People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1897 — A Pilgrim, [ARTICLE]

A Pilgrim,

An inspector of schools was one day examining a class of village school children, and he asked them what was meant by a pilgrim. A boy answered, “A man what travels from one place to another. * * The inspector, with elaborate patience, hoping to elucidate intelligence, said: “Well, but I am a man who travels from one place to another. Am I a pilgrim?” Whereupon the boy promptly exclaimed, “Qh. but please.

j sir, I meant a good man!” I may men* ■ tion that no cue enjoyed that cheerful ; jest more than tho inspector himself. It j made him merry for days.—New York J A <-1 rav 1 i tiav she common house fly lays four times m each summer, each time about 80 t-’ggs. A Hebrew cubit was T spans, or I foot and a little over i) inches.