Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1914 — The Finnerty's on “Ivvolution.” [ARTICLE]

The Finnerty's on “Ivvolution.”

“Did ye lver hear av iwolution?” says he. "For ’t was a man named Darwin lnvinted It.” \ “What is’t?” Inquired Michael. "Well, ’t Is like this,” answered Mrs. Flnnerty. *”T Is that animals changes thlmsilves*, like, accordin’ to th’ neighborhood they’re In. But It takes a long time, an’ ye can’t see thlm do It; for nature Is slow about makln’ thlm over. ’T is like as If an elephant was to be moved to th’ north pole, where,’t all snow an’ Ice. An’ maybe In a long time he w’u’d be gettin’ th’ likes av an Ice pick on th’ Ind av his thrunk for to be burrowin’ In th’ Icebergs an’ makln’ his way about.”

"An’ ye ’rtf helavin’ it?” remarked Michael. ‘"T Is not that I w’u’d be belavln’ It. But Agnes says ’t is thrue. 'T is a word In th’ bukes, an’ ’t Is like that.” From fcharles D. Stewart’s "The Fugitive Blacksmith.”