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How She Taught Him

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Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
June
Year
1875
Copyright
Public Domain
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A paper printed in Eufaula, Ala., prints the following as a vcritable incident whiah oocurred the other duy in that city : " A lady hirod an oíd negro woman named Charlotte, who liad the most exalted opinión of her own individuality and origiuality. AVlienever a subject was under diseuKsion in the family, Charlotte would bo sure to state her own superior method of proceeding in sueh mattere. On onc occasion the lady was talkin g of sending some of the children to school, when Charlotte put in kei oar, as usual : 'Lor ! Missus,' she said, ' whut niek you pay money fur to send de chile to school? I got ono smart boy named Jonus, but I larns hun myself.' ' Btet; Aunt Charlotte,' replied the lady, ' how eau you teach your child when you don't know oue letter from another V ' How I teacli Mm ! I jis mek him tek do book an' Bet down on de flo, an' den 1 say : Joiiiih, you tek yoeye from dat book, mueh less leggo him, mi I Kkins you alive.' " The Hiukd Öibjj PpBPORMS a Dkntal Omhation.- A hircd girl shonld be ingenioun. One of them, ia the employ of a West 8krct i'mnily i" Datttoiry, diseovered il uniqafi way of extraeting toctli. Sfie sufered nearly a whole week with au aching tooth, bilt had not courage toK" t a deatístt' Oa sfftemoom it ti-oublcd ko iiHK'h is fco i'orco her to look about for a rcmt'dy, and dual ]y hit lipón a plan. With a pieoé oí stout twine snè inaoö ö l"o], wliich hé put about her tootli. TIkmi fefie k bit of soap iind vubbed it on tHo Hoor opposite the back door. The other end of the twiiio shc fasteued to the knob oi the elosed door. Tlieu sho took a position on the BOaped boards, so as to niake tlie twiue ncarlv taut, and ooflimenoed to lean back. When she liad aoquired a Klopo of about iovty-tivo degrees, the soap Kudilnily took hold, and ha oame down on H""r witli Kuch foroe as to knock' ap'air of ten dollar vases from a mantel upètaiw. And there sho sat rciirhiiiRoutfor biviitli wlion the iirtrighted faniiiy made llirir Mparanc', while the oiïending tootU dungU'd from a utring against the door. Iï' yon don't belíeT'é'ttiíit this is a deceptive World, .usl Let a piiiter to run over yoiir hoiiKo willi tliui urv kind of paint taftde willi lard, whiting, Bawdust ivnd toinncb bitUr,

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Old News
Michigan Argus