Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1876 — The Man Whe Gave Odds. [ARTICLE]

The Man Whe Gave Odds.

After a t-trange man had flnisiied eating a hearty meal at one of the stands in the City Hall Market, yesterday, he remarked to the woman: , , . ■ “As I was sitting down to this mcsl I said to myself that I’d bet one dollar against the dinner that the Greenback candidatcs would not carry a single Stale. If they do'you have won the obllar aud shall ft.’’ . “I want thirty-five cents of ybd,” she replied, pulling off her comforter. 1 “ Or I’ll bet vou five dollar* against the meal that the Democrats cany New York State,’/ he conitmted. ; . H i I w'uit my pay or there’ll be trouble here!” she exclaimed, slipping ofl r bonnet.• i !• •tilu i. ,;i “ Or I'll bet the same sum. on the same terms, thftt'thff’Republicans will effrry It,” he remarked, fia he wiped off Us sandy “ I never bet, aud I • Want 'my' pay f” she called but, being now all many for action. “ Great bilt look At the odds I offer youT!!, hpgapped. -.“I not only let you bet xih either sulc, bnt I offer you the tfnSrt feArfirf odd* that have evir’ been given since- the advent offthe Christian “Tdilfi’t btldA," she answered, as she got hold of his owt-tailfe “, Yon don’t leave here till I get my money.” **Or‘ i’ll 'bet dollars against! this tbirty five-teot debt,’,;.he went on* “ tpat neither Hayes nor Tilden Will be eledted. Offe of thcai most be, )*t I offer to -net thejti won’t he,simply to such another offer was -never i known since Oliver Cromwell kapha fighting dog.” m Thirty-five (?entp!”,she shouted, pulling him ahotind. “ Last; but hoi least!, I’ll bet you forty to one .that I hareatt had thirty.fitne cents »l)ou| nje ffW M mobtht pome, now, I offer.you erqry chmwfe tp win.” tjheAmi hind >wo solid kicks,, and was designing.’and dr&ftihg a third, When he tdasnfc bwf’Ahd'Mt a cdSt-tai! in her grasp: While an officer was looking for nim an Hindi tim marxet he, was placidly surveying, {he Soldior’s Monument and his teeth with a straw. —Detroit