Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1909 — Conducive to Growth. [ARTICLE]

Conducive to Growth.

The keeper was feeding the pythons. Several live rabbits were tossed into the cage, and were immediately and greedily seized by the reptiles. The struggling rabbits, although seemingly almost as large as the snakes, were swallowed whole, one after another. The grisly sight prompted, the scholarly looking man to exclaim “Gruesome, eh, keeper?’’ “Yes, and you’d ‘a’ grew some, too, if you’d et all that live stock, I guess.”—Youth’s Companion. No gentleman should wear a directoire gown on the street. Porch-climbers are not necessarily men of high aspirations. In general, cooking should be confined to the kitchen, but on special occasions your husband may be roasted elsewhere, ■ without serioiis results. A mosquito bite in the hand, is better than a dozen on some other less convenient portions of , the anatomy. (Socrates.) - Never cry over spilt milk, unless the hired girl spilt it.