Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1888 — EXCHANGE SIFTINGS. [ARTICLE]

EXCHANGE SIFTINGS.

An income tax—marriage. The consolation race—woman. A frontispiece—the hotel clerk. Ten-pins is a bowled game to play. A cold snap is to plumbers a soft snap. Never pick aqnarrel before it is ripe. A general advance agent—the pawnbroker. Obituary notes—the music of the dead sea. Prohibitionists should never wear light shoes. Nobody t’inksob trespassin’ twe'll de fence am put up. De pusson dat ’grees wid yo* am alius a pusson ob sense. Texas Biftingi: An object of charity—to do good, of course. It is queer that no logs are ever rafted down the River Styx. The man who indulges in “horns” may expect to get on a toot. Lily Langtry has returned to New York to look after her fences. Detroit Free Press: All stir and bustle—the sewing society at tea. Dr. McGlynn summons the sluggard to bis anti in the hope that he will join and ante up.