Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1899 — Henpecked. [ARTICLE]

Henpecked.

“Look heah, Ephraim, whar yo’ gwlne in sech a rig as dat?” “To a masked ball, ’Linda. Ah’s supposed to be Uncle Sam.” “Yo’ doan’ say? Wal, cum back heah, man, an’ rock dese twins. Beckon if yo’ am Undo Sam it’s yo’ place to take keah ob our new possessions. Reckon Ah’ll dress up an’ go to dat ball as Miss C’lumbia.”