The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-04-03
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When 1 was a little fellow, 1 took
walk and got very tired, An old gentle.
man said to me, "So you got tired, did
you?"
eyes," answered.
"Well," said he, "the next time you
go to take walk can tell you what to
do; ifyou get very tired pick up heavy
log and carry it until you are 30 tired
that you can scarcely stand up. Then
drop the log, and being relieved of that
great weight, you will shoot along as
fresh as lark"
So the next time 1 went to walk 1 got
80 tired that could st,rcely 60 along,
and was foolish enoug!, to pick up q big
stone and struggle a!ng g with it about
twenty yards, and then dropped 1t and
expected to "shoot" f.rward, and / did
for about three stepa, when was ten
times as tired as was before took the
stone up.
learned from that that some helps are
aCorse than none.
Another time aaw d Stuffed dog on
porch. He was the most perfect i'm
age ofa living dog, and I thought for 8
few minutes that he was alive, and said
10 gentleman who was walking with
me, us that dog dead OF alive?"
Said he, "He is dead he is a stuffed
dog; but every time he hears the gate open
he 6arks."
worked the gate four or FIVE times
backward and forward, bit there was no
sound, Said l, "ttis humbug he
doesn't bark"
"Well," said the man, "he has not
heard the gate open, has he'"
learned from that chat when any
thing is said to you it is not ut,ooys safe
to take the Brst meaning of it, but turn
Il oDer In The mind.
When I got to be little older went
to book auction and looked over the
catalogue, and picked out fur or Eve
books which thoug ht I would like to
have, and in little while the auctioneer
began aud called off one of my books, and
said, Here is great book-Mr. Emer-
sons Representative Men how much for
this7 Have q bidf" And somebody
said, FIFTY cents." Isaid, '.Fifty.fvo;"
the nuttionsr weHt on, 1855 IS, S."
as fast as be could talk, and gotgoing 30
fast he could not say fifty, but said fddg
-fddy fvc. Somebody else said Sixty"
and he went on. said, "Sixty 6ve,"
and they kept adding on and on, and
finally I said, 1.-TWO dollars" and got it.
In similar ray bought all the books
/ had picked out: Then l went into
book store and aeked the price of those
books and found that l had paid about
rs cents apiece more for these shop-worn
books than I could have bought them
new for in any store.
learned from that that the time to
keep your head clear is when you are
making bargain. The man who wants
to sell may be glad to get you excited,
and the man who wants to buy must Keep
cool.
When 1 had grown still older l had a
sore throat, and instead of going to q
good physician that lived fear me I
thought would send to ohe whose ad-
vettisement saw iii all the pspers, 1
wtots to him, telling him 1 was young
man earning my own wsy and l had a
sore throat, and I would like him to send
me something that would be good for it,
and to make the terms as reasonable as
he could, as / had not very much money.
So he STINT the two p;h and prescription
for gargls for my throat. One Of these
pills I took. The other I have yet.
When I went to have the gargle put up
I noticed that the prescription contained
two things one was chloride, qf sodium
and the othef was Gapsicum. happened
to say to the druggist, "What kind ofa
thing is chloride of sodium7' "Why,"
said he, "it is common table sqh." Then
said, "What kind of thing is capsi
cumR" Said he, at is common red pepper"
Then I showed him one of the pillB, and
he said, "That is blue pill" Nov I
had to pay 500 for that medicine-tbat
is, paid $50 for pill that could have
bought for tventy cents, and to find out
that salt and pepper mixed with vinegar
or water would make good gafgle fot
the thfoat.
You see that have given you this
prescription for nothing.
What is the moral of this story
Never be deceived by great names.
Chloride of sodium is salt, and capsicum
is pepper; but some people would think;
as I did, that such a prescription was
much more valuable with the big name
than with the common name. Whenev-
er any one uses big words do not be de.
ceived by the words; find out what the
things are that the words mean.
I will give you one more, which will do
for this time.
Once was going to take train go
to an important place. I knew that I
had just about time enough to catch it if
I walked very fast. overlook man
on the way and he said, "Where are you
going7" I said 81 am going to LAX, the
1O:4O train" ''O," said he, "do not be
in hurry I am going to take that
train" So waited behind and walked
along and had pleasant chat with him
but when got there the train had been
gone about three minutes, and it cost me
large sum to reach the place by a spe.
cial conveyance.
What is the moral of that? When you
k,ao,O you are right, go ahead on your o,on
account, and let the other man keep up to
you.
That ia one lesson. and there are q