Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1897 — Progressing. [ARTICLE]

Progressing.

Old Job wfs taught to read by the minister’s wife, and proved a very’ apt scholar. Returning home after a prolonged absence, the lady met her old pupil, and asked him how he was getting on. “I suppose you can read your Bible now comfortably. Job?” “Lor’ bless you, ma’am!” cried Job, been out of the Bible and into the newspaper this long while.”— Household Words.