Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1876 — lie More Fooling. [ARTICLE]

lie More Fooling.

A woman named Hastings, living near the House of Correction, came down town yesterday in search of her husband, and finding him hanging round the postoffice. f aiting for ** latest returns,” she collared im and called out: “ I want you up home, ’ f‘ Not yet, my dear; I want to hear the result,? jbe replied.’ ‘ f You come along home!” 1 she repeated. “ I want to see this thing decided as much as you do, but we are out of wood, flour, meat and potatoes, and we’ve got to eat whether this country ever has a President. <»nqt.” a“I’ll come up this evening after I hear the result,” he protested. “The result can be learned light here, Peter Hastings!” she chuckled, catching him by the collar. “Now you trot, or I'll double you right up before this crowd!” “Lemme hear from Louisiana—only from Louisiana!” he pleaded. “You’llhear from me!” she howled, giving him a shake; and, seeing that she w«-backed by the crowd, he meekly followed her away.— Detroit Free Preu* Tennessee has 228 convicts at work on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad.