The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-02-26

Ihaf Dem only tn kuzens ov us, thot
we mout rite to wun anuther now and
then. rt yu not long ago bout the nu
howses in Munro, and now tend to rite
bout the skule thay had thar. The skule
Missus was named Mis- Vebbers, and she
yused to make skulc gals ov May day
hav Kunashun Party" that is, thay
maid Kwene of roses, and all wood
dance and sing round her. Twus last
May yeer ago when they gin kurna-
shun party at Munro, and Wits thar and
good menny more from Grassy Creek,
Gaze we got the muse from the "Linkurn
Publikin" that thar war sumthin to be
dun by the skulc gals. Bat the wether
wus so bad thay poot it oph till the 22unt
day of the munth and the Missus sed ef
the wether didn't git bcttur thay'd poot it
oph till the 4th of Joolic, and hav May
day then, for she nocd the fross coodn't
bite the roses then. When the day cum
we all went to sec the crate sa-hay, and
sure cnuf thar was a Banjor Musick frum
Provcrders, and purity gals, and ribbins,
and roses, and chilldrin, and ole foxes, and
yung foxes, till yer coodn't git yer breth
in the strctc.
Thar wus fcller named Kearson frum
Landketcher Dcestrict who went tn Mum
70 tu tccch skulc, but the phcmale wum-
man had got all the skolars, and he went
back to Cumcl Hooies and was teaching
at Tarzy Chirch, but they sent Tor him and
when he cum thay maid him capting ov
the day. lie put on big muster hat and
some ribbins, to luke fine | rocking, for he
was sort ov idian--hc wusn't born so,
but he red so much-hc red all the Mer-
ryon Books, the Law Books and the Doc
tur Books till Doctur Wylic sed it fotchcd
him tn be crack-brained, it did. So his
frcns sent him to the Salem howsc in
Clumby, whar he stadc till he got sum ov
his senses back agin; but he tuck simp-
shunS OF the spcpsy and the docturs, that
is Wylic and Strate, told him tn 90 tu the
mountings for his hclth, so he went tn
Yunion and that's how he cum thar. En-
ny how. the skulc missus maid him lcdc
hoss over her tender sponsibilitiz for that
day, she did. Bccase wun day when thay
went fishin she thot that he thot that
wun of her gals thot rite well ov him, and
she maid hur qucne of the kumashun,
she did. When the time fur marchin
cum thay all went to the Maccadcmv, the
Banjur Musick was foremost, then all the
gals. Thay then went to seattle that
war maid fur ,hom aforc the Chirch dorc,
and the qucnc and all hur maids ov onncr
went up on the seattle, but the misSus and
small fry ov the skule squatted round in n
ring.
Then the provendcr fellcrs blowcd thar
brass instroomcnts awhile, and artcr they
war dun, the children begun tn march
and sing" 1t is May, it is May" then
when thay quit singin the gals what was
on the seattle got up and scd sumthin, then
poot crownc ov blossums on thar bios.
sum ov Qucne.
IF yer Good Sc the Linkurn papur, ycI
wood Sc whar It wus spoak ov, and how
it broak oph match.
Well, howsumdcver, art2r the chilldern
wur dun spekin wun ov the rusty tieas
(Trustees) ov the skulc tolc Kcarson to az
Squire Joon," sparer hook looking law
yur trum Shallot TO spekc, fur he ewus yus-
ed to sch wurk. He got up on the steps
ov the seattle and commenced talkin bout
fire, and stars, and litenin that wur in the
ize ov the gals. swar felt streakcd. |
Tucked fur Mr.. Sammy Wawhob, the slic-
tier, but he war six ov the jandurs or sum
uther feet in the bowls, and war abed in
his rune. When the lawyur frum Shall
lott WIS dun, they kaulcd fur Keason {;
well, he woodn't till tEI missus KUN tu
him and tole him she spected he wood
speke frum the start, or she woodnt have
axcd him. So then he got up, and swar
he Tucked like a Loofcer match, and afeer-
ed them gals ize wer fire sure enuf, as law
yur Joon sed. He had nothin to say to
the gals, but talked of Miss Pat
it down, that he noed, who was alters ma
kin mistakes in her tawk.
Then thay broak up till mite and it wus
! tn fur for me tu go hum, so l stadc in
towne and when mite cum thay all got
together agm, and wawked down tu the
Devishm Holl and had singin skule
| till o er clok. Arter it wus all over, the