Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1885 — In a Texas School. [ARTICLE]

In a Texas School.

“Can you take five from three, Johnny?” “Yes, I borrow two, and -then I can do it.” “But if your pa gives you three cents, and tells you to go to the candy-store to buy five cents’ worth of candy, how would you do then ?” “I’d keep the three cents and tell the man to charge the five cents’ worth of candy up to pa.” “But what would you tell your pa when be asked you about it?” “A lie, of course.”— Texas Siftings.