Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1890 — The Main Point. [ARTICLE]

The Main Point.

The small boy had a dog that was rough, as most small boys’ dogs always are, and a young girl who lived next door had a kitten, sly as all cats are. One day the boy came nonchalantly into the girl’s presence, and after some desultory conversation he said: “You know my dog Barca and your cat Darling?” “Yes.” “Well, my dog bad a piece of meat and he thought your cat was going to take It away from him." "Thought!” excl dmed the wise littlegirl. “What makes you say that the dog thought? You know dogs don’t think—they instinct.” “Well,” said tho boy, “I don’t c.ire whether he thought it t or instinct it, but any how he killed your cal”