The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-05-17
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I Have you forgotten them? When from
all the region about they gathered TO the
log school house, with its huge fire place.
which yaYned like the main entrance oi
| Avernus. How the sleigh bells-,he Old
/ fashioned bells, big in the middle of the
/ string, and growing small by degrees and
4 beautifully less toward the broad brass
buckle-chimed in every direction hong be-
! fore nicht-tl!e gathering Of the clans
There came to o,n school the NIaster'' -
! give HIM capital toT he is entitled to it.
/ Master, and all bundled into one huge red,
I double sleigh, strcwn with an abuRlance of
straw, and tucked up like a Christian lie,
/ with score Of Buffalo robes There were
half dozen cutters. each with a young
maa and a maiden, they two and no more,
And then again pair of jumpers, mount
ing great outandish looking bin, heaped
| up, pressed down, and running over, Scrip
turc measure, with a small collection Of iIu-
/ manlty packed up en- rOUt, from dozen
! homes, and all as merry as kittens in lasket
of wool. And the bright eyes, ripe, red
lips that one caught a glimpse of beneath
those pink-lihed quilted hoods. and the sill,
! very laugh that escaped the mutfiers and fur
tppets they wore then-who does not re-
member? Who can ever forget them?
The school house destined to be the are
na of the conflict has been swept and gar
nished; boughs of evergreen adorR the
smOke-stained and battered walls. The
pellets of chewed paper have all been swept
from the ceiling, and two pals of water
been brought from the spring and set on
bench in the ontry, with an immemOlial tin
cup, wise provision, indeed, for warm is
that spelling room!
The big boys have famed and roplenishcd
abe fire, till the old chimney fairly jars with
the roaring flames, and the sparks fly out OF
the top, ikea furnace, the orifame Of the
battle. .... ~
The two "Masters" are there; the two
schools are there and such hum. and such
a moving to and fro! Will they swarm?
The ttrule comes down upon the desk
with emphasis. What the roll of the drum
is to armies that The rule is to this whis
pcfing, laughing young company.
The chalIeugerS are all one side of the
house, the challenged on the other Back
seats, middle seats, low, front seatsan filed.
Some Of the fathers and grand fathers,
who could, no doubt, upon occasion '.o '
shoulder the crutch and show how fields
are won'.,, --.4..,. .,....i.r...- -'..
occupy the bench OF honor near the desk.
NOW the preiimlnarles; the repHted best
spelIer on each side choose. Susan
Brownl Out comes a round. eyed little,
creature, blqshipg like a peony. Such
little thing chosen first,
Moses .jonesl' Out comes Moses, an
awkward fellow, with a shock of red hair,
shockI4gIy harvested, surmounting his
broad brow. The girls laugh at him; but
what he don't know in the Elementary
lsn worth knowing.
Jane Murray" Ont trips Jane, fut-
tered as a bird, and takes her place next to
the caller She a pretty glrl but sorry
speller' Don t you hear the whispers
around the house, NV ny, that Johns
sweetheart. johns the leader anda battle
lost with Jane by his SIDE, would be sweeter
than /" victory Wct Wlth9Ut her.
And 20 they so, ealing names; until
hVe or sl2 champions stand forth to do bat
tie; and the contest IS fairly begun.
Down goes one after another, as words Of
threc, syllables are lcllqWed by those OF four,
AID these aga;n ,by words or similar pro
nnHnciatlon and diverse. slgnltieation, until
Moses ; ana susan remain. --
The spelling book has been exhausted, |
yet there they stand. Dlci;loI aries are turn
ed over, memories ransaeked for |