Show ignorance aids appet te merrill E gates secretary of th board of indian commissioners was describing the splendid work that his board is doing to wipe out the tuber scourge which at one time threatened to make the american in dian than extinct but the indian said mr air gates needs to be educated in on he ile Is shockingly ignorant there in fact he is as ignorant as an old farm er I 1 used to know in warsaw A friend dropped in on this old farmer as he was frying a bit of bacon baco 11 grand bacon that said the friend sniffing affably grand bacon NA well ell I 1 guess it is grand bacon said the old man turn ing the slices in the pan and it s none 0 yer murdered stuff neither that pig died a natural death washington post |