Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1900 — The Stage Demise. [ARTICLE]

The Stage Demise.

Prospective Settler—So this is an unusually healthy spot, eh? Native—l should say so, stranger. Why, there is only one week in the year when ,any one dies here. Prospective Settler—And what week is that? * Native—When “Uncle Tom's Cabin” plays here. Then the same people die over again every performance.—Chicago News.