Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1890 — Hitting the Bull's-Eye at Random. [ARTICLE]

Hitting the Bull's-Eye at Random.

Three yoars ago a prominent citizen of this city, and the owner of a block of buildings on Main street, lost a crowbar, and up to this day never had a-ny trace of it. He accidentally stepped into a business place, and overhearing a conversation about a crowbar, it reminded him of his lost treasure; for fun he suddenly said to the proprietor: “Uncle——, I wish you would send home my crowbar. Isn't three years about long enough?” “Upon my word and honor,” said the proprietor,. “I have pat out that crowbar no less than twenty times to take it home, and have forgotten it each time. Here, John, you go up to my house and bring Mr. Fa crowbar home, and don’t let th« grass grow under your feet." “No one has sufficient vivid “ imagination to picture to himself the surprise of the owner of the bar. He thinks it was tho biggest hit he ever made in hia life. —Danbury News.