The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-09-18
TIE FOLLY OF UrsDo Il.
lie Leaves Learning for others
"JOgeriy" Not Nceded-PrOspeC.
tive Jelly and Cake.

Ale LehEch l.chrnlnk i0f OincFA-
"JOgeriyr Not Needed PrOspec.
tive Jelly and Cake.
From the psuoIt Free Pes.
"The cause Of education be hanged r
he muttered "a he sat down on the curb.
stone on Shelby street yesterday.
lie Was a lad Of thirteen lie spit
through his front teeth tnd he spit often.
Ills pants were supported by piece Of
sire clothes.line girlrd around hls waist,
his bat was ancient and greasy, and his
big fiat feet seemed to be waiting for u
thunder shower to wash them clean.
That's what ala me y he We1t on, "a
he pushed his toes into the wet sand. 81
ton't believe in felier ditiing in and
learning all there is to learn and not let
ling other folks have a chance. There's
lots Of other folks in this world besides
me, and | Amt going to be hog and FiSE
to learn all there is TO learn
Alter minute he went on:
Don't know huff now? Three times
two are Fix, tour times five are twenty,
and four and four are eight. That's as
correct as could get EN- il went to
school for hundred years. And don't l
know how to spell? Cat is cat the
world over, and Ill bek on it every time.
Hen spells 'hen,' andy know it as we'll
as il weighed ton"
lie rose up to throw a stone at dog
across the street, and after resuming his
seat he went on:
"Jogerfy kinder wrestles ,me down, but
don't go much on Jogerfy. What do /
care whether an island Is entirely sur
rounded by water, or whether there amt
any water within ten miles OF III Spose
I'm going TO buy and sell islands for q
living? don't care which is the highest
mountain or the longest river, do l? Pm
going to keep feed store, and when I'm
rolling bales o hay around, will care
about mountains and rivers? I've heard
the boys go on about exports and imports,
and straits and peas and capes, but what's
them TO me? II Teller wants i bag o
oats, is he going to wait and ask me when
the Island Of Madagascar was discovered?
He carefully examined the big toe OF
his left foot and the heel Of his right foot,
and gloomily observed:
1ne Olu lOlEs are making Eeauv 10
push me into school, and I've got TO make
ready TO keep out. Ican't take to school,
somehow. l could sit here and study ali
day, but the minute git into a school
house Pm nervous. Something's going
to happen 10 me this week. IN be taken
home in a wheelbarrow with big cash
in this heel, or this toe almost cut off.
That will mean four weeks on crutch,
and they don't allow lame boys 10 go to
school and crutch up and down the tales.
Or, 'sposin go home with palpitatiou Of
the heart? The old lady has had it, and
| won't more than get into the house be-
fore she'll have me tucked up on the
lounge, the csmphor bottle down, currant
Jelly and sponge cake in the distance, and
she'll call out to the old gentleman"
Father, is no use Of thinking OF
sending this boy to school. He looks
stout and healthy, but he's a mere chad.
der. The close atmosphere OF the school.
room will kill him before snow aies.'
The boy rose up. There was grin all
over his face, and he chuckled:
"Palpitation is the key.notel A sore
toe can be seen--a FACILITATING heart is
hidden away under hide and fat and ribs.
Now then-oosh-woosh; u.m.m.m-hold
yer breath, roll yer eyes, kick out yer left
leg and make her bob round like ay on
a hot stove.coyer.