The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-12-29

Know Mark Twalny Well | used 10
know Sam Clemens quite well when he
was ont there | eav him once after he
baeamc Mark Twain. way down in San jose
lec,uring Think fuany ouss, don't
think he would recognize me IN these toes,
habilimouts oi civilization il you please,
Bu, there is little ipcidcnt call 10 mind.
Old Bill Nye Of Nevada every body knows
who he Was appointed Sam Clemens
and school committee men FOR our dis.
trict Well, We had few Piute young
ones aud one or two white ones 10 start ON.
enough as Sam said TO make nucleons 80
we hired female teacher. She was cor.
siderable on morals. and suspect Sam
had intimated that this portion Of their ed
ucation should not he neglected II was
. pretty barron ssal ~ ~ s&sas -. bat
the teacher was Ms cute ~ they make ON,
and she was determined 10 please and per.
haps astonish the committeeman. 30 she
goes TO work and stands them up like .
lot Of sticks and practices moral instruc.
tion upon them. She always arranged
them in exactly the same order and. like
young colts. the youngsters soon learned
TO know which was their particular stall.
or standing For boy No. she 81.
ways had one question: Who made you?'
OF course there was but one answer and |
that was God This was the alpha and
omega Of that youth moral requirement,
so to speak Boy No. 2wssn't any bright
er so he had his question and answer drill
ed into him. who was the strongest man2
was the question, and Samson WAS the IN.
swer. Boy No. was the son Of a Piute
squaw and white man. He WAS dull,
and his ideas were terribly difficult 10 cul.
tivate. So suppose for that reason tho
schoolmaam assigned him TO say that Job
was the most patient man. Wsll, Sam
came down one day to see how things
we're progressing Mt school. The teacher
stood her three particular pupils up in
row on the side OF the log cabin, and, in
timating that the committeeman could pull
out slowly on the cAtechism and moral in.
struction, she invited him to steam ahead.
Meantime boy No. had complained Of .
sudden feeling inspired, no
doubt, by Sans awful presence, and the
.eacher excused him with the recommen-
lation that he go out in the adjoining 10.
lcre lot and lie down till he felt refreshed.
To boy No. 2 Sam now ADDRESSED himself,
With the following question: Sonny, who
made you? Samson, sir, was the ready
eply. The teacher blushed aud even Sam
vas taken back. We'll. my boy, you can
ell who made you? said Sam to boy No 3.
Yes sir job Why there must be some {
title mistake here. said Sam in On under
one. Then back to boy No. he went
',sn. ARE you sure NY i'ssi- nsn, sn~s {
samson made you?' oh. yes sir. because
10 was very strong man. Then to boy q
10. 3 he put the question: Are you quite
ertain. thut Job made your oh yes, piped ]
he Piute cherub. JOB was very patient
nan Why, you little rascals, don't You
now that God made you? 'Nosir, cried
he young Piute, greatly alarmed, the q
10Y God ma 10 is out ON the ten-acre lot, /
ickin' up his heels and havin bully \
ime. This ended Sans efforts at catechis- \
ng, and almost completely broke him Is I
chool committeeman. But / must DO 60 '
n, stranger, and peculiar expression !
tole over the far Western miners fca-
ures. The reporter understood it, 1t i
neant pecuniary pain, and he relieved 1t 0
$ he shook his acquaintance's hand with !
souvenir in the shape Of a greenback Of Q
certain denomination, which shall here |
70 unmentionable. II