Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1899 — Without Prejudice. [ARTICLE]

Without Prejudice.

A party of young men and women were bicycling along a country road. It was a sketching class, and every one was wide open for an artistic subject. Suddenly the whole party dismounted with various exclamations of delight and surprise. Just within the fence on the left gryw innumerable graceful stalks, each bearing aloft globes of pale green that shaded Into gray and purple. “How enchanting!” said a young woman. “How decorative!” said a young man. “Just what we are looking for,” said the teacher, a full-fledged artist. A gardener was standing near at hand. “Do tell us,” cried a girl, “what those beau-00-tiful things are!” “Which?” replied the gardener. “Why, those,’ ’said the girl. “Them?” said the gardener, with a chuckle. “Them’s onions gone to seed.”