The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-11-07

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the head, and he said that was right
and he gave me quarter, and when
he asked me how many boys therel
were in the class, and said ;herel
was only two, myself and little
girl, and then he wanted me to give
him back the quarter and I wouldn't |
and he ran after me and stumbled
over chair, and broke his cane, ,and
hurt himself, and he's been lame ev
er since, and I'm glad Of it, for he
isn't my father and hasn't any right
to lick me, for [ get enough Of that
to home; and the quarter wasn't a
good one either / don't like Uncle
John and ! guess he knows it. for
he says amt like any Of the family,
and he expects I'll go to sea and be
a pirate instead of a respectable mem
Der of society, and should not won
der, forrd rather be pirate than a
soap boiler like him, and l don't
care if he is rich, it's a nasty busi-
ness, and / shan't have to be a pi-
rate either, for one can make lots.
of money without that, and they're.
always talking to me about being
rich and respectable, and goin' to
Congress, and being President, and all
that sor O. thing, but I don't want
to be President; there's Lincoln. he
was President, and I guess he's sor
ry for it now, and there's Andy John
son, [ guess he don't like it much
either, and a feller doesn't have to
be respectable to be a Congressman,
for there's John Morrissey, he's
made money, and he's gone to Con-
gress, and he has nice curley hair
and nice clothes, and he don't do
any work either. I shouldn't like
to be fighter like he is, for I
should like to have my nose smash
ed as his is, for it looks just as my
mothers big squash did after the
COW bit chunk out of it, but l
should like to have nice curley hair,
nice clothes and lots Of money and
and cane, and have people look at
me when | walked down the street
and say that's him, and l don't care
who knows it, for [ don't want to
be soap boiler like Uncle John,nor
a tanner like Uncle Hiram, and all
the good people know Of are soap
boilers or tanners, except Mr.. Steb-
bens, and he's & school teacher, and
that's worse than either, for he has
to board round the neighbors, and
they never put apple sass on the ta-
bic when he's at the house, I heard
Miss Spriggin's tell Aunt Polly SO,
they wait till he's gone to spelling
school or to see the Minister'S wife
and talk about rheumatic and red
flannel and hot .poultices for sore
chests, and after he's gone they
bring out the nice things and eat
EN- by themselves, with lots ofpick
les. He don't get anything but
bread and cookin' butter, and stale
doughnuts that are left over from
Saturdays bakin' oh, [ know things
are done; but there's Bob calm me,
and we're goin' bird-nesting, fur
l know where there's a yaller bird
nest chuck full Of eggs; mother
says it's cruel and the birds don't like
it, that I wouldn't like to have my
eggs stole if I was bird, and I
don't think / should, but [ amt a
bird, You know, and that makes q
difference, and if you want to print
this you can, for next to being
a stage driver and a pirate I'd
like to be an editor, for YOU fellows
don't have to tell the truth, and you
can go the circus without payin'.
JOHN PAUL.