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Freethought Review, Volume I, Issue 1, 1 October 1883, Page 15

A Middeltown lady, the mother of a bright little boy, was talking to him the other night, just as she was putting him to bed, about the efficacy of prayer, and told him that if he would ask God for anything that he particularly desired, she had no doubt his request would be granted. The little fellow knelt at his mother’s knee and prayed to God to send him fifty little sisters and one hundred little brothers. he prayer was never finished, for the mother, aghast at the prospeeft of having the house turned into an orphan asylum, lifted the boy to his feet and tucked him into bed without a moment’s unnecessary delay.