Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1903 — May Come to It. [ARTICLE]

May Come to It.

Having been abroad for some years, the returning citizen was somewhat surprised to find hia native village in a turmoiL In fact, a lynching bee was being pulled off with much eclat and considerable rope. “What is thiß?” he exclaimed. “Who are they lynching?” “I forget his name,” shouts the person addressed, “but hq is one of these vaudeville actors that always use long words when they want to be considered funny.” “I wonder,” muses the returning citizen, “that they did not think of it long ago.”—Judge.