Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1908 — Dismal Professions. [ARTICLE]

Dismal Professions.

The question was recently asked in a newspaper, “What is the most dismal of professions?” Among those that occurred to us as having a claim to be so considered were grave digging, scavenging, listening to Parliamentary orations through SC allnight sitting, and the writing Of poems—or articles—that nobody reads. The washing of dishes may be made interesting if done scientifically. British Medical Journal.