Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1914 — THOUGHT NIGHT HAD PASSED [ARTICLE]

THOUGHT NIGHT HAD PASSED

Tired Farm Hand Lost All Track of Time in His Brief but Evidently Deep Slumber. Even when you are wide awake it is frequently hard to estimate the passage of time. On one occasion you find it hard to believe that several hours have elapsed,, and on another the day may drag so slowly that the clock seems to have shirked its duty. While you are asleep the calculation of time is. of course, almost impossible, as this Incident, told by a farmer’s son at the corner store one rainy morning, aptly illustrates: Father hired a new hand last night —a big, good-natured Dutchman. Evidently the poor fellow was tired from tramping about the country, for he went to bed immediately after supper. As usual, father went Itown to the cellar about 9:30 to throw some coal in the furnace and adjust the drafts for the night. Evidently this made enough noise to rouse the new hired

man. for mother, who was sitting beside the table in the dining-room, saw the stair door suddenly open and disclose the broad form of the Dutchman. Blinking drowsily before the light, he exclaimed: “Good morning. Missis! Good morning! 1 could chust as well has come down von hour- ago if you had only voke me up!"—Youth’s Companion.