Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1899 — One on the Rector. [ARTICLE]

One on the Rector.

The little daughter of a local clergyman has reached the age where big words are apt to floor her, and where she is very sensitive to the remarks of an elder brother. Not long ago she came running to her father. “Papa, papa, George called me names.” “Why, what did Georgie say?” “Oh,” said the little girl with a strong expression of disgust, “he said I practiced what I preached. I don’t, do I?” “Well, -my child, I ” “But I don’t, do I, papa? I don’t any more than you do, do I?” And then the rector Choked up. But he took a half hour from his sermon and explained the meaning of the obnoxious expression to the best of his ability.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.