Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1885 — A Mild Attack. [ARTICLE]

A Mild Attack.

They had gathered at the “Old Corner House” and were discussing impurities in the air. After the subject had been talked over for some time among them, the Judge took the floor and related the following: One day, a few weeks ago, as l was walkin’ through the park, I came to a place where the air seemed alive with insects that looked like minister eels—microbes, I guess!" “Very strange, indeed,” remarked the Doctor; “I’ve often heard of ’em seein’ snakes, but never microbes. You must have had a mighty mild attack.” And they had a good laugh at the Judge’s expense,— Detroit Free Press.