Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1890 — Better Than a String. [ARTICLE]

Better Than a String.

Detroit Free Press “I want something,” said a farmer as he entered a Michigan avenue drug store the other day. “Well, what is it?” “I didn’t tie a string around my finger, but I guess I can get around to it all the same. What’s the name of the lake below us?” “Lake Erie.” “Exactly. What’s the name of the bay which the boats run to?” “Put-in-Bay.” ! “Correct Now, then, who put in there?” •■Perry.” “Straight as a string. I want ten cents’ worth of perygoric. My old woman' said I’d be sure to forget it but here’s the proof that I, didn’t.”