear them quick and fast his tean did flow— The stuff was but base libel on a sheep. Then a wily gold brick artist filled his ears with thoughts of gain. He said a chance like that should never pass. So he hustled for the money with his utmost might and main, And paid it for a shining chunk of brass. When he’d squandered all his money and and he’d mortgaged all his land He realized he'd been a blooming dunce; And he struck out for the village with a dollar in his hand And hunted up the editor at once. “I have got to have your paper, and here’s fora year ahead, He shouted as he struck the office door. “I have saved one blasted dollar, but of thousands I've been bled, ! And I'll never stop my paperany more."