Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1910 — Short Stories. [ARTICLE]

Short Stories.

There is an average of about one cow to every fire persons in the United States. Diamonds and laces run a close race with tobacco and liquors in popular favor as measured by the value of their imports. The United States is estimated to use 37,000,000 tons of ice a year, of which 22.000,000 tons are natural ice and 15,000.000 tons are artificiaL A Rotterdam blacksmith was so overcome with joy on bearing that he had won $40,000 in a lottery that in his excitement he lit his pipe with the ticket and is now unable to prove his claim.