Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1884 — A Pretty Strong Breath. [ARTICLE]

A Pretty Strong Breath.

“Dp you think Mr. O’Rafferty was in his right mind when he died?” asked the lawyer in a disputed case. “To my notion, he was not, sor.” “W’bat are your reasons for believing that he was not in his right mind at the time of his last breath ?” “Because, sor, whin he drew his last breath, he didn t draw it wld a cork--screw. Niver before, in his whole loife, did he draw anything’that had a strong smell of whi’key about it, widout usin’ a corkscrew.”— Texas Siftings. - •;'■ , TRe most censorious are generally theleasf judicious, who, having nothing to recommend themselves, will be finding fault with others. N<? man feuvies the merit of another who has enough of his ow n.—Rule of Life.