The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-03-23
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diyidal, who, like many another grca,
lgenie, Stunned notoricty. and had for hi,
non . plume ,Anonymuus.
M, ,tno,her tells me that when nm in.
ltaut1had the ridiculous habit of ,urning
ovcron my face In the cradle when .hcrc
was company and if the visitors happened
70 yS5sAjes, / turned rcd in the checks
anu H. r'S Aaut the eyes, to such an
aI,,'"s u,g'ce could not fail excitino
,sS,T,r0a, wyu a1I avg IN 'he',,art Of the most
ine'iNIen' oeuolder.
rmemoer that when child OF ,hre,
oi ~, yeeIs, used To take refuge be-
n'nutno flght gay CLOCK whenever my
mouF' hoo cahersi ana once l came
near oeihg irozen to death in the refrigcr'
ator, ,Mhere had ensconccd myself on
the appearance ola couple Of lady yisi.
tore,
throughout my boyhood Il was the
snme only decidedly more so. My debut
In school was like an entrance into the
Hncieht halls OF torture.
Tho eustere sohoolmaster, with his
dread insignia Of birchen red, steel bow Cd
specttclcs and swallow tail coat, was bad
enoughi the grinning, mischief loving
and az times beligercnt boys were worse.
But the girls! Heavens! | feared them
more thSn any suspected criminals OF old
did the terrible Council OF Ten! All on
earth they seemed to find 60 do was to
giggle ut me! or course | was the object
of their sport, for they poeped at mo over
the tops Of their books, from behind tneir
pocket hnndkcrchiels, through the inter
sticcs of their curls-and made mo hone.
lessly wreichcd by dubbing mo "Apron.
string"
The third day of my attendance at
school was stormy, and my home being
at some distance, was obliged to remain
with most Of the others through the noon
intermissiou. The little girls got TO play
ing at pawns, reuented to corner
near the door, and stood silent ard moi
unterrihed spectator.
ny end oy eherry-lipped little cir
had to pay forfeit, and one of her sGhoo
mates P'o"ouu0eu 'no se"'o"0e III 'ou'
'' ,Iyi,s Observation-Disclosures,
Thn, mean, no rhnro ms v,,,
sc,eam ac Innoh,cr In which nu ;,;nsd
.nJ I,o.L ;n.,I"sin,I,, w. al, ~,
Cherry lps closc M nv heels s,ra;nn, l
S"'y - IL .s
oc Iiie Ind dcn,b 70 me-"rd + h,"n go, NO
Jonh, m, ,hnt 7 sIoriJ - ,,.o' ,ho 80
;n fnas,vIn' icI hod nn, ,ntns,nno,oi,,
in mvb lind haste. run ngu,ns, Miss PAL
ty Halson, the primest and most i'll TEN
nered minister In UnllswclI
Myhomcntum was such ,ha,I kpocke,
Miss Ia,ty from terra firma. very much
as Unsuccessful ball knocks down m,
ninepbs; and from the debris of IN,
wrcckecousistinp Of a fractured umbrell
and lorn calico gown, and n fearful,
dislocated bonneteMiss Hanson rose mn
u N,mesisl And such a thrashinp ms
| received at her hands, would have made
tho blackest william out of purga,ory con
fcss bjs sins withou. preyaricationi
I,t.G;ji, i,,ssr,l .mss',rau come, and | fell
satisfcd that my time had come IyAin.
ly endcovored 10 repeat,
snow l Law me down 10 s,senr,
NO ho,, s,,,n,, "a onn.an.,o - ~,
sssie, ~. 5 a"p paPP,Vp'luVc 70 'ho oc'
eos'oS, ou. N,ss iu'tV 'nulnPeu me word'
oe' " n'e 70 lne .uho Oh the Umbrella
S9'vns'VP, III b'accDto'
L'tie Iherry'hps came nobly to the
resIee'
oI shSn.' MISS manson she cried
10 Deut i,''ie BOY st such rate! II
M won menu your umbrella, or stralghter
youl s,h, caiosh! ana 'he perspiration is
mosnlng 'no punt aii out oi yoni
o"eshe'
my enemy Ieit me 10 ny at my defen-
der' whose name was Florence Hay.
but Florence was a little to agile for the
ola lauy' whom she speedily distanced
wnhe muue good my escape into the
sneiterihg ioiage oi an apple tree
where' securely perched on strong limb
renamed until school was out, aud the
gris had ~ gone home.
hI,er 'iine' at my urgent entfeaties
my parents removed me from the village
school, ana placed me ut un institute fol
Doys' nad thought previously to the
cnahge' that should be perfectly happy
wheh IL was efected; but had somehow
miscaituiated: 1 missed the bowitching
isees q Ihe girls had hed FROM and, for
,ho ,o '. ss a,ne ~ ny h'e, 4 Ieanzed that
e"o "e'u "ou'u pe 'errioy numdrum
Sors J.a p'uce IL 'hcre were ho'iiing but
'"er ~ h,le. :.
10Y %.,ess ,r tne pam rum 1 nad DIS
JtS,s,, Io,,o nut ~ sP'le oi my oasnlu'hess
ios.u very s'ngic g'rl nay ever seen
- - ~ IT, epuns goou o1uch posS ~
"JrIrosio g % ,n, nsnen, WY ooneoc'eu sncu
R", a, he, Turn 'uanoseas soa anu Us seed cakes
no,yI,Iced I ,,msi 'oonui .nau na'o ue,
h"ve Nos broiIad sun weaA"esS' "ou'u
A. Io,ew a ,on,a.S a''o r'a,.oo, -.
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Il bnd iscoma o,,..,,a ~ s;.a wao oo"n'lneui
rem..S,,bIo maS Io a o, onlonio e'sease' as IT.
md ,ines me- G, J;s,uss.,n anu u 'nous'
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annie ,arinrs hnsL nv eo a.. ~ 9I"ungs,
Jpred = ao ies, r shoaIJ Nv So, ous never
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