The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-04-03
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When I was little fellow, I took q
walk and got very tired. An old gentle.
man said to me, "so you got tired, did
youf"
"Yes," | answered.
"Well," said he, "the next time you
go to takea walk t can tell you what to
do; ifyou get very tired pick up a heavy
log and carry it until you are so 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 went to walk got
so tired that I could sc,rce'y 60 along,
and was foolish enoug!, TO pick up big
stone and struggle a!nlg with it about
twenty yards, and then dropped 1t and
expected to "shoot" f"rward, and did
for about three steps, when 1 was ten
times as tired as was before I took the
stone up.
Learned from that that some helps are
aoorse than none.
Another time I saw Stuffed dog on
a porch. He was the most perfect i'm
age ola living dog, and l thought for q
few minutes that he vas alive, and said
to gentleman who was walking with
me, us that dog dead or alive ?"
Said he, "He is dead /; he is stuffed
dog; but every time he hears The gate open
lie barks."
I worked the gate four or FIVE times
backward and forward, bit there was no
sound. Said +, "1tis humbug. He
doesn't bark"
WELL" said the man, "he has not
heard the gate open, has he?"
Learned from that that when any
thing Is said to you it Is not ulyays safe
to take the Hrst meaning of it, but turn
u pier IN The mind.
When I got to be little older I went
to book auction and looked over the
catalogue, and picked out four or FIVE
books which I thought I would like to
have, and in little while the auctioueer
began and called off one of my books, and
said, "Here ia a great book-Mr. Emer-
sons Representative lien how much for
this7 Have a bid7" And somebody
said, Fifty cents" Isaid, '.Fifty.6ve;"
the auttionsr welt on, 1855 IS, 55,"
as fast as he could talk, and got tgoing so
last be could notsay fifty, but said Jfddg
--.fddy fuc. Somebody else said "Sixty,"
and be went on. I said, "Sixty Eve"
and they kept adding on and on, and
finally said, 1.-TWO dollars" and got it.
In similar way bought all the books
had picked out. Then 1 went into a
book store and asked 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 tbat that the time to
keep your head clear is when you are
making a bargain. The man who wants
10 sell may be glad to get you excited,
and the man who wants to buy must Keep
cool.
When I had grown still older 1 had a
sore throat, and instead of going to q
good physician that lived near me I
thought would send To one whose ad.
vettisement aaw iii all the papers. I
wrote to him, telling him i was young
man earning my own way and l had q
sore throat, and / 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 he t#o pilb and prescription
for q gargie for my throat One Of these
pills I took. The other I have yet.
When went to have the gargle put up
I noticed that the prescription contained
two things; one was chloride, q, sodium
and the othef Was Gapsicum. happened
to say to the druggist, "What kind ofa
thing is chloride of sodiumi'' "Why,"
said he, "iti is common table SAT-" Then
said, "What kind of athing 10 capsi.
cum9" Said he, "1tis common red pepper"
Then I showed him one Of the pills, and
he said, ''That is blue pill" Now I
had to pay $40 for that medicine-that
is, I paid $40 for pill that could have
bought for twenty cents, and to 6nd out
that salt and pepper mixed with vinegar
or water would make good gatgle for
the thfost.
You see that I lave 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 sueh 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 togo
to an important place. knew that I
had just about time enough to catch it if
walked very fast. 1 overlook a man
on the way and he said, "Where are you
going'" 1 said 81 am going to LAX, the
10:40 train." 80" 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
a large sum to reach the place by spe.
cial conveyance.
What is the moral Of that? When you
ktso,0 you are right, go ahead on your o,Un
account, and let the other man Keep up to
you.
That is one lesson, and there are