Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1888 — A Literary Gem. [ARTICLE]

A Literary Gem.

The following communication has been received from one of the out townships. The literary style of the article constitutes its chief value, and in older not to impair its beauty we reprint it verbatim, excepting only that the names are ..left out: “Mr liary was at tom —— on july til 8 and in the eaving he started home and got lost and he came back to toms and cried he was lost and when they found him he was standing behind the door and Said he wanted to go home said he better stay till morning and he did so mr asked his wife where he wowld sleep and he said he could sit on the chair or sleep on the carpet and said he could not Slep and he said what would paw and maw say if he stayed all night and he said he would not have had this liapened fore twenty'dulars the next morning he could not hitch his horse up and had to git W H to Hitch it,up for him —die was a sparking emma yon fix it to suit -you geo e marshal yours truly