Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1901 — Poor Old Dad. [ARTICLE]

Poor Old Dad.

There is a class of men who are seldom, if ever, appreciated at their true value. In this enlightened age they are commonly called “dad.” It is dad that humps himself year in and year'out, on the farm, in the office, store or workshop, in order that his boy and girl may go away to school and, upon their return home that the boy may have a fine horse and topbuggy, and the girl a costly piano. It is l)ad that hustles and cultivates great caloused knots on his hands and becomes stoop-should-ered in order that his offspring may revel in luxury and make tarnal fools of themselves. But, as is frequently the case, how miserably Dad is rewared for all his kindness. His sons and daughters have learned, at his expense, to despise his old-fashioned ways. They secretly laugh at the style of his Sunday coat and his bell-crowned hat. On Sundays, when his daughter has company and he would like to sit in the parlor and listen to the music, he is given in various ways to understand that his presence is not desirable, and the poor old man goes out into the kitchen and stays there the remainder of the afternoon. God help the son or daughter who goes back on Dad. Ju the catalogue of low dowrn cussedness, that of ingratitude to one’s parents is the most contemptible.— Morocco Courier.