Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1886 — The Hash Tree. [ARTICLE]

The Hash Tree.

“Oh, yes, sir. Hi ave the restaurant ’ere, sir, and me ’ome hin the suburbs.” “Indeed? that is pleasant.” “Hi keep my family haway from business, sir—hunder the family tree, so to speak.” . “Ah! and what is your family tree?” “’Ash, sir.” Idyls of the Road. “What brought you here?” queried the chai lain of the latest arrival. “My abstract knowledge,” responded tbe tramp, and the chaplain groaned aloud.