Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1912 — Card of Thanks. [ARTICLE]

Card of Thanks.

Our congressman -has favored us with a package of nasturtium seeds, two packages of sweet peas, and an assortment of beans, corn, and pumpkin seeds, for which we are duly and truly thankful. We can use the beans, and perhaps the corn will stew up all right We may have at times said things about congress which indicated somewhat of a rancorous disposition, but these things were expressed on the spur of the moment. There have been times when we asked for quick action on the higher cost of living and got a public document on “The Approximate Result of Permitting the Use of Three Per Cent. Grades in the Roadbed of the Panama Canal,” and on these occasions we have overlooked the compliment to our literary taste and harped upon our imagined grievances. Let bygones be bygones. If our congressman will hustle along a few samples of anthracite coal and some individual packages of coffee, not to mention early spring chickens, we shall be as patriotic as the next man. But our gardening and agricultural pursuits consist mainly of reading seed catalogues and believing folks who say they are selling us fresh eggs and country butter.