Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1899 — A Thoughtless Remark. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A Thoughtless Remark.

“How often,” said Miss Miami Brown, “hit do happen dater thoughtless remark’ll spile de plaisure ob er occasion!”

“Yassendeed,” replied Erastus Pinkley. “One o’ de gues’es at ouah own table stopped pap right in de middle o’ de kyahvin’ ter ax ’im whah he got de turkey.”