The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-14
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SCIENTIST
SCotty Is Still Learnino
San Diego Exposition, Julv III

Dear Herb:-Did you get that ill.,.
COS of Ethnos'' stuff that I put oy.-
in my last Good-what? W.
going to have it printed in Gree1
but ] didn't nave me nerye-and n.
printer didn't have 6he type-so -.
Trained. l looked it up afterwards
lest l had made a mistake, but I VA
right. Ethnology is a sort OF a elnrv
(f hats the way You spell it, ex-
preston. 1t comes from a couple a..
Greek words-it can't help that d.
course-and they mean the study =
you and me beginning from the time.
when you We're a tadpole and 7 va.
a fish
In the PaleoZioc days"
as the poet hath it. At least thatsa
fairly liberal translation Of what they
mean
any more language on that-no sense
in lingering upon a subject after one
has exhausted it. But / must tell
you all about Archaeology, which is
in the same class with the other ology.
l said they were cousins. They're
more than that. Eth and Arch are
brother and sister-tho I'm not sure
ILL IS WlllCl DIS " StIlueI. Bul
Arch is the study Of the relics of the
early races Of mankind-you might
not think, but it's a fact. l nosed
around on the quiet for a while trying
to find out. Their l asked the Chiefs
stenographer what the-I mean !
asked her what it signified. She told
me tina right off the bat, but to make
sure Of it somebody dug up a die
tionary. One Of those dinky, near
leather-covered ones that you get for
some 10 cents in real honey and
about 10000 coupons that you cut Sc
riatim out Of a daily paper. l got
one that way once. Got a book OF
songs too-the oldest songs in the
world. The paper said they were
songs that never grow old. vintage OF
the past century, o know. Vintage
suggests wine, and-well, anyway, il
l had been writing the title on the
cover of the song book I'd have said
Songs that Improve with Age But
as | was going to q when | ran
into that open SWITCH was agree
ably surprised to find hat the unpre-
good book. 1t said just the same
thing that the girl said-minus tho
smile.
One Of the things one never can
get back is wasted energy. 1 figure
that I'm out about four dollars worth.
L was IuSS1ng around Win
those COMMISSIONERS, I mean-and die
~tionaries, ct cetera q spell it that
way since I broke into the highbrow
class) I could just as we'll have learn
ed all about the subject under dis.
cussion by strolling int the Archaeol.
ogica1 Exhibit at this San Diego Ex.
position and just rubbering. Really
that's how I finally did get wise!
You know Baby Eleanor, reading
the unnies in the Sunday supple
ments, has just as much fun as il
she could read the printed matter
Me too! l don't need the tones when
[ a see the exhibit. Come on IN
and sCak up some knowledge.
Some Of these subjects seem a little
heavy at first, but really it's easy to
grasp them in this atmosphere. I'm
there with bells on now, old top, and
you can quote me with impunity or
verbally-either way-and If you
don't understand Archaeology thor
oughly yet, just ask me for anything
that | have overlooked.
Yours for the archives Of mankind.
SCOTTY.
P. S. Note the delicate, adroit way
in which | insert an adv. for the San
Diego Exposition in the midst Of pure
reading matter. l get paid for hat
Il. r. AND PROSPERITY.