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On Occupation.
I think if I should become a shoe manufacturer I should succeed as it
is a very profitable occupation and shoes are necessary to all classes
and consequently a large trade is a general thing.

On Umbrellas.
The matereal at the top of an umbrella is placed on a skeleton of
whales which meet all together in one place. They do be covered
with silk, alpaca and Satan.

On Indians.
Indians go out naked in the summer an they take ahold of their scalp
locks and cut off the other side of their heads. They wear it on their
sides. Indians food consists of corn and food. They use smoking
instead of tanning. They paint their skind in the color of animals.

George Washington.

George Washington was the first president of the United States born
in Virginia in the year. When George was a little boy he would never
tell a lie. Because he thought it was not nice. It tis not nice nether. He
studied all kinds of things to be a president.

Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln was born in Wales in 1599. His father was a wool-
comer, but Abraham did not like that trade. One day Abraham was
standing on the railroad and a man by the name of Guitue came
behind and shot him. Then he got put in jail for it. But it was not nice
of him because he shot him on the railroad.

On Reading.
Reading makes us intelligent; and learn about things we would
otherwise hear nothing. It is pleasant to recapitulate stories to
persons who probably have not had the opportunity of reading them
and it therefore passes many a dreary hour away and makes many a

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