Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1894 — He Knew Boys. [ARTICLE]

He Knew Boys.

Detroit Free Press. The boy had applied for a job. “We don’t like lazy boys around here,” said the boss; “are you fond of work?” “No, sir,” responded the boy, looking the boss squarely in the face, “Oh, your’e not, ain’t you? Well, we want a boy that is.” “They ain’t any,” said the boy, doggedly. “Oh, yes, there ore; we have had a half a dozen of that kind here this morning to take the place we have." “How do you know they are?" asked the boy. “They told me so." “So could I if I was like them; but I’m different; I ain’t a liar,” qnd the boy said it with such an air of convincing energy that be got the place. It rarely happens that two breeds of chickens or turkeys can be kept on a farm without getting mixed.