Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1897 — Properly Expressed. [ARTICLE]

Properly Expressed.

The ideal Boston small boy—who exists chiefly in the humorous periodicals—is trained from his earliest years to habits of accurate statement Puck represents a man as asking a boy who was fishing not far from Boston: “Are the fish biting well to-day, sonny?” “The fish do not bite, sir,” replied the boy, respectfully. “They attempt to swallow the bait, when the hook embeds itself in the mouth. But the fish are unusually wary to-day, sir.”