The Red Cloud chief., 1882-09-22

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30 thorpa1hIy alastnsaes the masfss
treated. thsf we publish u verbatim;
there h nothing 20 aanoyiaz 20
those which as brouxhs into opufaff
with IL - ignorese h. lgnorent people
are unable 10 understand iho<r things
which Oh. everags misd should com
prrhend NJ onc4- EducssiOa opens the
mental vision. ~ Il were. and presents
% the shinking mind . vast pssc-
rzmmy Of beauty. while 20 the eour.s
and vulgar eye Of ignorenss there 10
nothing attractive
daniel webster inject said thsf noi-
edge 10 power aud his great dictionary
Is adequate proof that he Was no sloueh
himself in the edscstion hnc. have
often saw people who beramc the VIC.
tins of their fellow men becsnse they
wore not iaformrd upon things ut
which they should have obtained .
no!Icdge. while others who hsd OBJ
tainei n thorough edncasion could take
. pencil or . piece Of chock and add up
anything.
III I had q child and could give him
An education or . she sp ranch. ] would
give him the education and then let
HIM acquire the sheep ranch II had
q son and could give him . large
herd OF cattle o \ good cdnea;ion. !
would educate him. aud he would get .
sore-back mule and . Texas steer and
let nature take It's course.
IL knew ut one time . boz who wa.
bent upon going 10 collidge although his
folks MAS poor and he ~perscvered for
fifteen years through thick and thin I'll!
he came out with . diploma and . tape
worm. You cat acquire almost any
thing At coolidge from q Greek educa-
iion to q hectic flush Another young
man who ! knew first as = poor boy with
red hair. applied himself a. his stidiei
patiently and industriously till he was q
good pcnsman. and then he wrote q
check by which he got 5000 and
eighteen years In the penitcntiary.
Other boys would have been contcnted
with ten. but he was ambitious and
onct said thst he would not be satisfied
with any little fool pctty-iarceny racket
81 a count over among my w nc
quain,ances a hundred / should cackle-
late who ha as good opportunities IN
acquire a prominent position in life rs !
did, but they would druther each cat
fish and curse their future with ignor-
ense and wise. Had they applied them
selves while young. they might n well
have been in the Legislature as | fos
they poss ssed the same natural heaven
born genius that | did if they had i'm.
proved il rs they ort
when | was young I tackled the
more difficult branches with great ardot
and before | was nineteen years old
could reduce fractions TO n common de-
nominator readily with one hand tied
behind me-
..Do not dispise learning. Men stand
in Congress today rs the result OF thor
ough aud studious labor in school who
otherwise would perhaps be unknown.
unhonored aud inspiring. They worked
hard At shool while other boys were on,
at recess. They toiled IN at oon eat
ing their bread andcold beef with one
hand while with the other they worked
Out their sums in algcbray.
"If George Washington hal neglected
his studies in his youth. where would he
have been Ia day? He would have hlled
an unknown grave. instead Of resting In
a stone milk house nj Mount Vernon
with hundreds of Americans coming
there day after day To shed the scalding
weep over him. Adams x Jefferson,
Forepaugh, Alexander the Great. Jesse
James 4 Queen Victoria al
alike poor boys. but they acquired
no.ledge Of the spelling book and slate
early in their lives and now they ar
well heeled
1.-The pen is might Ell than the soard
and a thorough nollcdge of grammar i
better than n farrow COW in fly time
II it was the last words / could utter
would say: Get wealth II you can.
but il You can't. get m education and
marry rich."-Nye's boomerang.