Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1901 — His Humble Beginning. [ARTICLE]

His Humble Beginning.

T!)«e is * certain great man here in town who hates nothing quite so much Ip answering personal questions, fie toed out on one recent occasion, and the gueet of honor was an Englishwoman who is filled with the keenest and meet ingenuously expressed interest *n America and Americans. "I find you perfectly wonderful over here,” said she between the salad and dessert “The lives of your prominent men read like romances. Your poor boys grow up to be millionaires and your great men have had the most extraordinary beginnings. One of your Presidents, lam told, was actually a butcher, and the father of a newly made French princess was a tailor. Now you, Mr. Blank,” turning smilingly tn the great man at her elbow, “I’m sure your history must be most interesting. Do please tell me, at what did you begin life?' The great man stared at her In disapproval. "Madam,” he said, “I began life as a baby.”—Washington Post.