Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-12-04
AN ESSAY.

the daily classwork in Rhetoric. the
present term, by MIR. a.. n. Clayton,
Jr. 'Tis given as Mr.. Clayton pro-
duced it without suggestion or cor
rection. A. n. F.
Resolved, Thai the autobiography OF
silver dollar is more interesting
than that OF an acorn.
As am on the alternative side OF
this question | claim that the auto
biography OF a dollar is more inter-
esting. While thinking son this sub
| Ject and trying to arrange some plan
by which | could prove this assei ton,
nit upon the idea of letting silver
| dollar relate its history to me, and
would repeatit in order to substantiate
my point. So / laid dollaron the
table and requested that it give me an
account Of its past life. 70 my sur
prise. | heard a shrill, Gear sound
coming from the dollar. AT first
could hardly distinguish the words
apart. but after a few moments | could
easily understand the accents of nv
newly formed acquaintance In
shrill, firm tone of voice it related the
following story: IF you will tax the
trouble to examine the date upon me
you will find it to be 1890 Do not
think. however, that this q the time
when first began my existy yncc, for
have existed since the foundation of
the earth.
/ Previous to this time lay buried
many feet under the surface OF the
earth. ! did not know under what
country was situated, but have since
learned that lay under the country
called Peru. My shape then was not
what you see it is now. for was sepa-
rated into small particles and these
particles were mixed with sand and
gravel My life might be called very mo-
notonous, for ! had nothing TO amuse
me, while my surroundings were ever
the same. There was nothing new OF
strange. for had become so accus-
toned to my surroundings that they
seemed old and familiar. There lay
undisturbed while over mo the storm
beat, the thunder ronrsd and tlaeaiegaa
nings flashed without the sound even
reaching me. There / lay while the
patriarchs lived, while the food pour
ed upon the earth, while the Saviour
preached, healed and was crucified,
while the world was being shaken by
revolutions, while Shakespeare, Mil
ton and Socrates lived, and while
thousands of other events happened
in the world above me. Of which |
was unconscious at the time. But one
gay heard noise above me.
| could not imagine what it was, for
| had never heard any sound except
that cf an earthquake. However It
was soon exp aimed, for party of
miners were searching for silver an
were now on the point of finding it..
Soon one of them stopped down and
picked up a handful of gravel cx-
claiming. Il have found it." Then
the others began to dig and break the
rock in hope of finding more. 1t was
not long until ! was put on an eleva.
tor and scoa found myself ascendin.
toward tie light BY aud by, reach
ed the surface and then | first saw ths
beauties of the world. How strang,
everything seemed. how unreal bu
withal how beautiful Iwas then car
r,ed 10 the bank of small stream
whore was placed in q machine cal.
cd breaker and where the rock was
pounded up and removed. Twas ther
washed 10 roihovo the particles oI
sand, and came out bright and shining
| was then placed in a large leathern
bag which was fastened non the back
of a Lama and ! was of on my Jour-
nay down the mountain side.
| will not weary you with a cital
OF the events of this journey; how the
| llamas plodded slowly along, how tho
Indians, who lead them smoked and
jabbered, nor of tho many interesting
scenes that occupied my attention; but
| will say that at last, after a toilsome
| journey. we reached the seacoast who're
4 was taken from the hack OF tho
llama, and placed in the hold Of ves-
sci bound for New Orleans. There
was nothing Of special interest during
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