Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1885 — One Good Dinner Anyway. [ARTICLE]
One Good Dinner Anyway.
A South Second street mother took her little boy with her when she went on a day's visit to a lady friend. At dinner, Jimmy passed his plate for the third time, and his mother severely remarked: “Now, see here, Jimmy, I cannot allow you to gorge yourself in this way. Mercy on ns, Mrs. M will thin k you a perfect pig. -VTou never eat this way at home.” “Good reason why.” “What do you mean, sir ?” “Don’t never have any dinners like this ’ore our house.”— Brooklyn Times. ’ ~f ' ;
