Show GRINDING AN AXE when I 1 was a little boy said dr franklin frankli n I 1 remember cne one cold winter mornin looming I 1 was accosted by a smiling man with an ax axe e oil ou his shoulder 1 vii vil my pretty boy said he has your father got a grindstone il Ts yes bir sir 1 said 1 I you are a fine little fello reilo fellow vv 1 sald said he be will rill you let me grind my axe on it pleased with the compliment of fine littie litile fellow I 1 answered its down in the shop and will you my little fellow said he patting me on the shoulder get me some hot water could I 1 refuse refuge I 1 ran and brought a kettle full 11 hw II w old are you and your name con inked he without waiting for a reply 11 1 I am sure you are the finest little fellow that I 1 ever ban san kli will III you turn a fe v minutes for me tickled at the flattery like a fool I 1 went to work and bitterly did I 1 rue the day it wab waa a new axe and I 1 tugged till I 1 was almost tired to death the school bell rang and I 1 could not get getaway away my hands were ere blistered the axe was sharpened and the man turned to me with now you rascal youve played t auant scud to school or you will rue it alas thought I 1 its hard enough to turn the grindstone this thia cold day but to be called a rascal was too much it sunk deep in my mind and often I 1 have of it a sirca irce when I 1 see a merchant over polite to his customers begging thern a lit ie le brandy that man has an axe to grind when I 1 si B a man flattering the people making great profession of attach attack attachment meA to liberty methinks lookout go good od people e op e that fellow would set you turning a grindstone atone when ibee ieee I 1 see a man if hoisted into a an office afi ce by party spirit without a single qualification to render hlin him respectable or useful alakl deluded people you are doomed for a season to turn the grindstone grindstone rind stone for a booby |