Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1886 — Out of a Dire Difficulty. [ARTICLE]

Out of a Dire Difficulty.

A father who can sympathize with his children, and amicably decide their differences and make himself their instructor and guide, is as noble as he is useful. Such a parent lives at Owingsville, Ky. His two sons, both of whom he loves dearly, were in love with the same young lady, who was unable to decide between them. The father was a thoughtful widower, and he felt deeply for his sons, and in the kindness of his heart he tried to adjust the ill-feelings that naturally resulted from such strained relations. He succeeded. The boys were sent away on business, and then the gay old rascal married the girl himself. Thousands of Britons in times of famine during the first century after the Norman conquest sold themselves into thralldom. Children were even sold by their parents to escape extreme poverty.