The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-11-02
A SCHOOL STORY.

One day when ] was quite young, my
teacher told Inc that we, my school mates
and myself, were about to take long
journey, and that we might prepare our.
selves for it. We were highly delighted
at the thought Of journey and begged
our teacher to inform us where we were
going. But our ardor began somewhat to
abate when he told US that the road over
which he was abou. to guide us was a
rough and thorny one, and that there
would be many rugged, precipitous cliffs,
over which we would have to climb, so
that We might often become weary before
We arrive at our journeys end. In fact
he sid that the road, nearly the whole oil
the way, was directly up the side of a
mountain, ard the name Of this mountain
was the Science Of Grammar" However
we were quite anxious to get started, as
young people usually are anxions to set
about something new. At last our ar
rangements were all completed, and we
were fairly started on our journey. The
road seemed very pleasant indeed, and by
no means difficult the first few days of our
journey. We almost felt inclined to laugh
at our teacher for arousing our fears when
we thought there was nothing to fear. The
first person whom We met worthy of note,
was Mrs. Noun, very fine lady, whose
appearance was quite prepossessing, and we
like her very much. She entertained us
very agreeably during our stay with her,
and she also introduced us to her niece,
Miss Pronoun, who was considerably
younger than her aunt, but we thought
her equally as pleasant and interesting.
Mrs. Noun always had name for every.
thing, and when any one was talking she
was sure to keep putting in some name,
except when her niece, Miss Pronoun,
would stop her by saying something her.
self. But they seldom quarreled for Mrs.
Noun never said word when her niece be.
gan to talk, and seemed to think that what
she said was just right, anyway. Mrs.
Noun was sometimes very proper when
she talked, while at other times she was
decidedly common. At first we could
hardly account for her being so particular
At times, and then again not caring how
she expressed herself. There was another
Individual young lady whom they called
Miss Adjective. She, we thought, must
be very lonely, being related to no one in
the world excepting Mrs. Noun; but she
seemed to exercise considerable influence
over her relative ard restricted her very
much. We were well pleased with the
Noun family, and regretted leaving them,
hut the guide was implacable and obliged
US to proceed on our journey The next
person we encountered was Mr.. Verb. He
was person whose character was not cas-
lily read, and we heartily disliked him from
the first. He was scarcely ever idle-but
always active. He was ever changing his
tactics. Sometimes he was very irregular
in his habits though quite as often regular
and although usually active we found
he was very passive at times, but this was
when Miss Proposition was telling him how
closely he was related to Mrs. Noun-for
we had not been acquainted with him long
before we found out that he always agreed
with everything Mrs. Noun might say. If
she chose to be singular, he was sure to
act very singular too, and when she talked
about any one, he was sure to talk about
them in the same manner; hence, you see,
they agreed very well. But he was so
changable that it seemed almost impossible
to become acquainted with him. lie had
six different modes which he would assume
at will and it was sometimes very difficult
to tell which one he was in.
Mr.. Verb bad son whom he called Ad.
verb. He was not quite as Incompetent.
sible as his father, though his disposition
was somewhat like that Of his parent, and
he was a little inclined to be strange
However We liked him quite well. When
ever he spoke it was usually to tell how his
father had done something or when he was
going to do it. Though he had strange
way Of talking to him once in a while, aud
he occasionally addressed a word to the
friendless little Adjective and it must be
confessed that he was not entirely inscnsible
to her many fascinating charms.
Miss Proposition lived hard by, whose
great hobby it was to let other people know
whom they were related to.
She was also great match maker, but
some how she did not seem to care about
getting married herself, but was ever busy
making matches, and was never so happy
as when thus employed from Mr.. Verb to
Mrs. Noun, or back from Mrs. Noun to
Mr.. Verb.
We formed an agreeable acquaintance
with al old maid, Miss Interjection, be-
lieve they called her. She was always
fidgiting and ever ready with her, Oh
Alas Dear me ! How can you etc, and
she declared that the least thing agitated
her nerves exceedingly.
Then there was the Conjunction, a poor
little orphan who had no relation living.
She was kept constantly employed carry
ing messages from one person to another,
and also to conduct travellers through the
short route. We almost felt pity for her
in her lonely orphanage, but she ever seem.
ed cheerful and happy. We did not form
any more acquaintances during our Jour.
neY, but were kept busy studying the char.
acters and the relation to each other, Of
those whom we have mentioned. But
think will not give you any farther de-
scription of our journey at this time, Blu,
will simply say that we fully endorsed the
sentiments of our teacher, before we arrived
ct the top of the hill called the Science o.
Grammar.
In the whole history Of politics there has
been nothing 90 extraordinary as the posi-