Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1887 — PLEASANT PARAGRAPHS. [ARTICLE]

PLEASANT PARAGRAPHS.

The closing of the mortgage may be called the end of Lent. Political stock that declaresnodividend is a drug on the market. It’s queer that George Washington never went into journalism. The gambler who follows his ante is often obliged to hunt up his “Uncle.” .“Does he speak French?” “Yes enongh to make himself misunderstood.” “ „ The man who invests his money in lottery tickets will never have his will* contested. Texas Siftings: It is the silent watchesof the night that render alarm clocks;, necessary. iTo call a New York hanker a Napol--. eon tow is sufficient to cause a run on his bank. The Deliver News says the time so?- s man cars is past,"