Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1904 — A Child’s Order. [ARTICLE]

A Child’s Order.

The little girl hail been in the habit of going to the kitchen with her mother when the orders were given to the market man who came around every morning. Sometimes she has been even allowed to give the orders herself after her mother has made out the list. Her mother rather encouraged the child in taking an interest in the marketing. It seemed to indicate that some day she might become a notable housewife. One afternoon the little girl’s mother happened to be in the kitchen when the market man delivered the goods ordered that morning. He brought in two large baskets, and she was a bit surprised at the size and number of the parcels. “What’s all this, Tom?" she asked the boy. “Half a bushel of eating apples, ma’am, two pounds of mixed candy, half a pound of figs, a pound of English walnuts, a pound of raisins and a can of maple sirup.” “But I didn’t order all that stuff.” “No, ma’am, but the little girl did. She come back Just after you left the kitchen this morning and said, ‘Tom, here’s some more things you can bring,’ and then called off that list I s’posed you wanted ’em, ma’am.” Chicago Tribune.