Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1891 — A Dodge of His Own. [ARTICLE]

A Dodge of His Own.

During a crowd the other day on Fourteenth street, near Fifth avenue, a very solid man was rushing his way through tho mass of humanity, when he encountered a Dale,thin young man with the look of a consumptive, • The big man did not swerve a hair, and the thin young man’s elbow, which .was held out At an angle, tookjjhim in the left side. The big man gave a gasp, followed by a curse, and nearly lo6t bisballance, while the other passed on as cool as ice. He had turned aside to gaze into a window when the big man came up and said: •‘Friend, I want to feel of your right elbow, the oqe you gave me a dig yvith back there.” • •Oh, certainly,” was the reply as the elbow was extended. “Why—why—it’s hard as iron. “Yog, it is iron. That is I have an iron cap made for it. Just a fit you see, and padded with flannel! It’s an invention of my own. Haven’t long to live, and don't want to surrender any of my rights and privileges. You are number 22 to-day—all big men. American hogs vs. iron elbow, you Bee. Elbow always comes out ahead. Goodday.