Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1912 — CAP amd BELLS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAP amd BELLS

WHY HE WAS LIKE A DONKEY

Husband Gets Startling and Unexpected Reply From Bpotise When Trying to Bprlng Joke. “William, do you know why you are like a donkey?” t * “Like a donkey?" echoed William, opening his eyes wide. “No, I don’t" “Do you give it up?” “1 do.” “Because your better-half is stubbornness herself!” “That’s not bad. Ha! ha! I’ll givo that to my wife when I get home.” “Emily,” he began, as he sat down to supper, “do you know why I am like a donkey?” He waited for a moment, expecting his wife to give it up; but she didn’t She looked at him with some pity in her eyes, and replied: “I suppose, dear, because you were born so.”