Knowledge and Inventions 



corned everywhere." And when I doubtingly 

 asked if people would care to look at things 

 made of wood, he said, "Made of wood! Made 

 of wood! What does it matter what they're 

 made of when they are so out-and-out original. 

 There's nothing else like them in the world. 

 That is what will attract attention, and besides 

 they're mighty handsome things anyway to 

 come from the backwoods." So I was encour- 

 aged to leave home and go at his direction to 

 the State Fair when it was being held in 

 Madison. 



