Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1885 — A Discriminating Jury. [ARTICLE]

A Discriminating Jury.

Coroner—“ Gentlemen, this verdiet will never da” Juryman —“Why, what’s wrong with it?” Coroner —“Why, the deceased was ..evidently a tramp who froze to death while drunk, and ere you state that he is ~a gentleman, and came to hia death while attempting to keep his fiowers from freezing.” Juryman—“ That verdict is correct —all bnt one. word. r Substitute the word blossom for the word flowers.” Coroner—“Ah IT see! .He was trying to preserve the blossom on the end of hia nose! 'ilie veidict is correct, and the jury is dismissed,'’ —Niwman Independent Ebb |ancy yon consult, consult year parse.— Franklin.