Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1895 — Glass Houses. [ARTICLE]

Glass Houses.

The saying “Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones,” dates back to the nnion of England and Scotland, at which time London was Inundated with Scotchmen. This did not please the Duke of Buckingham, who organized a movement against them, and parties formed who went, about' nightly to break their windows. In retaliation a party of Scotchmen smashed the windows of the date’s mansion, which stood in Martin’s Fields, and had so many windows that it went by the name of the Glass. The duke appealed who replied, “Steenie, Steenie, those what live in glass houses should be carefu’ how they fling shines.”