Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1915 — Rewarded Son for Abstainance Until He Was 21 Years Old. [ARTICLE]

Rewarded Son for Abstainance Until He Was 21 Years Old.

Monon News. 4 Archie Brown was 21 years old on the 2nd of this month and thereby hangis a tale very much to the credit of the young man, Bto father, Hon. John G. Brown, has a standing offer to each of his boys that if they will abstain from (the use of profanity, tobacco and liquor until they are 21. years old, ait that time each one is to receive a present of SI,OOO from him. Archie was the first in the series to claim the reward, Which was paid by femllias with joy and not with grids. Jt will not be many years until others come into like inheritance If they continue as they have thus far lived and it is the consolation of father and sons that in keeping the compact something for more valuable than money has been acquired- The price' of an unsullied character cannot be fixed by money capitalization, so the SI,OOO premium Is only an Incident or token of- appreciation. One of the mottos on the old merit cards read, "Virtue Is its own toward,” and it might have added, “pays the individual possessor compound interest.” , ' A large fullplnt glass Jar of choice apple jelly for a dime at Bowles ft Parker’s.