Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1882 — Poor Return for His Money. [ARTICLE]

Poor Return for His Money.

It was at the shore—a gent eman was chatting on his cottage porch with two or three guests. His pretty daughter

comes up from the beach, first out of the surf. “Oh, papa!” she exclaimed; “I was nearly drownded!” Papa, turning pathetically to his friends: “By the powers, gentlemen, do you hear that? I have spent more than $5,000 on that girl’s education, and to-day she was nearly ‘drownded! * ”