Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1906 — A Minor Trouble. [ARTICLE]

A Minor Trouble.

“Did yo’ heah ’bout our bad luck? No? De oT man was smokin’ in bed an’ he sot things afiah an’ burnt de haidboard an’ de pillers, an’ de fiahmen dey fro wed water all ovah de feathali tick! I nevab did see no such a run o” bad luck.” “An’ what ’bout de oP man?” “De ol’ man? Qh, he was daid!” — Cleveland Plain Dealer.