Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1894 — Webster Was Lazy. [ARTICLE]

Webster Was Lazy.

As a boy, Daniel Webster was not over fond of labor. On one occasion his father returned from a short journey and found certain work undone. Summoning the boys, he asked, sharply, “Ezekiel, what have you been doing?” “Nothing, sir," was the reluctant reply. “Well, Daniel, what have you been doing?” “Helping ’Zeke, sir, ” was the prompt and cheerful answer, and the father’s anger was lost in his mirth. On another occasion Danjel was put to mowing, but complained that his scythe “was not hung right.” “All right,” said his father, “hang it to suit yourself.” Thereupon Daniel hung the scythe upon a tree, remarking: “There; that is hung to suit me.” And he mowed no more that day. When an editor attempts to “feel the pulse of the people)” he is liable to neglect his own circulation.—Glens Falls Republican