Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1884 — The Duties of a Servant. [ARTICLE]

The Duties of a Servant.

"Mamma,” exclaimed a little girl, running into the bouse, “me and Willie wanted nurse to sit down and let us puor sand in her back, and she wouldn’t.” “Certainly not. She did quite right.” “Well, that’s what you told her she was to do when she first came.” “I told her she was to let you and "Willie pour sand down her back ?” “Not exactly that mamma; but you told hes she was to mind the children.” —New York Sun. Most fathers know by this time that a diamond pin, a brown-stone house, or even the highesttest of respectability—an English dog-cart—are not guarantees that a man will be a good husband; yet a large majority of marriages are made because of similar superficialities. Freeman’s Journal. It is better to strew the flowers in I the pathway of those we love to-day. The dead cannot enjoy their perfume and color.— Freeman’s Journal.