Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1898 — Superior Mortals. [ARTICLE]

Superior Mortals.

It is not a very great man who carries his honors as meekly as the mayor of Inverness who rebuked an admiring crowd in the words: ‘‘Fr’ens, I’m just t mortal man like yersels.” Sir Wilfrid Lawson tells the following story: “A woman was once pursuing her fugitive cow down a lane, when she called out to some one in front: ‘Man. turn my cow.' The man took no notice and allowed the cow to pass. When she came up she said: ‘Man. why did you not turn my cow?’ He replied: ‘Woman, lam not a man: lama magistrate.' ”