Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1884 — Tom Ochiltree Paints a Sign. [ARTICLE]

Tom Ochiltree Paints a Sign.

Old Judge Ochiltree, soon after his illustrious son had got his license to practice law, went oS on a few days’ trip; “and Thomas,” said he, “you may as well have a neat sign of the new firm painted and hung up over the office door.” When the old gentleman returned he did indeed see a neat sign over the office door. He examined it through his gold-rimmed spectacles, and then took off his binoculars and examined it again. The neat sign read thus: “Thomas P. Ochiltree and Father, Attorneys at Law.— Neto York Sun.