Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1899 — Avuncular. [ARTICLE]

Avuncular.

“Mr. Ardluck has such curious ways,” said the Sweet Young Thing. “I met him on the sidewalk that morning when we had the hard frost, and asked him why he wasn’t wearing his overcoat, and he only shrugged his shoulders and said, ‘Oom.’ ’’—Chicago Tribune.