Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1889 — Thankful for Small Mercies. [ARTICLE]

Thankful for Small Mercies.

A little boy one day inadvertently swallowed a sixpence. Amidst the general hubbub his mother’s voice was heard to exclaim devoutly: “Thank heaven!” “Thank heaven;” retorted his father, “what for?” “Oh, it might have been worse. It might have been six-pennorth of coppers,”—London Pick Me Up.