Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1907 — Properly Deflned. [ARTICLE]

Properly Deflned.

Little Willie — Say, pa, wliat is a pessimist? Pa—A pessimist, my son, is a man who would rather read the death notices id a newspaper than the jokes. Taylor—Do you think that those cigars of Smith’s cost him so much money? Cay lor—Not unless be was fined for smoking them In public.