Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1883 — Sold Out. [ARTICLE]

Sold Out.

There was a weed on his white hat, says the Wall Street News, and somehow or other the rumor was out that he was a New York stock-broker. It was at a summer resort up in Maine, and they might have been mistaken as to his identity. At any rate, lie became “soft” on a widow from Indiana, and, ta king a seat beside her on the.Terandah, he “Madam, I am a widower.” “Certainly, certainly.” “And in search of No. 2.” “Exactly, exactly. ” “In short, madam, I look upon you as a secure investment, and I beg to oiler—offer—” “And I beg to say that there is none of the stock in the market,” she replied, as he hesitated. “Then I am too late ?” “You are. I was gobbled up by a Baltmore man yesterday at 127.” “My.flick, madam, exactly; and tbe only thing left is to take that old maid from Michigan, who may possibly lift a point or two above 85 after her teeth are filled. Madam, good evening!” _