Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1893 — Good One on Chauncey. [ARTICLE]

Good One on Chauncey.

• Here’s one on Chauncey Depew, told by the New York Times. The genial doctor had dropped in to see a gentleman on business at bis private residence. An inquisitive small boy was playing in the extension room back of the parlor. He seemed to take a great interest in the visitor, and every now and then suspended his sport to reconnoitre him. When Mr. Depew left, the lad ran to the front window, and, looking out, asked: “Who is that man. papa?” “He’s the gentleman your mother and I were talking about at the breakfast table, this morning, Mr. Depew, the greatest story-teller I ever heard in my life." A few days after the visitor came again. The lad was standing on the front stoop, and as soon as Mr. Depew rang the bell he said to him: “I know you.” Mr. Depew is fond of children, and patting the little fellow on the head, observed encouragingly: “Comenow, if you think you know who I am, who am I.” “You’re the gentleman that tells the biggest whoppers papa ever heard.’ ’