Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1887 — Fun in Prospect. [ARTICLE]

Fun in Prospect.

A small boy, just old enough to be tough, was laughing in a manner that threatened heart disease when a companion met him. “What’s de matter, Jimmy?” “Oh, g’way from me. See that man sittin’ on the steps with a newspaper in his hand?” “Yes.” “ Well, that there’s my pap, an’ he’s readin’about a volcano that’s been discovered in the United States.” “That’s nothin’much.” “Say, see that woman goin’ in his direction?” “Yes.” “Well, now that’s ma’am; and ma’am sent pap to the gro ery after a peck of potatoes about an hour ago, and what I’m a lallin’ about is how much pap is interested in volcanoes now, and how tired they will make him after he runs against a real one. ”—Merchant Traveler. “I believe in leaving something behind us as a landmark, that men can point to and know that, though gone, we have been among them,” said Sluvyins to his wife, as they promenaded along Wabasha street. “So do I,” she rtsponded earnestly. “Yes, I’ve noticed you do,” he returned in an impressive tone. “Why do you say that?” “You’ve just dropped your bustle,” the fiend replied. With a shriek she fled the scene.