Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1879 — Old Ike Around. [ARTICLE]

Old Ike Around.

Loaisvlll* Courier-Journal. “Look heah Hanner, you an’ me’s bin gittin’ ’long fo’ nigh onter fawty yeah an’ ain’t never hed a fuss yit, but, fo’ de Lord, es eber I ketches you peelin’ farters an’ scrapin’ de ha’r offen pigs feet agin wld my razer, I’ll wipe dis kitchen flo’ up so clean an’ slick wid you dat de cat can’t stan’ on it. Now you heah Ike a preachin’ ter yer, an’ es you ’spec’ ter go ter heaben wid my good will don’t you pester wid my razer any mo’. Han’ me dem mushroom.” And Hanner pushed the rfiah of fried hog’s ears over to her excited lord and lit out for the kitchen, where she commenced a waltz and song: , An’ he need to aerub de handle •a de big Croat Uoah.