The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-02-01

brain; 9Th person, cause his wife and
six children come first; is in the objective
case and governed by woman"
Teacher-'.Go to your seat and put a
wet cloth on your head. Next. Parse
woman"
Pupil-''Woman is female noun of
the masculine gender"
Teacher-"Mercyo on US What do you
say. sir p
-Pupil-"She's female noun of the
masculine gender mascu,;;2,n, cause she
wears the breechaloons and Is determined
to vote; she's compounded Of cotton.
whaleboDe, starch. smiles, sunshine ard
thund r-clonds; is 10 the first person,
cause she is always the person speaking,
plural number, cause she makes more
noise than half dozen parrots; is in the
objective case and governed by the FASH
IONS"
Teacher-''Sit down and rinse your
mouth with prophylactic fluid. Next
Parse boy"
Pupil-"Roy is an uncommon noun, of
the goslin gender and female persuasions.
Teacher-"Thunder and blackjacks
What's that. sir p
Pupil-"Bos is an uncommon noun, of
the goslin gender and female persuasion /;
uncommon, cause he's hard to find
nova days-'cause he soon enters the
threshold of goosehood; female persua-
sion, cause he's always OF the beart- sick
about some female first person, big Ike,
singular number, cause there's nobody
but himself; in the objective case and
governed by lis embryo mustache, Schei-
dam schnapps, and the length of his dad
dy's purse"
Teacher-''Go home, sir. battle you
feet in mustard. Next. Parse girl"
Pupil-"Girl is an angelic noun, of the
Grecian bend gender, and masculine ten
denotes.
Teacher-"Save us from sudden death!
These boys will never be raised. How is
that. sir ?"
Pupil-"Girl is an angelic noun, cause
she paints her cheeks and loves lnjuns
she's compounded of cosmetics, flowers,
fuss and feathers is of masculine tcnden
cies, cause she wears shirt-bosoms, pa
per collars, and always has her head full
Of boys; singular number. cause the boys
are AFRAID of her, and matrimony IS played
out; third person, cause she's much
spoken of, in the objective and governed
by gypsy bonnet
Teacher-"Next. Parse fashion"
Pupil-"Fashion is tyrannical noun
of the common gender"
Teacher Catfish and blunderbusses
What's that, sir ?''
Pupil-''Fashion is tyraunical noun,
cause it must be obeyed, and laughs a,
poor man. purse common gender
cause all people must bow to it. 1t is
compounded of founces. fimsies, ruffles,
bubbles. troubles. ruffs, cuffs. snuffs, big-
giles, giggles, shiggles, curls, furls, hairs,
snares, Grecian bend, fuss and feathers.
1t was once in the objective case and
governed by Eugene, but is now in the
nominative case independent.
Teacher-"Go home, sir, and go to bee
Next. Parse baby
Pupil-"Baby is an obstreperous nour
| of the Deuter gender"
Teache--''What do you say, you lit
tie imp?'
Pupil-"Baby is musical noun
cause it sings soft tune between mid
night and day, especially of cold nigh
it is neuter gender, cause it's neither
male or female till it's big enough to wea,
breeches. It weighs according to size
and measures according to proportions
is compounded of milk and lungs, and es
pecially of lungs and grows at rapic
rate. 1t is also of the spoilt gender
cause it is allowed to put its foot in the
gravy whenever it pleases 1t is in the
! objective case and governed by candy anc
sugar plums. -
Teachcr-''Go home, sir, aud tell your
mother to rock you 20 sleep. Next
| Matrimony.'
Pupil atrimony il an ancient noun
| defunct gender"
Teacher-''Hear hin You little vag
abond. what do you say p
| Pupil-'Matrimony is of the defunc
gender. cause it's played out. Girls arr
as plentiful as black berries. but they VI
got nothing. Matrimony is compounded
of the words mate and money, but whel
there's match now a days, it, nothing
without the money. Third person. caus
it is spoken of much by the girls. Il
the objective case, and governed By tn
sponduliks of the girls daddy"