Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1893 — She Had to Give a Henson. [ARTICLE]

She Had to Give a Henson.

The othor day I was told of a little girl who attended a distribution of prizes given by tho Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. She had won, you must know, a book as a reward for writing tho best ossay on the subject given, and with tho other successful children was undergoing a viva voco examination. “Well, my doar,” said tho gontleman who had givon away the prizes, "can you toll mo why it is cruel to dock horses’ tails and trim dog's ears?" “Because,” answered tho littlo girl, “what God had joined together lot no man put asundor.”—Leisure Hour.