SHOEPAC RECOLLECTIONS; A Way-Side Glimpse of American Life
Walter March
Paperback
(RareBooksClub.com, May 20, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...vegetables." Joram, by a stupendous effort, turned his erect person towards the open hall-door, through which the baskets were visible, and caught an indistinct view, I dare say, of the edge of the greater basket. " You are very, very good, Mr. Jumps." "Folks always calls him squire to home!" was heard from the far end of the railway tunnel, in a nasal twang. " Keep your peace, Joram!" sternly ordered his indignant sire. " Wall, as you're justice peace, s'pose I must." These sounds, I must not forget to say, issued from the tunnel; but Joram's cheeks, and chin, and collar, were as immovable as the rock through which railway tunnels are usually pierced. " My hopeful son there," Mr. Jumps went on to say, without deigning to notice the witticism just perpetrated--" my hopeful son there thinks he must have an education. Wall, the course adopted by my father in Yairmont was just to let common sense do the business, for he always thought common sense the chief end of life, especially on a farm. Then says I to Joram, says I, ' I'm your natural-born father, I believe,' says I, and Mrs. Jumps she nodded her head, ' and I'm not goin' to be stingy with you, and spoil your education, just 'cause your gran'daddy spoilt your daddy's. So just adopt your course. What is it? Speak up like a man.' "' Then,' says Joram, says he, ' I've been thinking ever since that ere Guilford March was out here, and Suz she thinks so too, that an educated man knowsmore than an uneducated man!' " ' Hain't got any more common sense, Joe,' says I. " ' Wall,' says he c Guilford knew more than all on us put together, except you and mam. Then thinks I to myself,' says Joram, says he, ' there ain't no use of education unles...