Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1885 — Too Particular. [ARTICLE]

Too Particular.

A male sparrow discovered a piece of bright-colored calico lying on the grass. At his summons a dozen hen sparrows approached and he was about to divide the prize among them, when a dispute arose as to whether the colors were fast or not. The calico was carried to the frog pond for the purpose of deciding the question, but before the washing could be completed a rag-picker appeared and the birds were left minus the calico and with the doubt unsolved. —New York Sun. Maud (an aristocratic child) —“How pretty and clever you are, mother I I’m so glad you married into our family!”