Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1893 — He Outdid Himself. [ARTICLE]

He Outdid Himself.

Boston Journal. A good man who lives in a thickly settled locality some miles from Boston has the misfortune to be extremely deaf. Like many others similarly afflicted his voice is at times remarkably loud; this is especially true in his , devotions, and it is currently reported in the neighborhood that his morning prayer can be heard for half a mile. A neighbor not long since having occasion to visit his house in the morning found its owner at prayer, and not wishing to interrupt him he waited outside. The tones of the voice within grew louder. Each sentence was unwittingly sppken with more vehemence than the preceding until the prayer was ended with a prolonged shout of “Amen!” The visitor was about to knock when the sound of the wife’s voice arrested him. With a skill born of practice she almost rivalled the tones of her spouse as she said: “Well, I guess you’ve drove all the rabbits out of the swamp this morning!”