Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1904 — TRIALS OF A MARRIED MAN. [ARTICLE]

TRIALS OF A MARRIED MAN.

Len Lefler of Pleasant Ridge was introduced to some of the troubles of a married man the other day, It seems the chimney refused to draw, and Len’s wife sent him up on the roof with the crowbar, gardenrake, a hoe, and a fishing pole to locate and remove the obstruction. Len began punching around the interior of ■ the smoke outlet and the first thing he knew there was a terrible racket down below. Then his wife ran out of the house and waved her arms frantically for him to cease operations. It appears Len had managed to knock down the pipes of both stoves in the rooms below, and—well, you can imagine about what sort of a muss be created. At last accounts Len was still beating carpets and dusting, and occasionally saying something in a low tone that sounded rather suspicious for a good Methodist. Special January invoice sale at Murray’s store.