Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1901 — Eli Always At It. [ARTICLE]

Eli Always At It.

Eli Perkins sends out some very characteristic *‘oomps” to the newspapers. They are good anywhere on earth and for 962 years. They state that Eli will begin promptly at 8 o’clock and continue until somebody requests him to stop. If he should die or get hung before the date of the lecture the tickets will admit the holder to a front seat at the funeral, where he can enjoy the performance the same as at the lecture. Eli says he reserves the best seats, those nearest the door, for his special friends the idea being to] facilitate their early escape from the lecture. Redistributes a 16 chromo to those w ho remain to the end and to parties of]6 who so remain he gives a house and lot! Eli is always at it.