The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-04-02
4 s-I0o5 70 .s,er Around Loose.

F'gur or fivs days ago man about forty
years ut aye. boxing IS if be had been
d.arn eyer 4. Justly fiOcr for an hour or two,
,tilef I91I one or the members Of the
F31--5 g 53lcation All j introduced him
=a'f - T..iiln CIanoh Harrison, OF Sag
,lsz csan;v. He was politely received,
ana le S,-I r.snesd bu>iaesss promptly ty
saying
-ru . liking for a situation as ?
.-tot .se-her."
azh La - replied the member. wonder
:ag riy he man wasn't looking for a
,-,-5-ri-
't a.-.d have brought a pile cf recon-
--rrI- ligh,'' continued the man meas
r-s- rsfh his hands, 'but recommends
6gr'- aHoint 20 nothing"
-Ard have you any school in view ?
asked .he member.
-E want to get in here, in Detroit, re-
p.l-L The man. '.Nhzt wages Do yon
page
I'm sfraii-' Jezan tse member
81 10 Ire sciioy' aias'e il-err1g'ei;
s-..-. we'll. I = p.zey au gay going wages,
ami tl..t's all 7 can ask for. don't want
en- ..sl On style ID live high, as I'm getting
p Us q. ID ard ought to save money
.-- was going to remark SAID the
.--r-sr. when the ecLO9l-!aasteT suddenly
.-a1:
.D5 hey allow licking in the schools
a-s If they d.. I'm the man You want
p --.e. the bows down I've bad n come
I'd by the dozen, ard it would do your
a-.r. good t. see the way laid en- Why
.-.e4 lad that schooi in Bay unity
,f hit nothing of licking thilty scholars
q s.y. besides hearing twelve classes Ie-
r.s.. I'm an old screauer. I tell y"u. ahl
...-r.'s fun III ne when ycu Ect ne "yle
--
Il hardly think-'' commenced tie
rssmber again. when the scLJCl-mas;er
.ared mp and said :
Of course, you won't take ne unless
-7= examination. but I Lain't afraid #
..- passing. Id Ike u see n woid l
dat spell Tor instance "a
-.7---r-h. c. arrh.' DandeIion : % r.
F lion. dlndeIiau: or try me Or -0.ds
~ four syllaLIes. .LuCuLrious 4 u
q, .t-b-r-i-ou 9. Iucubrfnus.' Oh can
...ocl, the socks right oI' tllese swel~Lead
.cacLers. ard no; EaIr try -
II should like 20 help you, put in tic
% en.ber, but
'aOL you needn't think I'm behind on
geography" interrupted the teacher. ''.or
instance What T. aristhmus? An 18th
nus IS n narrow st.ip # Iaad connecting
30 larger bodies. i the world lourd or
tat? Round. WHY'S It round? Because
80 is. Which is the largest river iG .he
--o1ld ? Tie Amazon. Which is tie
iie1est mountain? The Andes. I might
10 on for seventy FIVE days this way, and
hen rot tel you half know -
''Tou seem to be pretty well posted in
geography. but wanted to tell
And on grammar, .oy.'' czc.a,ned the
teacher, jumping o. again. "What is a
noun? ! noun i the name Of any person,
place or thing. Give Us ancAamyle : Man,
dog, cat, coon, goat, jack knife, fish hook,
ga -e-p,s'. What are the principal c. njuEc-
tiois? And, as, both, because, for, if,
that, or. nor, neither. either. and 81 fi.th
and so forth. Oh m light on Tie roof
of the meetIrg>huuse when you lNf
grammar at me -
Tue member vas &c tirg dcsg crate, ard
rs soon rs lie could get in a word he said
al will take your name, ard rs soon as \
vacancy
''And / know arithmetic from cover to
covert r. exclaimed t'e man, standing up
again. - can 90 through the tables Ike
lightning through Lay~stack, and when
You get-to fractions and cube ro1t I'm
awful l weigh tor a,G a LaIf. ard stIn
growing 'RIhmetic's my flvo.ite study,
and III give ycu so u find man who'll
saw sums in TWO and plane 'em down as
quickly as ! can -
His speech took the wind out Of him. aul
the member managed to say there was no
vacancy at present but lie would take his
name ard consider his case as sUon rs one
occurred.
''l'd like to commece right Of, = replied
the man, '5ut Im willing 70 wait Here's
my name, and the mint get your letter
III come down flying. If you get ne you
don't get much style, bat you get solid old
common sense and genuine education.
You won't see scholars playing hide-anG-
coop around the woOd-b0x OF playing mar
lies on the floar-nn. you won't -
And he..yent down tairs. .-D.t 0:i Tree
Ytss
a COLOEED TALE.-You can't always
believe what n man says, any more than
you can judge Of h.s heart hy the clothes
lie wears. The other night policeman
grabbed negro who came running down
the street painting Ike wind broken horse,
and the officer wanted To know tie why
and wherefore the colored man was busting
arornd in that lively style at midnight's
solemn hour.
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