Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-07-24


built acress the middle.o of The room on
one side, were the, children, and on the
other side there were cakes and sugar
plums on the. floor, and whoever, could
creep through the holes under the bar
rier. was to have. them. Frank asked
Mary ifshe would like him to try to get.
some of the sweet things for her. but, she
said she would not touch the dirty stuff,
and he would haye to eat them BY. him him
selfif he got them; she thought It was 4 4
shame for the boysito creep 80 low for
such trash SO he concluded it as..not
worth while to try. There were, a great
many more boys here than in Che climb
ing room; for more people are willing
to creep than to climb. ,'', @ i}iaSlsi z .1i
The next place was the Jumping Room Room
where the easiest w. # leaping over
great high bars tcaalle { Constitutions,
were practised /; after ,fards they Ieinht, went
into room where Republican institutions
were studied andillustrated. The teach-
erwas hearing a lesson when Master
Know Nothing and Miss Bright Eyes
entered the room. s'9 W s.}s@ ~ q
"What is Universal Suffrage he ask
ed the scholars. ts1 SiEfs'' ,4ef9s5
"Where everybody suffers" "ts said one:
where everybody is suffered to do as
pleases," said another. 49, s2' s. rs.
Where nobody suffers anything"
said another. N lt&s8A4s \ '7a'iA@ ''ia;'
The smartest boy of all said: 'tIt was vi 8
q matter Of opinion,,a which Tie tsaSsher
said was the right answer. afa9 sfii '.2s
aNow you shall see how it's done;' g
said the teacher. HL Look at these toys
and nice things on tn table. Now, who
ever is Of opinion that black Ii as good ,td 4
color as white, must say-Black and
whoever thinks white is the superior
color must say White; and whichever
side has the most children for itIg can car
have these things, to- divide. Now let sill
One, two. three ]" I
Some shouted white and SOME black -
it was hard at first to say which had 1T.
The teacher said ne thought the blacks
had the best Of It but they must try
over to be certain. AZ that all screamed
out black or white, much louder than at
first; but still it was doubtful. The
third time, some of those who had cried
White before, as they now thought black
was going TO win, Joined in with those
who cried black, so MS not to be cut out
Of fnll the good things; therefore, all
though the whites bawled till they were
black in the face, and although Master
Know Nothing and Miss Bright Eyes.
plying their case, joined in to- help them,
the blacks were certainly. the loudest.
So all the nice things were distributed
among them, while the poor whites were
much detected and there was even some
talk Of their getting o whipping all
round. .s.;.,..a...-., 4,
81 would have given it to the others if
/ could" said Master Know Nothing,
when they had left this room. A "
"I couldn't help joining in to.help the
Whites" said Mary; though I don't
think it is exactly the sort of thing for
girls to do" ~ s Fl
They next went to the Singing School
to hear some songs which had been COM
posed by the deaf, sung by the dumb !;
these were quite equal to the pictures
painted by the hlind; cats concert
was nothing to the noise they made
After that, in another room they saw all
sorts of things, done in the most surpris-
ing manner, by idiots.
They now thought Of going into the
big girls rooms. In the first they saw
one being finished off by several ladies
and gentlemen. She WIS seated on a
BARRIERS chair, 'and the gentlemen and
ladies were all busy with her head. Each
one had a brush, a little pot Of gum, and
slip of paper with something written
on it, which they stuck on the outside Of
her head with the gum. The children
could spell some of tho words on the slips
Of paper,-such as Botany, Chemistry,
Modern Languages, Gpcludingh slang)