Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1871 — Our Special Locals. [ARTICLE]

Our Special Locals.

Tito coolest thing in town —Ice. The drvest things—Wells. The smallest thing—A cord of wood. -"The newest thing—lß7l. The commonest thing—Hard times. The scarcest thing—Money. The shortest thing—A note at IS per cent, for thirty days. The heaviest man—The largest. The biggest bore —The artesian well. The “dearest place”—Where they never advertise. Spiritualists—Louis Jones and Bascom “is my name.” Barbarians—Marsh Rhoades and Joe llough. The happiest man—Thompson. The poorest men—Preachers and printers.