The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-06-15
HIS SON DAN'L. "
AN EDUCATIONAL DISCUSSION.

| heard loud voices on the road
ahead, and presently saw two persons
seated on rock.
Now, Dan'l, l won't stand it no mo- (!
The other made no reply, and when
| advanced | found the par to be father
and son-the latter boy of eighteen.
We talked about general matters for
few minutes, and then Dan'l turned to
his father and said:
Might ask him. pop. l reckon he
knows.
war calculatin' to Dan'l-yes,
was. I'm glad him cum along. Will
you abide by what him say?
l will. Go ahead, Pop.
Stranger, said the old man, as he put
his finger on my knee, I've been fussin'
with Dan'l fur two years back. He's
bin wuss on me nor the itch, aud he's
nigh killed his man. l brung him out
yer to hev talk and settle It, and it
seems as if the Lord had sent you this
way jist in time. Be you an eddecated
man2
Yes, more or less.
You've been around right smart?
Yes.
You know about arithmetic, geogra-
ply, grammar, writin' and spell2
Yes.
Thank the Lord that you hev cum
Danl he 'un will down you in two min
its and you hev agreed to abide.
So l will, pop. Just as he 'un do
talk.
Well stranger, it's this: Danl ain
got no sense. He wants to leave hum
and 90 fur hisself. He wants to know
mo- and have mo- money than his
father.
Well2
Wall, l say he shouldn't adoo 1t. It's
too hlghty. 1t can't be did. He's bin
foolin' hisself.
What la IS have you? 1 queried OF
Danl.
| want to 60 to some good school for
two or three years, and then l want to
study for profession.
A perteshun howled the father, as
he sprang up. Whoop That's the
last hair what breaks the camel's back !
roared the old man. Why don't you
go fur him, stranger2 Turn to and use
him up.
Are you opposed to education?
| be and bee'nt When a man kin
read and write and figger, he's go 'nuff
That's all ever had, and I've got along
right smart.
How we'll have you done? How old
are you?
Fifty.
How much are you worthP
More'n thousand dollars, sir !
That is, you've worked thirty years
or more to accumulate a thousand OF
twelve hundred dollars worth of land
and mule or tw)?
Yes.
After Tan'l has been educated he cal
earn as much in SIX months.
W-whatP
Did YOU ever have Law suit2
Onct.
How much did you pay your lawyer
Twenty-Five dollars.
How much time did he put in2
Not more'n two hours, dog gone
him
Then why shouldn't DanI earn s25
in two hours?
He's got you stuck, pop, laughed the
son.
How much was your doctors bill last
yearp
Thirty dollars.
And the doctor was not in Won,
house over half an hour Why shouldn',
Danl earn $50 the same way?
Whoop! The stranger is also agir
me shouted the old man, as he cracked
his heels together.
So | am. Let Dan'l educate himself
and he can buy and sell you inside o.
year. DO you know what income a
good lawyer in Chattanooga can count
onP Well, it's enough IN year to buy
the whole of this cove and every cali
and hog and mule within ten miles OF
it. It's the same with the doctors.
lie actually turned pale as he looked
from Dan'l 10 me and back again, and
up and down the road.
Stranger, hev you pur-purfeshun
have.
And will you allow that you have
made as hign-as s. day!
Yes, five times that.
He stared at me with open mouth.
You don't know much about the
world outside, | said. You work hard
on your farm and you get ahead slowly.
You can hire negro TO do farm work
for So week. Carpenters, blacksmiths,
painters, and such men get from So to