Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-04-22
UP.TO-DATE FABLES.
Tom McNeal In Topeka Man and Breere

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one OF the leading universities Of
the country who had 10 his time
written several books which were
30 profound that nobody under
stood them except the professor
himself. It was really hard to tell
without the aid Of a lightning cal
culatOr how much this professor
knew. But there came a time
when the scientist was so worn
down with his labOrs that he felt
that he must get out and take rest
and recreation. So he purchased
8 little farm out far from the busy
hum of the city and when he could
get away from the duties of his
position which paid him $40, 900
per year, he went out to his farm.
g AS he hied him away to his cOun.
try place the scientist cOmmuned
with himself, saying: "Now / will
not only get a rest myself, but
incidentally l will scatter some
Information among those ignorant
and supplemented people. It
will really be a great favor to them
to have a man OF culture and in
formation among them" But
after the professor had been on his
farm a couple of weeks one of his
rural neighbors wrote to a friend
Rs follows:
"Dear Bill: You had ought to
be Here this summer. You Void
lah 6t to bust. There is An old
bald.heded Fool frum the city cum
out here and Bot the TOmking
place iinin mine. 1 think mebby
he Is sufferin' ioum the effects nv
a sunstroke ur sumthin'. AT any
rate be don't seem to be right In
the upper story. II IL isn't the
effect nv disease then he is certain.
ly the dumdest natural born idiot
/ ever seen. Talk about not
KNOWN enough to cum in out nv
the rainl He wouldn't know
enough to keep frum layin down
to sleep on q railroad track. He
actually don't know the breast
strap Nv 8 harness irum the
the crupper and he don't know
how to back a boss into the
shafts after it is harnessed.
He GALES himself a professor
and hes been tellin' round here
that he teaches in some big college
ur university an gifts a big salary
fur dOin' it. 1 suppose its jest
some crazy notion he's got in his
head. There sure amt no college
ur university that would hire a.
old fool like him. he Is surely a
plum curiosity and the laffin'
stock nv the hull neighberhOod.
You ought to be here to take a
look at the critter Yours as
ever, jim"
Moral: There is no fixed stan
dard Of intelligence. A mar may
be ace high in certain places and
not count for a two spot in others.
A lad who was born and reared
in the country felt 9 tired feeling
creeping over him when the birds
began to sing in the spring and
the fish worms to move about in
the soft earth. he had been set
to gather the stones from the
rocky hillside field, but overcome
by the weary feeling had laid him
self down in a shady corner and
gone to sleep. In this condition
he was found by by his parental
ancestor. "What is the meaning
Of this, young mani" asked the
sire. 81 am tired" answered the
son. 81 think I need medicine"
"No doubt of it," answered the
paternal ancestor as he carefully
trimmed up a hickory sprOut and
got ready for action. Il have an
external application here that has
never failed in my experience to
give instant relief in a case of
affection like yours"
The country boy suffering from
spring fever seldom gets sweet
sympathy in the hour of his aflic-
ton.
A bullfrOg sitting on a log in a
pool was giving utterance to a
series Of deep base notes when a
mule that had been grazing in the
neighbOring field came over and
began to object, saying that the
sound made by the bullfrOg dis
turbed his nerves and that he
wanted it stopped at once.
"Was it your voice that / heard
a few minutes agoi" asked the
frog. cit was" said the mule
swelling up with pride, for he was
particularly stuck on his own
voice and supposed that the frog
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