Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1884 — Proof Positive. [ARTICLE]

Proof Positive.

A small boy testified that the affray took place on a Sunday. “How do you know it was on a Sunday?” “Because that day I had to go to the side door of the saloon to get beer for dinner.” “I don’t know much about the style of gentlemen’s apparel,” said a lady, “but the latest thing in spring overcoats is my husband’s; he never gets in until 1 a. m.” x Young Gkammabian: No; yon cannot say “the shad has risen.” Although it sounds ungrammatical, you will be quite correct in saying “the shad has roes.” ■' , -j