Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1902 — What Became of Their Feathers? [ARTICLE]

What Became of Their Feathers?

It is the sayings of children that make men wise, childish prattle burned to profit that make men rich. In each sweet-tongued expression there Is a lesson learned or an argument conclusively settled, This is particularly true of two tiny tots who toddled down the street hand in hand the other day. In a few words they decided a much mooted question, and those who believe that the human being is a descendant of the monkey and wonder what became of the hairy covering that still adorns the simian tribe can now rest in peace. ~ “Say,”said the first, “we’s Dod’s ’ittle angels, isn’t, we?” “Yeth,” lisped the second, “but we hasn’t dot any feathers on uth like the ’ittle angels my mamma showed me in a picture book.” “Well, we had once, don’t oo know?” returned the first, "but Dod pulled ’em all out before Him sent us down here.” “What for did Him do that?” “So that we couldn’t fly up In the trees when our mammas want us to come in and be washed.”—Philadelphia Telegraph.