Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1887 — Couldn’t Be Fashionable. [ARTICLE]

Couldn’t Be Fashionable.

“Fashion decrees that trousers shall be worn longer this season,” said Jimmy Saywell to Artaxerxes Flamm. “Is that so? Well, I’m sorry, lsut I can’t conform to the fashion in that case. It would be impossible for me to wear these trousers any longer and maintain my position in polite society.” _____ — ■ - * Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is agreeable to use. It is not a liquid or a snuff. COc. A Dubious Explanation. Gotham Minister—l understand you are one of the ministers who accepted the invitation to attend an opeira ballet in ( hicago. Chicago Minister—Yes, I went there with the intention of preaching against the attire of ballet girls on, the following Sunday. Gotham Minister—Did you? Chicago Minister—Nik Gotham Minister—Why not? Chicago Minister—Didn’t find anything td preach against.— Tid-Bits. t Examine not the pedigree nor patri- ; mony of a good man.