Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1886 — A Horrible Example. [ARTICLE]

A Horrible Example.

I— ilrolls five cods a backidgeL Greatest tliig id' the world for a gold id the’ed ! Odelv five cods a backidge!” A red-nosed, watery-eyed man, with a flannel muffler around his neck, stood on the corner of Eighth and Chestnut streets this morning offering cough drops for sale. “Why don’t you take some yourself?” asked the News man. “You seem to be prettv well stopped up in the head.” “The bad I worg for wode led be,” was the reply,'

“Wttat, Won’t let you take the medicine you sell to others ?” “Doe. sir. He pays be eggstra dot to dake adv. ’’ ‘-‘What for?” “Ok,” was the answer, with a sniffle, “so I cad stad oud here as a horrible eggsable \”—ThiladelphM Neiks.