Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1882 — Rufus Hatch’s Story. [ARTICLE]

Rufus Hatch’s Story.

At a dinner party given by some of the members of the Produce Exchange, the folly of a man pretending to know more than his brother speculator was yery well exemplified. One of the more «go*tistical of the knowledge dispensers was making a speech, and he drifted into enlarging on materialism. Among other things, he said that he did not believe in anything that could not be seen and realized, and on this point he got into pretty deep water, when a practical brother interrupted him by asking : " Did you ever see and realize Constantinople and Alexandria?” The answer was, "No, but my uncle lias been there, beside they are on the map, and, therefore, I believe them to be in existence.” The dialogue continued for some min* ntes, when the interrogator demonstrated the logic of his position by demanding : “Do you believe you have got any brains ?” “ Yes, of course.” “ Did you ever see them ?” The answer came rather faintly, though quite naturally, “ No.” “ Did any one else ever see them ?” At this stage of the proceedings, the dinner party came to a somewhat sudden termination.— The Hour. ■T The New York Clipper mourns be- ' .cause Eve didn’t tell the serpent "not this Eve, some other Eve.”