Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1892 — They Were Thumpers. [ARTICLE]

They Were Thumpers.

Two men met and adjourned to a neighboring saloon to talk over old acquaintance. In answer to inquiries as to the different members of his family, one man said: “My eldest girl thumps the piano. “And her sister?” “Oh, she thumps the washboard. ‘But your wife?" “She thumps me."