Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1895 — One on the Minister. [ARTICLE]

One on the Minister.

A certain popular divine, who 18 noted quite as much for his absentmindedness as for his general piety, was called in once by a young couple whose home had just been lightened by a minature representative of the mother’s self. The happy parents decided to have the christening at home. The minister took the child in his arms, and In his kind, fatherly way addressed a few words of advice to the young people. ‘‘She that you train this child up in the way that he should go,” he began. “Give him the benefit of good example, and see that he is surrounded by the very best influences. If you do this, who knows but that he may become a George Washington or a General Grant? What is the name?” “Jennie," demurely responded the mother.