Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1917 — His Favorite Poem. [ARTICLE]

His Favorite Poem.

A Kansas family, so relates former Senator J. " rßristow of that State, moved to U a, and when the boy presented hinia. .f at school he was asked by the principal, among other things, as to his favorite poem. •The Village Blacksmith.”* wss the response. “I recite it every time w have company." “Does your father ask you to do nr • "Yes, ma’a said the "boy. "He says he thin, keeps ns from having «much company.**