Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1909 — He Was Perfectly Willing. [ARTICLE]

He Was Perfectly Willing.

Artemus Ward and a friend were one day discussing sacrifices when jthe friend asked the humorist: “Don’t you think, for instance, that if a war should break out' we should be willing to sacrifice our relatives for the sake of our country?” •’Yes,” said Ward. "I’d be willing, for the sake of my country, to sacrifice all my wife’s relatives if need be.”