isa-normaladvance-1914-00112

Description: 112THE NORMAL ADVANCEJan. 20. No change in the weather. Spent
the day reading Mary Jane Holmes Tempest
and Sunshine. Appropriate, but pretty thin
stuff for a grown man.Jan. 22. Amateur varieties last night. I
was the middle man. Japhet got off a dandy

told me that black shoes were no longer worn at
balls. I couldnt see the reason. He said, only
tan-go. Made a hit, but seems to me Ive
heard it somewhere before. Mighty few new
jokes nowadays. Japhet made a first-class actor,
but his brother was a Ham.Jan. 23. More red ants. All race suicide bets
are off on the red ants.Jan. 24. Wife objects to my smoking on board.I am determined not to quit. She 2 P. M., decided to quitsmoking. Think maybe it affects my heart, any¬
how.Jan. 25. No bill collectors around
no Xmas
bills contracted by my wife have arrived. Silver
lining to these clouds all right. Forgot to say
that it has never missed a day raining. Rain
business beginning to be overdone, according to
my notion.Jan. 26. Fierce storm today. Everybody sea¬
sick. I stood it for awhile, but after dinner I
gave up, too. Humpty Jackson, the camel, seemed
worse than anybody. I suggested to him that he
try swallowing a few bricks. In my magazinearticle on the voyage I shall head this chapter,
And the Ark Was Pitched Within and Without.Jan. 27. Reading up on natural history. I
find the camel has seven stomachs. No wonder
Humpty Jackson suffered yesterday. Look how I
felt, and me with only one.Jan. 28. Hurrah! Clearing up at last. Sun
out today for about five rninutes. Ham took
Shems job today—boss of the red ant depart¬
ment. And no ant-eater on board. Water going
down. I fear a malarial summer.Jan. 30. Sent out a dove today to find a real
estate agent if possible. Am in the market for a
good, high, solid location. 4:00 P. M., dove back
with two notices. One reading as follows: All
new students are requested to meet in the library
today at 4:00, for instructions in the use of the
card catalog, shelf arrangement of books, etc.
The other announcing a bargain sale of dry goods.
Slightly damaged by water. Mrs. N. and the
boys wives all worked up at the prospects of get¬
ting in on it. Dove meant well, I guess, but I
can see mighty well his selection of reading mat¬
ter is going to cost me some money. Shem,
Ham and Japhet feel the same way.Feb. 1. Landed today in a swampy section.
Dont recognize the country, but it looks to me
like parts of Brown County, but I have no kick
coming. Id be willing to stay anywhere awhile
just to get shut of the red ants.The game of life
Looks cheerful when one carries in ones heart
The unalienable treasure. —Coleridge.
Source: http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/isuarchive/id/32560
Collection: Indiana State University Archives

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