Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1901 — WITH THE HUMORIST. [ARTICLE]

WITH THE HUMORIST.

“He proposed to you unexpectedly, did he?” “Unexpectedly!" exclaimed the sweet young thing. "Well, I should say so. It was so unexpected that I neglected to say 'Thi* is so sudden.’ ” —Chicago Post. “Do'you tr.ink the Populist will figure In the next election?” asked the stranger In the Tennessee mountains. “I dunno about the Populists aroun* here,” said the cracker; “you see, stranger, thar are preshus few of ’em that kin Agger at all.”—Chicago Daily News. “A bill collector is relentless in his pursuit.” ’ “I don’t know. Haven’t you ever had a house painter chase you around?”— Chicago Record. “I believe,” said the man with the star under the lapel of hfs coat, “you afe the owner of a dog?” “Well, yes,” replied the man of the house, "I am. I suppose I’ll have to pay the taxes on him, but I’m going to have the satisfaction of licking that man who lives next door to me!”—Chicago Tribune.