Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1901 — Raising the Wind. [ARTICLE]

Raising the Wind.

We are familiar with Fleischmann’s horses and yeast Concerning the latter there is a tale. On the way home one afternoon from flbeepshead Ba/ a party of “sports” poked fun at one of their kind for having lost heavily on a Fleischmann tip on a Fleischmann horse. “But anyone would have done the same,” he retorted. “I asked Shullus if he was going to win, and he said he would if he could raise the price, but he didn’t like even money. He took out of his hip pocket something that looked like chewing gum, broke cff a piece, gave It to me and said: ‘Ge down in the ring and see If you' can raise the price.’ I said: ‘With whatr He said: ‘With what I’ve given you.’ I asked what It was, and he said: ‘Yeast; It raises everything.’ I s4ld: ‘Will it raise SSOO if I lose?* He said: ’No man who wears it ever lost ja dollar on horse of mine.* I was obliged to bet after that, but Bhulius has not refunded the monev.”