Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1891 — Not Literature. [ARTICLE]

Not Literature.

Farmer Ellsworth lives in the suburbs of a little Mas-aqhusetts town, and Is a man of considerable consequence among his friends and During the long winter evenlhgs ho and Aunt Huldali, his wife, read much, and his comments on tho ltteraturo of the day, though not grammatically expressed, often display discrimination. Not long ago he took a book of short sketches of country life from the town library, and when he brought it back he had to pay a small fine, having kept it several days over the time allowed. “I’m willin’ an’ glad to pay it, too,” he said, as he laid down his pile of coppers. “You enjoyed it then,” asked the librarian. “Enjoyed it! I should think we did!” said Farmer Ellsworth. “My wife, especially, has read every ono of them stories, twice over. But I’m bound to say,” he added in his character of critic, “that it ain’t exactly what I should call yrrUin'. Why, it’s jest like folks!" — Youth’ B Companion.