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Our Neighbor John And Some Of His Queer Ways

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Day
4
Month
July
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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TVe eaniiot ignore hiim, íor he Uour aearest neiglibor in this direction- uader our íeet. Perlmps the íact tliat he tó oppoeüte to tis iinjocation anay prepare you to learn that he is opposite to us m many other refpeots. He studies 4rom dawn till dark -vh.:le a. boy, and walks on stilte, plays ball abd marbles, and ilies Uites when lie is a man. He is fond of fire-works, but displays ttan principally by daylight. H-6 ridos in boats drawn by men, and in a veliicle (w-Mch might be called a carriage or ■wlieelbarrow, according to one's mood) moved by Balite. Tlie needie of Jiis compaes- the marinei-s compase beiaig lüs own invention, by the way_po:nts towaid tlie outh, and hO talks of the "ivest-north" or the "east-soutlV as the case may be. Hls ow-ji namO is turned about. If lie is John Clrn-iiman "ith us, lie woukl be ( Jijriman .Tolm it home. In ecihool h,e.sits wlth hls back to.the teacher aiul Btudies hi.- lesso-us aloud. The ierule reacties ior liim ií he lail to etudy loud euough. He dates hi lettere witli 'the year flrst, and begáms to rea,d on tlie lower right hand coiin-r oí tlie last page. II John ás nio-.tal'.y offended ov tteulted, lie does uot att:uk iiis eneniy as a liot heade'l Asnerlc m -Jiiiüht do ; but kills hiniM'li LnBt6a4, on tlie enemey's doorstep, and tlie mouruing relatives don white tofhow their grief. AV,hcn .loiin wi.hcs to pay special reepeot to any one,, lie keeps his hat on a;iiü takes h.is shoes oif in that one's presmc-e. WJien he nieets a filena die grasps and oordlally sliakes his own 'band, ileaving the friend to do i)u saume Cor h.imself, Imsbead of heartily j;erformiiig iJiat opsration ior eacli other, as we do. IE so glad to see eacli other that hamd-shaking closs not expreas their Joy, they rub eJioulders until tireü öut. John hfl.T. not his face, lut his head and eyebrcrws ; lie ivh iteras his Bhoes, he weare a long gown, and carries a fan. He assumes tlie duties of mil liner, laurwiress ond dressmaker ; lie pays the doctor as long as he is wel Vmt stoDS na'STiieiit as soon as he i

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier