Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1905 — Confounding a Doubter. [ARTICLE]

Confounding a Doubter.

“This paper says thet they have jest fleescovered the reemains of a twenty foot saurian on th’ banks of th’ Penobscot river.” “What’s a saurian?” “I dunno. Guess mebby It’s one o’ them misprints fer a sardine.” “There ain’t no twenty foot sardines.” “Well, there might be the reemain* of one.” “I don’t believe it Do you suppose anybody’d want ter buy a box of sich sardines? I guess not.” “You’re too dern critical. Es there is th’ reemains o’ any twenty foot sardines on th’ Penobscot don’t you suppose there might also be th’ reemains of men big euuff to buy ’em by tbe box? You’re a atheeist, thet’s what you are.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.