Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1905 — She Was a Peach. [ARTICLE]

She Was a Peach.

Small Edwin had been seemingly lost in thought for several minutes, when he finally said: “Mamma, all peaches don’t grow on trees, do they ?” “Of course they do, dear,” replied his mother. “What reason have you for thinking otherwise?” “Well,” answered little Edwin. “I didn’t suppose papa’s typewriter grew on a tree. I heard him tell Mr. Guy this morning that she was the only peach in the orchard, and—” Just then the door opened and the mother arose to welcome her peach-loving husband, who was kept busy for the next half hour trying to explain that he was alluding to the machine, not the operator.