Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1909 — Incontestable. [ARTICLE]

Incontestable.

They were,, Jrying an Irishman, charged with a petty offense, in an Oklahoma town, when the judge asked: “Have you anyone in the court who will vouch for your good character?” “Yis, your honor,” quickly responded the Celt. "There’s the sheriff tnere.” Whereupon the sheriff evinced signs of great amusement. “Why your honor,” declared he, “I don’t even know the man!’’_ *o^- — 1 “Observe, your honor,” sa’d the Irishman, triumphantly— “observe that I’ve lived in the county for over 12 years an’ the sheriff doesn’t know me yit! Ain’t that a character for ye?”