Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1886 — American Fables. [ARTICLE]

American Fables.

THE SKIPPER AND THE CANUCK. •*' An American -who Arrived at Montreal in Disguise Complained because he was not Admitted to Good Society. “But you stole $30,000 and had to skip the States,” was the reply. “Exactly, but if I had not been Encouraged to do so by your Laws I should probably have Remained an Honest Man.” Moral: The Partaker has no Right to Elevate himself Above the Thief. THE SHAD AND THE FISHER. A Shad, which had been Hooked by a Fisherman, claimed that an Unfair Advantage had been taken of him, Inasmuch as he had Never seen a Hook before. “That may be True,” replied the Fisher, “but if I sat here to Teach you Wisdom I should dine on Bean Soup in Place of Shad.” Moral: Don’t Expect a Gambler to Post you on his Game.— Detroit Free Press. “It is as harmless as it is effective,” is what is said of Red Star Cough Cure by Dr. S. K. Cox, D. D., Analytical Chemist, Washington, D. C. Price, twenty-five cents.