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Piled that he supposed he had forgot.
ten. lie was cool enough to send mes.
sages Immediately after the accident,
ana we understand, did send several,
~ltnout making o break. He, It is
said, was at the scene OF the wreck
yesterday, although we did not see
him.
Inc report was current yesterday,
that ne had left the country, but could
De traced to no reliable source
SCHOOLMASTER AROUND LOOSE,
From the Detroit Free Press.
Four or five days ago a man about
forty years of age, looking as ii he had
been drawn over dusty floor for an
hour or two, called upon one of tho
members of the Board of Education
and introduced himself as William
Cannon Harrison, of Saginaw county.
lie was politely received, and com.
menced business promptly by saying
I'm a-looking for situation as a
school teacher"
"Ah. hal" replied the member.
wondering why the man wasn't look.
ing for woodpile.
II could have brought pile of rec.
ommends so high continued the man.
measuring with his hand, "bnt recon
mends don't amount to nothing"
Lave you any school in view ?"
asked the member.
~ want to get in here in Detroit
replied the man "what wages do you
pay ?"
I'm afraid" began the member,
when the schoolmastcr interrupted:
80, well, l s'pose you pay going
wages, and that's all l can ask for.
don't want TO put on style and live
high, az Pm getting leetle old, and
ought to save money"
las was going to remark said
the member, when the schoolmaster
suddenly inquired
"Do they allow licking in the schools
here9 If they do, I'm the man you
want to dress the boys down! I've
had EN- come at me by the dozen, and
it would do your heart good to see the
way l laid EN-! Why, when had that
school In Bay county thought moth.
Ing of licking thirty scholars day, be.
sides hearing twelve classes recite I'm
an old screamer, tell you and there's
fun In me. when you get me woke up,
l tell you!"
81 hardly think" commenced the
member again, when the schoolmaster
jumped up and said:
"Of course you won't take me unless
pass examination, but / hain't afraid
of not passing. I'd like to see word
l couldn't spell For instance, catarrh,
c.a-t-a.r-h--cstarh dsndelion, d-a-n-
d-e-l.i-o-n-dandelion. Or try me on
words of four syllabies: Lugubrous.
Observation-Disclosures. Oh!
can knock the socks right offn these
swell head teachers and not half try.'
81 should like to help you put in the
member, but"
"Oh! you needn't think I'm behind
on geography" interrupted the teacher.
For instance: What is an isthmus
An tsthmus is narrow strip of land
connecting two larger bodies. Is the
world round or fiat? Round. Why
is 1t round2 Because it is. Which il
the largest river in the world? The
Amazon. Which is the highest noun.
tain? The Andes. l might go on for
seventy-fivc days this way, and then
not tell half know!'
"You seem to be pretty we'll posted
in geography, but as 1 wanted to
And on grammar tool" exclaimed
the teacher. jumping up again. "What
is noun9 A noun is the name of any
person, place, or thing. Give US an
example. Man, dog, coon, goat, jack
knife, 11sn-hook, gate-post. What arc
the principal conjunctions And, as,
both, because, for, if, that. or, nor,
neither, either, and so forth, and so
forth. Oh!I'm.right on the roof of
the meeting house when you sling
grammar at mel"
The member was getting desperate,
and as coon as he could get in word
he said
81 will. take your name, and as
soon as a vacancy"
"And know arithmetic from cover
to cover" exclaimed the man, stand
ing up again; u ssa 6E a sSsarsh sss
stack, and when you go to fractions
and cube-root. I'm awful weigh a
ton and q half aud still growing
'Rithmetic's my favorite study, and
Eli give you $50 to find man who'll
saw sums in two and plane 'em down
quickly as cant"
His speech took the wind out of
him, and the member managed to say
there was no vacancy at present, but
he would take his name and consider
his case as soon as one occurred:
I'D like to commence right orr re-
piled the man; "but I'm willing to
wait. Here's my name and the mint
get your letter III come down a. fly
ing. Ii you get me you don't get
much style, but you get solid old COM
mon sense and genuine education
You wont see scholars playing hide
and-hoop around the wood-box or
marbles on the floor-no you won't!'
And here he went down stairs.