Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1912 — The Genealogy of Rings. [ARTICLE]

The Genealogy of Rings.

They’ve studied up the family tree of Ebenezer Bings And proved that his descent is straight from dukes and earls and kings. He has a brand new coat of arms so handsome and so gay, A mixture of menagerie and patterns in crochet, They only mention relatives who fought with courage fine Or rose to great distinction in the intellectual line, But if they’d searched enough I’ll bet the fact they’d run across That somewhere in that family tree somebody stole a boss. Them fam’ly trees don’t alius tell as much as they keep Md. ~' It wouldn’t be a thing ’gainst Ebenezer if they did. He’s generous an* he’s kind and alius pays his honest debts, He doesn’t drink, nor chew, nor smoke, not even cigarettes. But then it takes all kinds o’ folks to make a world, you see. There’s a mighty wide assortment in ’most every family tree. Let’s Just admire the gilding an’ the trimmings an* the floss An’ be content to overlook the chap that stole a hoes.