Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1911 — Of the Family? [ARTICLE]

Of the Family?

‘'First,” says the lecturer, “our torefathers ascended to their domiciles by means of the tree trunks, next they progressed to dwellings built upon the ground, and naturally Invented a rude ladder by which to mount to the upper floors; they then developed the stairways, and from that by easy stages came the elevator. Therefore, we may say, the tree trank is the father of the elevator.” "And,” asked the bright scholar. In a rear seat, “after that may we reason that the stepladder Is the stepfather?”