Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1895 — Yankce “Cuteness.” [ARTICLE]

Yankce “Cuteness.”

The Yankee lias always-had the reputation of being an ingenious fellow’. He has been credited with doing a great many things he never did, and he has done a good many things h.e has never been credited with. But it recently devolved upon a real Vermont Yankee to buy a second-hand hearse and turn it Into a peddler’s cart. He fixed it over a little, boarded up the sides, and “daubed” a little red paint in several places to take off the funereal air. He also took, off the plumes, and built a canopy over the driver’s seat. The District of Golumbia, not including the Government buildings and public works, has an assessed valuation of $99,401,787.