Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1885 — Paternal Joke. [ARTICLE]

Paternal Joke.

Papa (soberly)^—“That was quite a monstrosity you had in the parlor last evening?” Maud (nettled) —“Indeed 1 That must depend upon one’s understanding of the term ‘monstrosity.’ ” Papa (thoughtfully) “Well, two heads upon one pair of shoulders, for example.”— Binghamton Republican. If somebody would get up an elastic stove-pipe it would be about the same thing as’-ddubling the missionary force for a month or so td come. '» t - A “short” cashier is generally a long way off by the time his brevity is discovered. >