Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1902 — Surely Not. [ARTICLE]

Surely Not.

Aseum—Don’t you think it would be interesting to know how and when our proverbs were first used? Bungle—Well, I’d like to know who the Idiot was who originated “It’s never too late to mend.” Ascum—Why ? Bungle—Pill bet he never put on a hired bathing suit and didn’t discover till he got into the surf that it was ripped.— Philadelphia Press.