The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26
STORIES OF BOER IGNORANCE
Many Think jerusalem Is on the Other
Side of the VaaI River and
America in Australia.

a AQCR typical IFdtfsNadf tSoVE N apoua
the most ignorant white man on
earth When you find man who
~ has been knocking elbows with in
- telligeut white men In Jonannes-
burg and has never heard Of Aneri-
ca you are bound to conclude that the
Transyaalite Is not ytarning for enighten-
ment That WAS the writer's eNpefit nee.
The Boer was n powerfully butt young
man engaged I'm conducting transport
from the rand To Zambesi and as he spoke
English fiuent!y and seemed generally wen
informed 7 WAS amazed when he repeated
my answer TO his question as TO my birth
place.
America he asked vaguely. Where
10 ,hat7 In England2' with that | at
tempted 10 give him some idea Of the com
tinent's location. 'oh, yes" said ne.
Frightening up. II know now. It's IN Aus
tralia." The task was hopeless one lie
neither knew of America mo- cared 10 learn
Of il. He was conceruei only in making
fsoso on the trip and returning u Hloem-
fortein 10 marry a Ilttie Dutca girl there
and settle down on the veldt.
When in Johannesburg recently they
were telling a story Of how a foreign lad
got the better ~ Boer by means Of
ready rcckoner" The transaction iisYolF-
ed a considerable sum. and when the BOer
was mistake In the computing. 'Ikona. ="
said the TranNvaaier, III cannot be ! used
the ready rsekoner-
sIef me- see that book" demanded the
other. and then handing II back with an
expression % benign contempt, you're al
wrong my friend that's last years ieck-
oner "
The Boer Is the representation Of laztness
and loves To s5ask Ia the gun wIthOn. sir
sga
Ing. and an Englishmau WHO bad ios. his
way I'm the Traasvaal once fo1ad fauil h@-
cause when be asked Beer TO direct hsn
rightly the fellow never answered oF re-
moved the pipe from ms NOUN. bat sim
ply waeged ons foot ~ Indicate the d.
rectton and continued ~ gaze dseasni!g iEgo
the heavens.
slncs che Great Trek in iS2s when the
T,utehrnen LEFT Cape Colassv because the
Englizh ABOLISHED 81 TIE odd Dutch laws
ard customs Ire Beers have led more
or less rrli,sra tory 5fe Their leaders RI faas
time told them that heyofsd the Sa4I river
was The promised land and 0ne viii find
many A Bner to-day who e1neetveS % Je~
rusalteTT az fr<s north 81 tne Tya5}sy5al
| Few Beers have any notion 81 TIE world ;
| geography
In Pretoria liberal baFgAsv told s1e,
as an instance Of fhfs peculiar regime. that
| q farmer had laSt "a valuable horse - dTiv-
irg safo deep h0ae iH taF highway rear
Pretoria The animal broke It's lex and
| had ~ y. shot There was nothing - III
| aieate the dangerous condition 81 the susd
and naturally tEse aurgher oToaEbt sssit
| for damages whsch hs hxea at $50 The
sal, was ratls.En8 froEn cs4Ft 81 a84sytfi-
- IN. raaf fnefaf<rs degkartBE tfsaf ths
/ money must POI ~ p4ta- fie farmer a@~-
/ ever finally won, ana iae oniy tssnss the
Rad gould so Vas so 5sssN a aiN So lie
effect tina, hereafter when "a horse breaks
s,s leg ~ getting lGtG sfo4e ga the faies4e
/ highway ;ss w~sssr ean have no Te'.rsss
/ from tae ggsseF rTsass a.
Anushsr instance - tbts waisgsse stsss
/ ru4uaxe xzx AFFORDED ~ the fsosns esse-
Dams vsas q raca fsgss9sF. aslss % Died snafss
huraresls % acres 10 tsss TfansTas+. neaF
tire Care Cnssny bsYVsSNr When q bound
/ sry szspsste ara&e Sona+s YEARS ago sae s-E1es
. yg.s ea.a.s1 and Doa1s aEpse cSss mosa-