Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1909 — Figure It Out For Yourself. [ARTICLE]

Figure It Out For Yourself.

Here is the question: The governor of Kgovjni, a very mean man. desiring to give a very small dinner party, invited his father’s brother-in-law, his brother’s father-in-law, his father-in-law’s brother-in-law and his brother-in-law’s father-in-law. How many guests were there? Here Is the answer: None. The governor dined alone. Here Is the explanation: The governor was a widower, with a marriageable daughter and a marriageable sister. The governor’s father was also a widower. The governor and his father married sisters. Thus the governor became his father’s brother-in-law. The governor’s brother married the governor’s stepdaughter: thus the governor became his brother’s father-in-law. The governor’s father-in-law married the governor’s sister; thus the governor became his father-in-law’s brother-in-law. The governor’s broth-er-in-law married the governor’s daughter: thus the governor became his brother-in-law’s father-tn-law. The governor therefore dined alone.