Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1884 — Scotch Parents. [ARTICLE]

Scotch Parents.

» A young Scotch friend of mine, of high literary reputation, generally spends, once a year, a month with his family pn the outskirts of Edinburgh. His father is a Presbyterian minister, occupying a very enviable position. On the day of his departure, my friend invariably finds on the breakfast table, of his plate, alittle paper, carefully folded. It is a detailed account of the number of meals he has

had during his visit to his father’s house; in other words, his bill. But the son is as sound a Caledonian' as papa, and does not part with his coin before he ascertained that all the items are accurate, and the addition correct. “Why, father, I see you have marked bacon and eggs for my yesterday’s breakfast; I assure you I did not touch the eggs.” “You were wrong not to do so then, my boy; they were on the table, why didn’t yOu h£lp yourself?” I know another interesting Scotch papa who presents his children, as they come of age, with the bill of all that he has spent upon them, including the fees of nurse and doctor. The children sign and undertake to repay the outlay.— Edinburgh Letter.