Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1906 — Appeasing Conscience. [ARTICLE]

Appeasing Conscience.

“In my morning walks,” -Remarked a Brooklyn clergyman in referring to his vacation, “I had as a companion an elderly gentleman, whose acquaintance I prized highly. After a cross country ramble of five miles one hot afternoon we stopped at a farmhouse for a drink of milk. I drained my glass, and how refreshing It was! But the old gentleman drank lightly and set his glass down with a goodly portion of the rich milk untouched. “ ‘Very fine drink,’ he said as we resumed our jaunt. “ ‘Then why didn't you drink all of it?’ I asked. “ ‘That’s the way I make my contribution to the conscience fund,’ he explained seriously. ‘When I was a boy I worked on a farm and was taught always, after rinsing, to leave a little water in the milk cans.’ ’’—New York Times.