Show an an ohio schoolmistress vouches for the foll following as a faithful filth ful copy of a boys composition on columbus some of the writers historical statements are area a little mixed but our readers will not need to have the errors pointed out columbus was a great agreatt patriotic he be ws ea born in genoa italy it is known what year but I 1 think it was fri day october 12 1431 1 columbus was the youngest of bis his five brothers and oo 00 cue one day lie concluded that he would go out and nee see if he could tilt do something for his country he ile went to Uro brooklyn oklyn new lork and walked the streets until he was tired and hungry he then went to a baker shop and bought him two three cent I 1 loafs on is of bread he ate one going along the street and the other he put in a red handkerchief and put it in his pocket a lady seeing him laughed at him and made fun of him hint finally be he became so smart and intelligent that she married him Youths companion |