Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1905 — Comrade Was Only Bluffing. [ARTICLE]

Comrade Was Only Bluffing.

The proolam ition made and solemnly promalagated some weeks ago, by Comrade Fox, the mail carrier, that Unole Bfim would soon be right straddle of bis ueok if he oarried any more passengers ou his trips to and from the depot, seems not to apply to passengers of the female sex; especially if they are young aod handaoms. Thus not infrequently is the gay Comrade seen loaded down with both mail* end females, and ths b'gger the load especially of the females the better he seems toeDjoy it. It is greatly feared that Comrade’s proclamation was all a bluff, to scare out the m lea and thus make more room for the fern des.