Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1892 — Juvenile Ideas. [ARTICLE]

Juvenile Ideas.

A famous Brooklyn clergyman was once addressing a Sunday-school on the lesson of the day, which hapoened to be “Jacob's Ladder.” He got along swimmingly until a little urchin in one of tile back seats squeaked Out: “Why did the angels have to have a ladder when they had wings?” After the inevitable laugh had subsided, the clergyman said: “Well, that is a fair question, who can answer it?” There was a pause, and then up w%nt a pudgy list. “Well, my little man," asked the clergyman, why was it?” “I guess, mebbe they was a moultin’,” was the astonishing reply, and the address was concluded right there.