Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1881 — A Bouncing Story. [ARTICLE]

A Bouncing Story.

The * Shoes witli India-rubber soles will be much worn this month. The great merit clqipfed fop th ei te coverings is the freedom iiqparied to toe foef, a sure foot-hold and dry stockings. I have f hoMteypr, hoard & story which altogether overbalance# the schedule of “advantages.” It was the case of a poor gentleman who met with a very extraordinary adventure recently. He resided up Rathgar way, in as pretty a little three-story house as ever you laid eyes on. Well, a few days ago he noticed certain little rivulets of water trickling down the, newly papered of his dwelling, and he decided to explorethe houtoaod flnfl tfte|ea k - He opened the sky-light and sftd cautiously into the gutter, but, missing his foot-hold, he shot over the parapet on to the flags beneath. Fortunately, he had on a pair of the new India-rub-ber boots lyith soles of unusual thickness. Wheii bls feet struck the pavement he rebbudded into toe air "then to; bonneted down and he bounced ‘up agsn, and eales fiinije he haa'bteen hopthe height of his spring became leas and less, and his relatives calculate that Christmas week will find him at a stand-still. I further hear that this poor gentleman is fed by a person who wit “ hash and £ height poor gterltlemanis fall McDonough, oouisc) for the to»V« ersers, admitted in court that the land league had exceeded the bounds of moderation.