Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1895 — A Fable of the Springtime. [ARTICLE]

A Fable of the Springtime.

Once upon a time the Sun and the Wind disputed as to which was the stronger. Presently a wayfarer approached, and, to settle their differences, they agreed that superiority should be conceded to that one who could produce the most marked effect upon the man. “Oh, I won’t do ft thing to him,” remarked the Wind, and blew violently. But the wayfarer only drew his coat more closely about him and tossed down a ball or two of Medford. “Now, watch me,” said the Sun, and shone fervidly, whereat, the wayfarer thought It was Spring and changed his flannels. Whenever thereafter the Wind became boastful, the Sun had but to point to a little mound In the churchyard.— Detroit Tribune.