Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1896 — Happily Spoken. [ARTICLE]

Happily Spoken.

Voltaiße once met the famous statesman Torgot, and cordially inquired about his health. J' “It is as you see,” replied” Turgot. “I am tormented with gout. I can hardly drag my feet about,” s‘You remind me of the statue of Nebuchadnezzar, Monsieur Turgot,” “Yes,” assented the invalid, sadly, i “you are right, poet, the stabile had feet of clay.” rpr \ • “And a head of gold,” cried Voltaire, warmly, “remember that, a head of gold,”