Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1900 — How the Quarrel Began. [ARTICLE]

How the Quarrel Began.

A Bradford gossip put her head over the garden wall and thus addressed her neighbor, who was hanging out her week’s washing: “A family has moved into the empty house across the way, Mrs. Jones.” “Yes, I know.” “Did you notice their furniture?” “Not particularly.” “Two van loads, and I wouldn’t give a £5 note for the lot. Carpets! I wouldn’t put them in my kitchen. And the children! I won't allow mine to go within six yards of them. And the mother! She looks as If she had never known a day's happiness in her whole life. The father drinks, I expect. Too bad that such people should come into this neighborhood. I wonder who they are.” “I know them.” “Do you? Well, I declare! Who are they?” “The lady is my sister." There has been trouble in that street ever since.—London Tid-Bits.