Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1885 — The Age of Candor. [ARTICLE]

The Age of Candor.

‘‘Will you take a cup of chicory, Mr. Newcomer?” asked tbe boarding-house mistress of a new boarder. “Cup of what?” "Chicory.” “Chicory? Oh, certainly, please— I’m very fond of chicory.” “Yes,” he added, turning to the nearest guest, “I like very much to hear things called by their proper names— I have been drinking this stuff for years, and 1 am certain this is the first time I haye heard it called anything but coffee, Please pass the buttqrine.” —Chicago Ha m bier. The words James A. are to be erased from the pedestal of the Garfield statue in 'Washington, leaving the single word Garfield. ...