The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-02-19
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g ;'And this. is little Richard /. How he
!. has growif!D ehthused the. big farmer.
Y as he took the little. city chap on his
great. big knee. rAnd .howsar you get
!. ting along at school? How about the
u multiplication table?"'
III 4 gsssMy, but that's an awful thing, for
little fellow, that multiplication table!
It always seemed to me that table
was the wrong name for such device.
!. Itsshould have been called the multi
- plicatian rack sthunabseGew err stake.
q: The WORD ''table,esho1ld carry pleas
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- ichards agetting. along beautiful
a;sssly." declared the proud mamma He
+. elearns@soafa fast at school" 49,
~ .s.'.Well goL didn't" confessed the big
Il ~ farmer. .eIxdidn't learn at school. /
learned at home, especially the multi
plication table.gMy father taught 1t to
" me by the swoopdown, system. After
X my teacher. had reported me to- my
!. patents ans mentally efficient, lazy and
/ altogether Unsatisfactory as multi
r; plication tabler, my father started in
to teath meTnay tables or bust.
s ri. fE..E HIS made me LEARN those tables
a oger,H PACK and across, sideways on
- the bias and upside down, around and
= hop, skip apdslunp- At the most in
s oDbortune moments he would sudden
jsi lye fhGnst' a long, accusing finger at
/ ME and demand, 'Seyen times miner
&. "Shuuld / arrive at the breakfast
81 table a. tiifle.1ate and begin growing
about the temperature of the. food, out
~ would come the finger along with
"a seven times five?i Should there be a
Sonifng, and should i startsin to
~lsanu1nerate the things / had missed in
the last few. years, ana begin whining
about never having any fun, and
II should 'lna be Just about Convinced
Fithat the poor, boy. had worked hard
and never had any advantages and
z that he should be allowed ito go per
hiaps, out would come the long ieyeled
finger ana the dsina95d Nine 9 times
SHOULD ny. little. sister Ann start
to inpartt;. INF ation about a lybody
she had, seen. at a. distance driving
down the road and should ! set ny
self-the task of ltting. her fight and
showing her AhQW ridiculous and m
possible her statement vas and tell
ing heTs exac lya HON and What she
:. had sent out, would come The long,
range h1Ni <T 3i n lll NY fass and
III would We to. falrIisll infQrnlat ion
as s.ta hoy palsGlA L; ri tinlsa elsh l
,aysa ia e3ssi5 II. -s.assesg,
fathet hsgsE let W., until 4 GOULD !el
ysarlsWer, rigbs of the reel. and
set doIse with 3it5apa lbaelR TO the .bAsl-
ness in. hand, sNshs eE;;ssit wsssa cons
:. AN argument or * eeaxing
S9mRt ines Isused to tn 4 Sd he asked
-,aiae those, things $50 as te. interrupt
II my hoyish con ion. pecially,
twhens;he Woulds ask me- things so fast
I. .ands keep sitsup, SO Ions, that I naver
4: /: could0getgbaek tenn vi fginal spiel
But, anyway qitaMOTk out welb and
If you have not yet mastered your
Jump times UNI u.s. ptYsllmp, you and.
y X are sgning tovgets bnsy4 WEehs4t, ,sand
,PInY going stis pep nj y on with aslnsalti-
,ssplicat ion.sqaes Sesegy stissass you
.ropens yoursb aEDo, aad1 daRst sliksS,the,
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SO The boys being wise bow mas e4ups
.sshiss nlihde to- keep III hat tight
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