Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1902 — Chip of the Old Block. [ARTICLE]

Chip of the Old Block.

“Thomas,” said the minister to his 5-year-old son and heir, “I trust you will not misbehave in church this morning, as you did Inst Sabbath. Such conduct is very mortifying to me.” “But, papa,” rejoined the incorrigible Thomas, “ain’t we taught to mortify the flesh?”