Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1884 — Good Cause for It. [ARTICLE]

Good Cause for It.

“What was the matter with that pretty girl you were promenading with at Coney Island last evening?” asked a young man of his friend. “Why, nothing, What makes you ask?” “Because she seldom spoke to you. You are good friends, I believe?” “Certainly; and she is a very nice girt” “She isn’t much of a talker, is she?” “Indeed she is; and that, by the way, accounts for her' reticence in the evening.” “How so?” “She is employed during the day in a telephone office.”— New York Journal. _____ The New York Morning Journal says that “The Average Man” was evidently written on cambric tea, and wants the author to try a little absinthe. This appears on the face of it to be a cordial remark, but Mr. Robert Grant will probably regard it in quite an opposite light “There is al was room on the top.” Yes, lor cream on boarding-house mitt. '_ ■■»»» u i; w "t ’ ■ * - r • . ; ' .■ - ’ ■