Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1882 — The “Ruling Passion.” [ARTICLE]

The “Ruling Passion.”

A pointed example of the “ruling passion ”is recorded of one of the tollkeepers in Scotland. These tolls are gradually disappearing off the face of—if not of the earth, at any rate of Scotland. Many and varied are the recollections that linger around these tollhouses, In the case in question the lessee’s wife had been taken siok nigh unto death. The servio* s anti sympathies t f the clergyman were cs}led in. The rev-

erend gentleman was asked to engage in prayer at the bed-ide. He did so, and began, “ Ob, Lord—- “ Whisht !’* interrupted the feeble woman, “ I think I hear a cart.” — Harper's Magazine.