Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1909 — Encouraging. [ARTICLE]

Encouraging.

Mother (in a very low voice)— “Tommy, your grandfather is verysick. Can’t you say something nice to cheer him up a bit?” Tommy (in an earnest voice) — “Grandfather, wouldn’t you like to have soldiers at your funeral?” — Lippincott's Magazine.