Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1883 — Selfishness. [ARTICLE]

Selfishness.

' Poor human nature, which viewi the universe from the standpoint of its own interests, is illustrated in this anecdote: ' A Scotch farmer was greatly exercised regarding the safety of his haycrop. The weather, though often threatening, favored his efforts till he succeeded in getting it safely gathered in, being in this respect more fortunate than several of his neighbors. After seeing the last wisp of straw tied round his stacks, he exclaimed, with a pelfsatisfied air: “Noo, sin’ I hae gotten my hay a’ safely in, I think the warld would be greatly the better o’ a guid shower.” It takes a sledge-hammer to “strike it right.”