The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-05-10
srlrtt Misetllanv.
SPELLING SCHOOL.

Have you forgotten them! Whom, fIom
all Tho region about they gathered i'll the
log school house. with its hugo fireplace,
which yawned like the main entrance nj
Avcrnus. How the slciSh-bolls-t old
fashioned bells, big in the middle OF the
string, and growing small hy degrees anu
beautifully less toward the broad braSs
bucklcs--chimcd in every direction long
before night the gathering of the clans.
There came TO our school tho "Mastcr" =
give him capital for ho is entitled to it
Master, and all bundled into one huge, red
double sleigh, strown with an abundance
of straw, and tucked up like Christmas
pie, with q score Of buffalo robes. There
were half dozen cutters, each with u
young man and maiden, they two and no
more. And then again pair of Jumpers,
mounting great outlandish looking hiI,
heap"d up, pressed down. and I'll ming
over, Scripture measure, with a small col
lection of humanity packed up ea route,
from dozen homes, and all as merry as
kittens in q basket Of wool. Aud the
bright cyes. ripe. red lips, that one caught
glimpse of beneath those pink-lincd,
quilted hoods, and the silvory laughs that
escaped the nuillcrs and fur tippetB they
wore thcn-who does not remember7 Who
can ever forget them?
The school house, destined to be the are
ga of tho conflict, has boon swept md gar
nishcd; b0ughs OF evergreen sdorn the
s,noko.staned and battered walls. The
pellets of chcwcd paper have all been
swept from The ceiling, and two pals of
water been brought from the spring. and
set on bench in the entry, with an in.
memorial tin cup-a wise provision indeed,
for warm IL that spelling room.
The big boys have famed and replenish-
cd the fire, till the old chimney fairly jars
with the roaring flames, aud the sparks fly
out of the top, ike furnace, tho oriIlammc
of the battle.
The two "Mas ers" are there; the two
schools are, and such hum, such a NOV
ing to and iro win they swami
Tie lerrulo comes down Bp0n tho desk
with tmvhasis. What tIAe roll of the dTDRI
is b. the arlnios, that the rule is to this
whisI ering, laughing young company.
The clallcngcrs are on one side Of the
boBse; the challenged on the other. Back
seats, H!ildle seats, INV, trout seats, all
filled. GDalr Dl ll9 falhcis aud grandfalh
| ors, who could, no doubt, upon occasion,
| "ShoulIer the cruteh anil show i,ov iel,ls ART
Won"
occHpy the bench OF honor Gsar the desk,
Now the preliminaries; the repuied best
speller on each side choOse. "5usan Brown!
Out comes a round eyed little creature
blushng like peoRy. Such little thipg
aud chosen first.
"Moscs Joncsi" Out comes MoseF. al
awkward follow with shock OF red hair
shockingly harvested, surmouulipg hit
broad brow. The girls laugh a. h'fni but
what he don't know in the Elementary
isn't worth kb0wing.
"Jane Murray out triPs Jane, lint
tered as y bird, and takes her Thce mex
20 the caller, she's u pretty gHl, but 9
sorry spelier. Don't you hear the whispers
around tho bnpsci ~ by tlars Johns
sweetheart" 5uip is the healer, aud 1
baltic lost with Jane by bis side, would b'
sweeter than a victory WGn without her
Aud SO they so, "oalling nance" INIT
I Gya oy Rix champions s'and forth 70 dc
bath, and the contest is family begun.
Down goes one otter another. as woId'
Of three syilahIes are followed by those %
-four, and these again by words Of simllal
pronunciation and diverse signihcatioDs
until Mosss aud Susan remain.
The spelling book has been exhausted
yet thore they Stapd. dictionaries az
tnrped over, mepories rahsacked for
sgo,ds Of learned leHg,h Rpd sennd.s
until, by aud by. Noses eomes down hks 4
iTee, and susgn fgiiTs there stll, u liiil,
Ia slo.f that the forea aud the tall hay'
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