Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1903 — THOUGHT BABIES WERE PUPPIES [ARTICLE]

THOUGHT BABIES WERE PUPPIES

Force of Habit Shown in Criticism of a “Kennel." The fond parent called In his old bachelor friend to look at the triplets. The bachelor knew little or nothing &V>ut children and had never paid any attention to them. But he was a great sport, and what he didn’t know about horses and dogs wasn’t worth knowing. When he entered the room the fond parents pulled the blankets off the three babies and pointed to them with pardonable pride. The old bachelor acted as if he were in a dog kennel. He sized the babies up as one does a lot of new pups. After twisting their arms, feeling their heads, as if looking for defects, he stepped back a few feet from the bed and looked at the youngsters. “Well, what do you think of them?” asked the fond parent. The old bachelor thought a moment as if not quite decided and then stepped up to the bed. Placing his hand on one of the babies he said: “Well, 1 d drown this one.” Picking up the child next to it he remarked: “Better drown this one also." He looked critically at the third child and then said: “I guess I’d keep that one.”—Pittsburg Press.