Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1917 — The Distinguished Past [ARTICLE]

The Distinguished Past

“Who was the Father of His Country?” “Lookyere,” replied Mr. Erastus Pinkley. “Ev’ybody knows George Was’nt’n were de Father of His Country. But don’t you see dis country’s got too much on hand jes’ now to stan* aroun’ braggin’ ’bout no family tree?” —Washington Evening Star.