Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1908 — Logical. [ARTICLE]

Logical.

The man wearing a “deaf and dumb” placard stood before the judge. “Your honor," he said, “I do not wish to. take undue technical advantage. I do not claim to be without hearing or speech. The words ‘deaf and dumb,’ without qualification, are words and nothing more. Supposing I had worn a number on a tag? Would that have made me guilty of asserting myself a dog or an automobile? “Moreover, your honor, a man may be deaf and dumb constructively. That’s my status during business hours.” “Your reasoning is excellent,” responded the court, “and, though I send you to jail for thirty days, you are not to be deprived of the right to consider yourself constructively free.” Philadelphia ledger.