Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1894 — The Dangers of Old Fellows. [ARTICLE]

The Dangers of Old Fellows.

Tears rained from his eyes and splashed upon his snowy beard. His head, whitened with the frosts of time, was bowed upon his breast. His enfeebled fralne was shaken with sobs A world, inured to the sight of misery, was moved. “It is sad,” it said, “to see an old man fall.” In their pity they were fain to know more. “Another Pollard school girl?” “No, banana peel.” The only thing the world could do was to brush the dust off his clothes and send him on his way with a few kind words.