The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-04-27

hIlu IIlC OlC SCIblClu0A C0io, .
man. you just let them things alone
and pass that butter, if you please"
"What do you think Of clans, slrr
I tried to speak about forty-fve degrees
above zero this time.
"No, | did not say ham-butter'1 !,
Moving closer to him, | put my mouth
near his ear and yelled again.
"Do you consider it likely that any
portion of the human race is descended
from the clam? Now, when we come
to weigh different theories and specula-
tons in the scales"
He burst upon me furiously. DO
YOU mean to call me scaly? You I'M
pudent scoundrel! you unmannerly out
rageous, impairment rascal. You-you
-wh-r-r!"
That was as far as he could go. The
emotions were too heavy for him, and
he broke down. 1t was unfortunate
that the old chap exploded. If he had
only been calm and kept his temper |
might have got something out of him,
for he spends a great deal of his time
reading those scientific books, which
none but lunatics pretend to understand.
But it was not to be. Fate had ordained
that should have difficulty in pursuing
my Investigations.
Dropping Turbot, / turned to an an
cient damsel by the name of Suinks,
who wears an intellectual pair of spec
taclcs and is considered ahead of all the
other boarders in the ethics business.
MADAM" | said, what is your hon
est opinion about the origin of the spc-
cies? OF course, you know what Oar
win says, but | want your opinion.
Now, do you think Adam was made of
earth, or is it likely that he grew from
potato"
Miss Squinks looked at potato on
her fork for some seconds, and then
answered:
THAT man was poor, weak-minded
simpleton, anyway, and if thought he
was descended from potato would
never eat another. Drat himw
"Do you mean, Miss Squinks, that
Won would never eat another man.
She flew into a passion at once, and |
had as much as | could do to get in an
of why had asked the
first question.
"You see" | said, al asked because
there are so many persons called pota-
toes, and it struck me that Adam him
self might have grown up from one"
Persons called potatoes! Why,
how in the world did that get into your
head What kind of persons are called
potatoesW
"Oh, | thought you knew-thc Muir
phys"
The boarders smiled at this, and as
they were in good humor again |
thought would try little further
up piece of pork that had
iished out of the coffee, and looking at
a party by the name of Bacon, | said:
Here is a proof of connecting
link between man and the lower ami
mails Now, sir, this is pork; You are
Bacon; can any one doubt that both
are derived from the same source? This
is incontestible proof that man is the
product of system or plan of gradual
development. You, sir, are an in
telligent being, this is only pork, and
yet the hog is the root of each. Science
proves this, and science may yet cs-
tablish the fact, impossible though it
may appear, that you are in great
part hog still, and"
Oh your sciencew And with
that chunk of ham hit me between
the eyes, and general misunderstood
ing ensucd. But have not given up
these chronological Investigations yet
Science has always had to encounter
ignorance and the hostilities of preju-
dice. will not quail.
MTyEn-A ron,ncto1 L.,