Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1897 — Important if True. [ARTICLE]

Important if True.

“Yes,” said the poet, “the greater a man becomes, the more pleasure he derives from visits to the scenes of his childhood.” “Humph!” retorted the cynic, “do you know why? He just wants to bear the old folks around there say they always knew he bad something more than common stuff in him.”