You will be welcomed 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
encouraged to leave home and go at his direction to the State Fair
when it was being held in Madison.
VIII
THE WORLD AND THE UNIVERSITY
Leaving Home--Creating a Sensation in Pardeeville--A Ride on a
Locomotive--At the State Fair in Madison--Employment in a
Machine-Shop at Prairie du Chien--Back to Madison--Entering
the University--Teaching School--First Lesson in Botany--More
Inventions--The University of the Wilderness.
When I told father that I was about to leave home, and inquired
whether, if I should happen to be in need of money, he would send me a
little, he said, "No; depend entirely on yourself.
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