Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1919 — It’s in the Atmosphere. [ARTICLE]

It’s in the Atmosphere.

The seventh-grade pupils, having just completed a study of the eighteenth century in American history, were having a review. “And what,” asked the teacher, “did the American colonists do in regard to the Articles of Confederation?” There was company in the room and of course the teacher was very anxious to call on the pupils who knew. Back, at the end of one row a hand was waving frantically. “All right, Nina, you may tall us.” Anil a very thin, small voice replied: “Why, I think they put a tax on them.”