Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1909 — Wise Precaution. [ARTICLE]

Wise Precaution.

The mercury was trying to ooze cut at the top of the farm-house thermometer and the old farmer was pitching chunks of ice in the pond. “What are you doing that for;’' queried the summer boarder. “That’s t’ keep th’ pesky ducks from layin’ hard-b’iled eggs,”- answered the rural philosopher.