Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1901 — A Hot Retort. [ARTICLE]

A Hot Retort.

Deacon Scrouge—No, parson, I don't rightly think we ought to give you a vacation. You know, the devil never takes one. Parson Snappeigh—He would, deacon, if you didn’t keep him so busy.—Baltimore American.