Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1908 — Baseless Fear. [ARTICLE]

Baseless Fear.

“Say,” whispered the wild-eyed man, who had sworn off only two days before, clutching the other by the arm, “is there a fo' g-legged animal with web feet and a bill like a duck’s?” “Yes, sir,” said the attendant- at the museum of natural history. “It Is called the ornithorhynchus. There’s a specimen in that glass case back there.” “Thanks,” rejoined-the man, immensely relieved. “When I saw it a minute ago I thought I had ’em again!”—Chicago Tribune.