Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1916 — DADDY IS STILL COGITATING [ARTICLE]

DADDY IS STILL COGITATING

Precocious Youngster Asked Question Which Couldn’t Be Answered "Right Off the Bat.’’ t - When Auditor of State Vic Donahey and six of his ten children had returned from Sunday school he tried the children out on the lesson, which had been about Noah and the Ark. He impressed on their minds that of all the inhabitants of the earth, human, creeping and otherwise; all save those which had taken refuge on the Ark had perished in the flood. There was nothing living at all except what was on the Ark, he told the children. The waters had drowned out all life. “Say, dad,” Inquired one of the youngsters, who is especially precocious, "did the fishes in the water die, too?” This was a poser for the auditor. He told the lad that he would answer the question later. Answering questions right off the bat Is one of the accomplishments of the auditor, but the one the boy asked stumped him. — Columbus Dispatcbr