Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1902 — It Was Poor French. [ARTICLE]

It Was Poor French.

When the Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis was a seminary student, it ia said that he prided himself on being more proficient in modern languages than his fellows. When it camenis turn to say grace in the “messroom,” he persisted in saying it in French until he was cut short bv the gruff remonstrance of a wild western theologue—“Oh, here, Hillis, cut that.” “I suppose you object to what you don’t understand,” retorted Ilillis. “It ain’t that,” replied the other, “eo much as that I don’t believe the Lord himself knows what you aro laying.”—New York Timea.