Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1894 — Realized. [ARTICLE]

Realized.

Detroit Free Press. The traveler extended bis arms impressively. “You of this benighted land.” he exclaimed,“cannot imagine the vastness of the achievement of civilization, a vastness that no one mind can grasp.” The dark vacancy of the native’s countenance, was suddenly relieved by a ray of intelligence. “We know,” he sadly rejoined, “no finite mind can grasp it. A three ring circus was through these parts only a few months since.” The only thin" for the breeze to sough through was a tuft of cocoahut leaves 123 feet from the ground, but the zephyr made the most of its opportunities.