Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1891 — The Difference. [ARTICLE]

The Difference.

Small Biy —“Pa. what is the differ cnee between a pessimist an dan op timist?” Pa—' Well, let mo see if I can illustrate. You know I am often discouraged, and thing! don’t look to me as ii they'd ever go right. Well, at such times I can be said to be a pessimist But years ago when I wps a young man evervthing looked bright and rosy, and I was always hopeful. Then I was an optimist. Now, my son, can you under stand the difference) between a pessimist and an optimist?” Small Boy—“Oh, yes: one is married and the other isn’t” —New York Weekly.