New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-07-04
One Of tha Old Stock.

colonel IhurmOnd, of Athens, an
attorney, had an instrument of writing
in court the valslity of which needed to
be proven, and which could only be
done by the owner Of the signature
found thereon swearing to the same.
The witness was called, and an old
gray haired man, who had lived over
his three score and ten, took the stand
and Colonel ThurmOnd handed him the
paper and asked:
'.Is that your signature, STRIP
The old gentleman looked at the pa
per closely and said:
''Wa'al, I'll tell yer, lie Citing old,
and my eye-sight are not so good as it
wunst was, but if somebody will loan
me pair OF specks, praps kin cipher
it out.
A pair Of glasses were furnished him,
and he scrutinizingly gazed at the docu-
ment again.
"Well!'' said the lawyer:
The witness continued to peer at the
paper.
again, waiting for the witness to decide.
''Wa'al" said the old man, ssthat ar is
my fist
You can come down, sir"
But instead of coming down." the
old man turned his eyes on the court,
and after gazing at him, said:
.'Jedge, is you old man Nath Hutch
ms boy?"
He was my father,'' answered the
court
'Wa'al, give me your hand, ledge,
kaze I loved yer daddy, and is awful
glad to see his boy followin' in his foot
marks
The court gave the old man his hand,
and after shaking it heartily, the wit
ness stepped from the stand and started
out of the courtroom. When he had
gotten out of the bar, and was about
midway of the hall, he turned abruptly
about, and said in rather loud tone Of
voice:
"Here-here's them ar specks, if any
OF yOuns wants EN-"
The courtroom was in an uprOar OF
laughter, but the old man never smiled,
as he returned the glasses and left the
house.-Elbert (Ga:) South.
To What End Shall We Educate2
Mr.. Sill puts his educational theory in
the following nutshell, which, as will be
seen, finds no room for nature. He says.
''The truth is, there is q permanent as.
piration in man for spiritual enlarge
ment, for higher and richer planes OF
intellectual being. This aspiration has
in every age reached out, no doubt
more or less blindly, after whatever was
greatest and best in preceding human
attainments. Latin and Greek have
been studied, not alone, as our author
almost seems to suppose, AS words and
for words sake, but for the vital con-
tact they give with the living men who
thought in Latin and Greek"
Now, granting this permanent hun
ger for spiritual enlargement, the ques-
ton still remains how that hunger is to
be appeased. Mr.. Sill says by ''the
accumulation of man s thought and feel
ing concerning human life and affairs. y
But aOhat accumulation? Why, the
literary treasures of Greek and Latin,
of course. The warnings of human
nature after intellectual illumination
are to be met, not from the magnificent
treasures of truth which are now the
grandest possessions of humanity, but
by the undeveloped thought of two
thousand years ago, and by bringing
the minds of our youth ''into vital con-
tact with the living men who thought
in Latin and Creek The absurdity is
self-evident. Mems aspirations are not
to be thus satisfied. The thought con-
corning human life and affairs which
we require for mental cultivation is
modern thought the knowledge which
bears upon the emergencies to be en-
countered. Only by the light of the
most advanced science can affairs in
these times be intelligently dealt with.
Our age is full of living questions which
can only be resolved by modern meth
DDS. To 60 back thousands of years
after the intellectual help we need is
simply to shirk the responsibilities OF
the present Popular Science
Monthly.