Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1885 — An Observant Youth. [ARTICLE]

An Observant Youth.

It was one of the good little boys from a Sunday school near Boston who gave this interpretation to a verse taught by his teacher—“ Behold a greater than Solombn is here!”: “Hold a grater to Solomon’s ear !” When at a loss to give the-answer “Cain" to a question relative to that individual the’ teacher, to jog his memory, asked: “What does a man walk with?” Quick as a flash came the reply: “A woman.’— Boston Journal. When finally yon decide that you don’t know much, the sooner you stop talking, sit down, and 'look wise, the better.