The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-01-13
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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"a GEOLOGICAL MADRIGAL.
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know where the fossils abound,
Where the footprints oil AYES declare
The birds that once walked on the groundi
! Oh, come, And=ln technical speech
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ei S $siS %ssS silti ny u q Jga UH1
I'll show thee the sinuous track
by the slow.m0Ving Annelld made,
Or the Trllobite that, further back,
IN In nc I'D Pdl1alm sandstone was laid.
!, rhoi th1lf see, IN RIs JuraSsic tomb,
Tho lhsl osarfpa embalmed-
4 I'm hIs0 6litic prlrhe and his bloom,
IguAnOdOn safe and unhAEmedl
YOU wjihS .!1tempnbStl II 4tll, Il I'M I
And loved you Che more FOR thAt wish
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I Andoh,, Il eafth's strata contain" 49,
ATS lowest Silurlan drift,
re F IS$s isg gaa4 ioys3 nSSsh 90 u
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10 BitEAlm All 6hFmainhhl feara.W VdlN
Well 49te lNys, y Sps spPneF !. bisnC
And though the DarwiniAn plan
Your sensitive feelings may shock,
| Wen 1nd the beginning OF man
Our fossil, ancestors ln rock
sDNShl tiGGAENf4rfi Aans'
school Days on Capteen.
,Eepl Ebfst. GldttViRs 1CkfppteIs tgiEY r
ike. Mite was asplsndid tYpeof human
Iity as developed among the hlllssof Cap
teen, lie was considered the best scholar In
The 'digsins," and We all looked forward
t0IllO Dig when lie wdilB b9 Hao eSthoOl
pasteEYe &pattaip this exalted position
was the highest ambition Of about q dozen
Young meii Who &eht d school at Pleas.
ant Ridge. The girls In those days never
Ethouaht 81 becoming school marms, sup
Iposing they hadn't brains enough to mas.
ter tho double rule Of three, and the mys-
teries Of Kirkham. Consequently they
only studied "readin' an writin'," seldom
bothering their heads with cypherin'."
Their writing consisted mainly In indit.
ing love letters 10 The boys, and their
reading " decypherihg tho replies. The
Master would occasionally intercept one
of those missiyeS and make the writer
read itto'the school. This was great fun
for oil not directly concerned, and after
letters found their way to the teacher
through the, trcachery Of the carrier,
whcnFit Yves found out, thdt parsonage
would get no letters for awhile, and his
only pRsGme wouldsbe TO throw paper
fwads at the girls OF, against tue ceiling.
Perhaps Ike Mite wrote more letters,
received more,j, and carried more than
any one in school. Whenever he sue
ceeded in gettihg sweet onep to carry
he was sure To get itinto the hands lofthe
teacher. ,5.a.sVf sttl eniR
One day Jim Kreg had got.up . stupncr
in reply 10 o sweet one rom 'hbagail
Woods, and was much ut q loss 10 know
how to get 1t to her, for tho Master had
missedp Leaf from Jim's ;copy book and
was on q look out fot the letters. Ike
undertook 10 deliyer the, letter providing
he should have the privilege OF reading
tho ono to which this was q replSi Care
fully slowing both letters In his trousers
pocket, he watched his chance to fulfill
his mission. ....
Ttwas against the rules4ochew tobac.
CO, but Ike would chew, rule or no rule,
jim had givenihih q piece Of "dog.leg"
into tue bargain for carrying his letter,
and Ike was employing himself hugely
with his tobacco, splitting down q hole
In the floor which he had burned for tic
purpose. q iona ~ '.H ""IGHi
"lsaac, come here" says the master.
Ike moved up promptly, being careful,
however, TO spit his tobacc0 out.
"You're chewing tobacco, are your
"NO, SIR" ~"
,sDon't hete:me."
"Deed and double, l hain't a bit in my
~" $E E;;;;s :':s'l8 S0 !. {.
"0pcn your mouth and lei me see"
"You don't see none, do you?"
I"Nosir, bdt ] sec BtptSoi it."
- "Let us look hero Where you sat, per.
haps We can find It."
"You may look as much us you please,
tbut you'll find no tobackcr."
whats this lying here beside this hole
TLS ,rSS koot irhoro law nd Sch.EyH
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