Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1882 — A Man Who Was Somewhat Dry. [ARTICLE]

A Man Who Was Somewhat Dry.

A Covington, Ga., toper planted himself by our stove during tne rain Monday and remained there perhaps au hour. We asked: ‘'Captain, are you dry?” "Dry? Thunder and lightning, yes! Dryer than a last year’s soup bone. Don’t jou see your hat full of stale dust bile out of my mouth every time I jar myself by squatting down on that ink keg ? It’s been two hours since I washed the cobwebs out of my droughty throat.” We armed him up with a silver dime and he stepped out of the back door singing: “I looked up the street and seen the dust arising, Ho, Malindo, ho-o-o!” Archbishop Purcell was able to attend mass on the occasion of the cele* bratien of St. John’s Day at the convent of the Ursulmes in Brown county.