Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1900 — Hard in Winter. [ARTICLE]

Hard in Winter.

Kind Lady—You must have a very bard time in winter. Tramp (between mouthfuls)—Yes, Indeed, mum. Sometimes I darsent ask fur a bite fur days, and I ’most starves, mum. “What do you fear at such times?” “I’d be axed to shovel snow, mum.”— New York Weekly.