Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1885 — Not a Proper Present. [ARTICLE]

Not a Proper Present.

“What shall I give the children. I want to make them a handsome present, you know,” said a railway magnate. “Why don’t you give them some of the stock in -your road ?” suggested his wife. “What are you thinking of?” cried the man, in amazement. “Do you want to drown the children?”— Boston Transcript. Man is never quite satisfied with his condition. There is something within Kim that spurs him to renewed exertion whenever the goal of one hope is gained and another looms in view; but when he beats a sharper in ahorse trade the bird of content is fluttering near him.