Eureka Reporter | 1905-04-21 | Page 3 | From Uncle Allen Sparks

PROM UNCLE ALLEN SPARKS old gentleman moral zes on the cuss probably you ve got an idea my boy observed uncle alien sparks tilting his chair back against the wall and resting his feet comfortably on the bottom rung that people are dy ing for information and that vou keep always on tap exactly the kind they want says the chicago tribune it so my boy it so they ought to want it I 1 understand that well enough but they dont you re chock full and loaded down with things they need to know but they don t want em such is the stupidity of human beings in general my boy proceeded uncle alien that they would rather blunder along in their own idiotic way than to be told hofto do things right so it you have found a place where you can buy a corncob pipe a little cheaper than they get them or it you know a method by which a fel low can break himself of stuttering or it you have had an interesting and instructive personal experience for heaven s sake don t say anything about it keep your facts to your elf nobody else wants them man kind regards the cusa as the biggest nuisance on earth don t tell other people everything you know my boy and after awhile may be you will come to the conclusion that you don t know any more than other people which Is a pretty safe conclusion ninety nine times out of a possible ninety eight