Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1886 — The Retort Courteous. [ARTICLE]

The Retort Courteous.

Blifkins felt focetipus the other morning, so when he met his neighbor Smith on the street talking with the new minister he gave his salutation: “Say, Smith, wnen did you get out?” “Get out from where?” grunted Smith. . . “The house pf correction, of course; ha! ha 1 ha!” chirruped Blifkins. “Well, they let me out just as soon as I finished whitewashing your cell,” grpwled Smith, and Blifkins went round the corner. — Bopton Post. i 11 ' ’yThe Island of Jersey, the home of the famous breed of cattle bearing that name, contains only 26,000 acres and yet it supports 60,000 people and 2,000 head of cattle. f .