Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1906 — At Least a Help. [ARTICLE]

At Least a Help.

"TTneto ramir; 'was an (Jldtown chafactfer, swine of whose hayings have been pntlnto black and white by Mr. Norton in his “Sketches” of that vicinity- David used to run rafts of 1 lumber down the Penobscot, and was wopt to boast that he ‘‘always sold to one man, and when •he 4kln’t sell to him, he Sold to somebody else.” Uncle David w T as standing on tile river bank when a stern-wheel steamboat passed, He gazed, long and thoughtfully at thO, vessel, and then, turning to a bystander, Taid, in a tone of deep conviction: " “That wheel is a great sarvice to that boat.” I■* , , ■