Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1908 — The Township Assessor. [ARTICLE]

The Township Assessor.

The l tax assessor is now at large with his little indelible pencil and his package of blanks seeking whom he may fill with interrogation points and a wild desire to cuss. When the assessor succeeds In getting a man coralled he makes him take off his hat, hold up his right hand and swear over the following questions: How old was your father the day your mother was born? How many people do you owe? Do you intend to pay them? Have you any dogs, cats, goats, monkeys' or other beasts of burden? What breed of fleas does your dog prefer? Have you a typewriter? If so, what sex? Do you smoke cigarettes or walk in your sleep? Are you in love? If so, with whose wife? Were you in the United States or Kansas? Is your watch a stem-winder or a self binder and from whom did you steal it? Do you believe in womans rights, if so, why don’t you get married? Do you believe in signs? If so sign your name; if. not sign it anyways. —Ex. We want you to try Arlstos flour for any purpose that you use flour for. Our guarantee, money back if not the best flour made. Only $1.40 a sack at John Eger’s