Millard County Chronicle | 1913-08-14 | Page 1 | Rabelais Always Humorist.

Rabtlsis Always Humorist. Kabetals was a monk long before be wrote hi drolleries, but that he waa a humorist first 1 evidenced by tb many practical jukes which brought down upon him tbe punishment of hi spiritual superiors. In bis esse th priestly profession became loo confined con-fined for bis talents and b made a better doctor of tbe body than be bad bern of the soul, but It we bis career as a wit that brings fame Into eur day. Ills Gargantuan stories stand aa hi record, and their grim, grave humor hu-mor reflect tb man: that tbey read coars to as is merely th accident of their age. RabUia hit hard, but b waa returning blow for blow and fierce Irony was a necessary weapon of th Una