West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16
FROM THE DARTER FAMILY.
"Joe" and Nancy Give Full Ac-
count of the Teachers "Inster-

Joe" and Nancy Give Full Ac-
count of the Teachers "Inster-
foot"
AURoARRY. WESTERN VIRGINY.
Dear Mister Editor Of the 1rgs;
Accordln to promise, Joe DSrter
with the help OF Nancy will now per.
coed to give your readers the per-
tlcklers of the schoolmaslers Iuster-
foot at Auroarry, It's the private
opinion of everybody that the In.
stertoot was the most grandest in
tertainment ever given on the face
OF the continent OF Amerikv. 1t was
Jlst grand intellectual feast, given
TO the public every night, by the
school masters and other smart iel
lers, Nancy was dreadful keeriul
to take notes of all the important
and interta,nin perticklers, includin
some speeches,
The first night OF the Instertoot
old Mr., Smith moved and seconded
to aTplnt Mister Captin James Hen.
ry Shaffer, Esquire, Jus ice of the
Peace OF AuroarrY, presld lent O the
meetin, There beng no opposition
tue Captln Squire wasspplnled, The
Presi lent said "FeIler cItizsns with
out extinction of color, men and
wlmmln, you'd skeerse expect one Of
my age TO git on the stage aud speak
IN publek before sIch an lntelpent
audience, but the immortal honor Of
prssiden over the deliberations OF
this august meetln composed OF skule
masters, Is the crowniu 10y Of nv
life, ahem." Tue Prssld cut looked
J,st as d'gnl6ds as the top most gras.
hopper sstun atraddie Of y big mu,-
len stock, wInRlu ~ the uoppers,
The remainder ol the night was
devoted to couuderin the great alb
sorDent question OF comIu soy ed
JucatIon, Nancy rays sine neve, Ia
all Der born days berrd su,j.ct so
powerful riddI Sue ss,s II "
just shockn to herr the -preal eag
speeches goln up aud up aud u.
hapiu heir wings all the time ur,.
nlgh onto be time when cd NJ.
smith Ji-t Lolsred halt with oil me
ni, ht and the msstin closed. S,nre
ihat deOatiu come Of nobody knows
whether Little tdds ought 60 BE- WIN
pea 10 scho 90 4 coli moruIn or
not, The next day vas spent IN
dnllsn exercise on spsllu, readIu and
wiltsu until night, when that other
big question was 50 d .sected by
We school masters aud some other
isNsrs what JtDeI In the spree to the
satisfaction OF everybody, Tue sub
jet vas ought Amerfky to ut any
more territory, s.ch az Ia d snd Wa
ter Nancy stys The drD4fen wa.
po"efiui n0t-mueh bottet than Joe r.
inRin plaster. The subject was torn
all 10 smash ur, aud some decided
QUE wy aud SONS tother way. and
aII went home 0st ~ they did
tasr night
Toe Lhrd day was devoted "a
drniin, grammar jograpby, uaeraI
Story md whipp,u'yzercisss. Nancy
80 size laughed tIi she got adread
f. ID headache ~ old Mister Smith
""Itn 'le acaoo. masters round
ih- ..-sJ 20 illustrate how 90 rnn
l-n ".i boys 10 school She says he
to,1 .em o. how old Mister Solomon
h1l tu,.sand wives and nobody
hno".s no" many bsd boys, aud how
old MIstef-53I used to whip EN-
round the iegs iIst to see en- i,,o,.
and De ssid a. bow whippin. was !
necessary exercise in the school
room that II caused the blood to
c,irca.ate and helped pervisions 20
duIs.
N~'oy thinks the perceedins Of
ISs 'hifd night Wss the most inter