Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1886 — He Prefers Starlight. [ARTICLE]

He Prefers Starlight.

A graceful submission to petty impositions is not one of the English traits of character. Here is another instance of the fact. Prof. Richard A. Proctor was telling me the other day about an experience of his with a St. Joseph gas company. “I had ordered gas by the month,” said Mr. Proctor, “of a local monopoly. In November, 1884, when President Cleveland was elected, we had a great illumination, my wife’s friends all being strong Democrats. The illumination, was kept up for three nights, and we burned a great amount of gas in honor of the new President The bill came in and I paid it The next month I was away a good part of the time and the house •was very quiet Little gas was used, but the next bill, when it came in, was larger than ever. I called on the company’s officers, but no reduction was made. Finally I told them that I shouldn’t use any more of their gas, and we have been burning lamps ever since in my house at St Joseph.”— New York Tribune. I When She Ought to See Him Swear. “Do you remember how you were on your bended knees the night you proposed to me, love ?” ___ “Oh, yes; but that’s nothing.” “Nothing?” “You ought to see me swear on my knees when my collar-button drops and rolls under the bureau. **—Yonkers Statesman. It is stated that electricity will put a piano out of tune. Now we* know what ails the piano across the street. It Las had an electric shock.