Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1905 — Expensive. [ARTICLE]

Expensive.

The Western man who had raised fifteen bouncing boys received a cordial welcome when he called at the white house. “Ah,” said the president, shaking hands, “I must congratulate you. What a blessing it must be to raise such a family of boys!” “Well,” replied the Westerner, slowly, “it’s what I call an expensive blessing. Wasn't for these boys thar’d be a roof on our house to-day.” “But my dear sir, I do not understand. What has become of the roof?” “Why, by gum, I used up all the shingles spanking the boys.”