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Show Education. . An old darkey in Alabama called across the fence to his neighbor's son, who goes tr school at Atlanta university: univer-sity: "Look hyar, boy, you goes to school, don't Ver?" "Yes. sir," replied the boy. "Gettin' eddycashun, ain't yer?" "Yes, sir." "Larnin' 'rithmetic and figgerin' on a slate, eh?" "Yes, sir." "Well, it don't take two pvhole days to make an hour, do it?" "Why, no," exclaimed the boy. "You was goin' to bring that hatchet back in an hour, wasn't yer? And it's been two whole days since you borrowed bor-rowed it Now, what's the use of your eddycashun if you go to school a whole yeat an' den can't tell how long it takes to fetch back dat hatchet?" |