Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1918 — A Little Story. [ARTICLE]

A Little Story.

Two city fathers standing in the market place beside a pile of cabbages. A naturalist passed by, and noticed that a Pieris butterfly had settled down on the hat of one of the aidermen. “Friend,he said, “a butterfly is resting on your head.” “Good,” replied the dignitary, “that brings good luck, if the old saying may be believed. “Yes,” the naturalist rejoined; “and it reveals to me the wonderful instinct with which nature has endowed the insect.” “How is that?” the city father asked, much interested. “It Is a cabbage butterfly," the naturalist said—and passed on his way.