Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1895 — Cobwebs. [ARTICLE]

Cobwebs.

Since Annie has been big enough to take care of her own room, she has had a rage for neatness and orderliness very encouraging to see. Not long ago she said to her mother: “May Bridget brush down that horrid cobweb in the corner over my bookcase?” “Yes,” said her mother. “But don’t call It ‘horrid.’ It’s only because It’s la the wrong place. In Itself, It's very beautiful.” “Oh, I don’t see how any one could think a cobweb beautiful!” said the fastldious maiden, witn a shrug, "juxeepty perhaps, the cobs.” And why built by a spider, why shouldn't a cobweb have been spun by a cob?