Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1893 — It Failed. [ARTICLE]

It Failed.

Indianapolis Journal. “Stranger," said the young .man with the white hair and the Hyed mustache to the photographer, “I am here to get my picture took, and I’ll tell you how it is. I've jist the question to a widder down our way, with forty acres of as good ground as ever a hog stuck his nose into, and lam now goin’ to read her answer. When you see the pleasant smile stealin’ over my face, I want you to fire off your ole machine and let 'er go.” “Ail right.” The young man took his position, but he didn't get his photograph taken. Instead, he rose to go without a word. “What’s the matter?” asked the photographer. “There ain’t nothin' the matter, ’ceptin’ that she says she's stuck on a preacher, and that I ain’t got the B ense I was borned with, that’s aIV”