Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1895 — Paternal Liberality. [ARTICLE]

Paternal Liberality.

A man in Tennessee was purchasing a trousseau for the wedding of Tils daughter. After bargaining for ten yards of calico, he said: “Now, show me some shoes.” “What kind?” “How do they run in price?” “From a dollar and a half up.” “That’s purty steep for a gal that’s been used ter goin’ bar’footed most of the time, I reckon, but a gal don’t git hitched every day, and I s’pose I kin stand it. Jim’ll have to buy ’em for her anyhow after this. Lemme have one uv them pa’r at a dollar fifty;” “What size?” “About sevens, I reckon. Six is her size in summer time, but gettin’ married is-makin’ her kinder proud, and she says she’s goin’ to wear stockin’s; so you see, Colonel, we’d better git ’em a size bigger to ’low for the extry.” l —The Shoe and Leather Reporter;