Sharp County record., 1882-09-07
" "IgnOrense."

The following article, contributed by
valued correspondent, is. so true, ana
so thoroughly illustrates the matter
treated, that we publish it verbatlm
"there is nothing so annoying to
those which are brought into contact
with it as ignorese is. lgnorent people
are unable to understand those things
which the everage mind should COM
prehend at onct Education opens the
mental vision, as it were, and presents
to the thinking mind vast pano-
rammy of beauty, while to the course
and vulgar eye of ignorense there is
nothing attractive.
"daniel webster oncet said that mol
edge is power and his great dictionary
is adequate proof that he was no slouch
himself in the education line. L have
often saw people who became the vic
Tins of their fellow men because they
wore not informed upon things OF
which they should have obtained a
nolledge, while others who had OBJ
tained thorough education could take
pencil or piece of chock and add up
anything.
"If had a child and could give him
an education or sheep ranch, would
give him the education and then let
him acquire the sheep ranch. If | had
son and could give him large
herd of cattle or a good education, L
would educate him, and he would get a
sore-back mule and Texas steer and
let nature take its course.
Il knew at one time a boy who was
bent upon going to collidge although his
folks was poor and he persevered for
fifteen years through thick and thin till
he came out with diploma and a tape
worm. You can acquire almost any
thing at colidge from Greek educa-
ton to hectic flush. Another young
man who | knew first as a poor boy with
red hair, applied himself at his studies
patiently and industriously till he was
good pen5man, and then he wrote a
check by which he got $4,000 and
eighteen years in the penitentiary.
Other boys would have been contented
with ten, but he was ambitious and
onct said that he would not be satisfied
with any little fool petty y-larcenyracket.
Il can count over among my own ac-
quaintances a hundred | should cackle-
late who had as good opportunities to
acquire prominent position in life as
did, but they would druther catch cat
fish and curse their future with ignor-
ense and wise. Had they applied them
selves while young, they might as well
have been in the Legislature as for
they possessed the same natural heaven
born genius that l did if they had i'm
proved it as they ort.
"When l was young 1 tackled the
more difficult branches with great ardor
and before | was nineteen years old
could reduce fractions to a common de-
nomnator readily with one hand tied
behind me.
"Do not dispise learning. Men stand
in Congress to-day as the result of thor
ouch and studious labor in school who
otherwise would perhaps be unknown,
unhonored and inspiring. They worked
hard at shool while other boys were out
at recess. They toiled On at noon eat
inc their bread and cold beef with one
hand while with the other they worked
out their sums in algebray.
eff George Washington had neglected
his studies in his youth, where would he
have been to -dayp He would have filled
an unknown grave, instead of resting in
stone milk house at Mount Vernon
with hundreds of Americans coming
there day after day to shed the scalding
weep over him. Adams q Jefferson,
Forepaugh, Alexander the Great, Jesse
James & Queen Victoria were all
alike poor boys, but they acquired
nolledge of the spelling book and slate
early in their lives and now they are
we'll heeled. /
"Ihe pen is might;er than the soard
and thorough nolledge of grammar is
better than farrow COW in fly time.
If it was the last words | could utter l
would say: Get wealth if you can,
but if you can't, get an education and
marry rich. ."-Me'S Boomerang.