The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-04-14

in the title an unusual number OF
times. I selected that TO begin on.
my effort being TO keep the small boy
interested. not to let him realize that
: he was learning a lesson, and to con-
vince him that he was merely having
a good time. Whether II was the
theory or my method of applying IT
that was defective | do not know. but
! I certainly absolutely eradicated from
, his brain any ability TO learn what
II was. and long after he had learn
/ ed all the other letters OF the alpha-
bet in the old-fashioned way. he
proved wholly unable TO remember
/ H under any circumstances.
/ Quite unknown 10 myself. was.
while boy. under hopeless disad-
vantage IN studing nature was very
near-sighied. so that the only things /
could study were those ! ran against
or stumbled over. When was about
thirteen | was allowed To take lessons
in taXidermy from a MI Hell. tall.
clean shaVen. white-haiTrd old gentle
man. a. stSa rht as an Indian. who had
been companion Of Audubons He
/ had a musfy l'ttic shop. somewhat on
. the order Of Mr.. Nenus's shop in our
Mutual Friend a little shop in which
he bad done very valuable work for
science. This vocational study" as
II SUI pose II would De- called by mod
/ ern educators. spuTrcd and directed
my intcrcs 81 In collecting specimens
, for mounting and preservation. u was
this summer that ! got my first gun
and il puzzled me TO find that my com
IaniOns seemed 10 see things IN shoot
nj which could not 500 a. all One
= day they read alCsId an advertisement
in huge letters on q distant billboa I'd
and ] then realized that something
was the matter. for not only was
unable 10 read tho sign but 7 could
, not even so" the letters I spoke Of
This 90 my father. and soon after
wards got my FIRST pair OF spectacles
which literally opened an entirely new
world to mo. had no idea how beau
tiful the world Wu4 until got those
spectaclcs had been e clumsy and
nwkard little bov. and while much Of
my Ciumeinc-s and awkardness was
/ doubiic-e due To- general Characters
lt.rs. GOOD deal of % was due 10 the
/ fact that ] could not see and vet was
wholly Ignorant tlaf Vas not seeing
Tho recollection ~ This experience
gives me 20 keen sympathy with those
Who arc trying DO our public schools
and elsewhere to remove thc physical
''auscs az deficiency ir children. who
Iaro often uu'I-tly blamed lor being oh
D stina'e OF uuambitioua. or mentally
STUPID
This same summer. TOO. obtained
tari0ua nov books ou mammals and
hIrds. Including the publications Of
Spencer H'ird. Tor instance. and made
au iniu-triou- book study 81 the sub.
jet ] did NOT accomplish much iu
cat door study because I did not got
pectarlos until iafo in the fall. o.
short tiuo before started with tho
T rest ~ thc family fur second trip 60
Europo We we're living 90 Dobbs
Perry on tho Hudson. My sun WIS
breach loading. wr tire double bar
rrl. of French manufacture DO was
sn excellent sun for clumsy and
often absent minded Roy There was
nr spring tu open if and DO the
mechanism became rust, 10 could be
opened with brick without serious
1 damage when tho cartridges stuck
/ ticy could %. removed in the same
fashion " they were loaded how
c.cf. fna result was not always happy
and Z iaftoord w. -clf with partially
uuburncd Era.us OF powder more than
t,ucr.
When . va. fourteen wears Old. in
Tho winter ~ e. or t@. ] visited
Z Europe for The second timc and this
I trip formed e. really usrul part oft
! my education. We wont Co. EEypt.
| J'urncycd ~ ths Nilc. Travelled