Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-08-16

Length w bone from ankle to knee, Is "
Capassity Nv skull. q cubic in.
Pollock wuz delighted Here" sed he, at
is in nutshell. Issaker has a shorter hand,
more nsrrer he'd, shorter and nsrrer foot, snd
his heel proiecks less than the nIgger's by > -
inches Good Lord, how hev ben deserved
What errors hev ben nussin How ken hu-
man being hev intelleck whose heel projecks
four inches2 How rejoict | an that | am ST
last set rite on these important pints ~
| smilel benignantly onto him.
Bigler Tiz. Il, too sei he, cam satisfied
that the Niger is not wat we, who xuz disposed
to consider him fit TO exercise rites. supposed
him to be. held firm when the measurement
Nv his arms and hands wuz bein inside, but the
heel staggered me 1t lie clear that no one ken
hev intelleck whose leg amt set in his foot bet
ter than that. shell pursoo this investigator.
Hsvin now startin pint--s heel, ez may saw,
to stand, on shel 90 on to prove the inferior
ity Nv the niger With heel for fulcrum,
shell. with the lever Nv trooth, proc ed to upset
the fabric Nv Niger eksty and carry confession
into Boston. | shel sssoom that Napoleon is
avrage specimen the lower or unintellecktoO-
al Afrikin type Is 1t sou
alt is it is - yelled we all, delighted at the
happy turn the thing wuz tskin.
81 shel also asso0m that Issaker Gavitt is q
svrage the higher OF intelecktooal Csucashen
type l. II 80 -
Certainly certainly -
every well. Now quake, Massachusetts,
Napoleon, ken 700 readg''
saw the trap into witch we he'd fallen, anil
risin hastily protested that the examinashen he'd
ben carried far enuf, and so did Deekin Pc
gram, but Bigler swore he was sgoin to kver
Massachusetts with shame, snd sat down par
alyzed.
.Kln 700 read, Napoleon -
''Yes sab
"Real this, then. ted Bigler. hsndin him
nOospsper.
The nigge read it as peert ez a Moo England
school marin, witch well he mite, ez he learned it
from one Nv en-.
''Kin 700 write -
''Certinly," and takin pencil he writ half
Nv the Decklarashen Nv Independence
set down, NAPOLEON. It's a deyilish pity
yOOr heels is so long otherwise yooi be credit
ed with havIn intelleck Now lssacker, my
bold Csucashen, kin yoo resig''
II protest - shrieksd IN agony "Issaker
don't answer the skofer at ethuology 90
But lsssker. ez white a sheet and trSmblin
under the eye Nv Bigler, who knowed him from
infancy, suffered cut ''No -
kin 700 write, my gay descendant Nv the
sooperior racer
And still under the lnfooence Of Bigler's eye,
"kin 700 cipher2''
"What in ihunder's the yoose Nv cipherin,
wen the old man alluz kept a niger to do his
fggerin -
''Set down, Issaker We're dun with yoo
There's an error sumwhere. The nigger's capa-
sity Nv skull II less by several cubic inches, but
he seems 10 heT YoCsed wat he hez lively But
it's all right, Parson. Issaker shell vote and the
niger shsnt Reedin and writiD never wuz a
quslihcsshen for votin down here, any way.
Possibly the sect Nv the inteleck is in the heel
instid Nv the brain, wlch accounts for the mig
gers hevin the most NV It.
And Pollock and Bigler and the nigCers pre- |
sent left the meetin house. latin uprosrously and
throwing all sorts Nv ADDE'S back TO us
doubt whether the result Nv the investiga- |
shen will help our friends North The fact il It /
was overdone. 1t was carried toe far. There is /
pint at wich facts ought to stop-Dimocrstc /
facts IN pertikler. In this instance the yestigs- /
shen shoold never hev been carried beyond the |
heel. He'd it siopt there, we wood hev had en- |
But csrryin it to the radi ike pint Bigler and .
Pollock took, the found ashen We bilt wuz upset I
and we are at sea sgin. Wood, oh wood that !
we were rid nv these ieering fanatics.
PETR oLEUN Y. Nasty. z. NJ,
(Which is Postmaster.)