Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1915 — NOTHING COMING TO JOHNNY [ARTICLE]

NOTHING COMING TO JOHNNY

Small Boy Would Get No Change From Groeeryman If He Gave Him Dollar—Old Bill In Way.

The topic having turned to mathematical problems. Congressman Jacob A. Canter of New York told of an incident that happened in a public school.

The teacher was Instructing a Junior class in arithmetic, when she started to give the youngsters some mental exercises, says Philadelphia Telegraph. “Johnny.” said she. turning to a youngster of ten, “if you went to the grocery store and bought 10 cents’ worth of sugar, 5 cents’ worth of soap. 20 cents’ worth of coffee and 10 cents’ worth of crackers and gave the proprietor a dollar bill in payment for these articles, how much change would you get?" “I wouldn’t get any change. Miss Mary," was the rather surprising response of the boy. “You wouldn’t get any change!” exclaimed the teacher. "How do you figure that out?” “Storekeeper wouldn’t give up," answered Johnny. “He would freeze on to it for the old bill.”