The old pastor made it a practice to visit the parish school at least once a week.

One day he walked into the 4th grade class, where the children were studying the states, and asked how many students could name all 50 states.

Only one child raised his hand.

The pastor jokingly told them that in his day students knew the names of all the states.

One boy raised his hand and said, "Yes, but in those days there were a lot less of them."