Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1902 — Hobson's Choice—That or None. [ARTICLE]

Hobson's Choice —That or None.

In the time of Charles I. one Hobson let horses to the students at Cam'bridge. He would'never break his ruleof letting the horses in strict rotation. Persons wanting a horse must take the one whose turn it was to go, or they could have. none. Hence the saying, “That or none/’