Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1894 — She Felt Safe Then. [ARTICLE]

She Felt Safe Then.

It was during a recent small-pox . scarem.,a certain town in the Midlands, in England. Au old lady from the country thought she would like to take a cab, but she was rather anxious; having heard that many of the cabs had been used to carry small-pox patients to the hospitals. She asked the driver whether there risk of catching the disease. “Not in”' tTie'"TeasT,''”’friTrnT7“ rrrrsweredthe cabby; “I’ve had one of my back wheels vaccinated, mum.” Thus reassured, the old lady stepped in and proceeded on her way.