Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1896 — Progress in the Art of Navigation. [ARTICLE]

Progress in the Art of Navigation.

Uncle Cyrus was asked by his thoughtful nephew: “Uncle, what do you regard as the real difference between the times when you were young and the present day?” “Wai, it's jest this way, Henry,” answered the old man. “When I was a young man everybody was satisfied to paddle his own canoe, but nowadays everybody thinks he has a call to steer ths ship of state!”