Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-02
THE SPELLING BEE AT ANGEL S.


REPORTED Rr TRUTHFUL JAMES.
Waltz in. walt. IN. We little Kids, and gather |
round NV knee,
And drop them books and first pot-hooss. and |
hear yarn from me.
kin MT sling fairy tale of Jlnny's fierce and |
Wild
For hold 1t is unchristIsn TO deceive simple
child;
But a- from school yer d,ittn' by thowt ye'd
OF "sp,lln' Bee" Il, Angels that we organ
izct last ear.
1t waIn't mate up Of gentle kids-of pretty Kids
But gents 81 he their reg lar growth, and some
enough f"rtwo.
There woz LanSy jim of Suffers Fork and
Bison of Lagrange,
Ard pistol Bob, " Who wore that day knife by
WAY of change
You start. You little kids. and thInk these are
not pretty naHrs.
But ,.c', h.i man behini II. anl-my name Is
Truthful james.
Thar Poker Dick from Whisky Fla, and
Smith of >hoprer'- Bend,
| And Brown oi talaVera. want no bet
ter TREND
Tire -hnSer.t Iack-yes, pretty dears-three
! Ciarp cut OIL !wo-!t's sing lar too, tina, Carp
amt NOW alive.
Twas vrry wr"ns, indeed. my dears, ard Ciapp
WAS much aTr;
| LIkewi-" was Jack. in after years, for shOotin'
| UfthAt same.
| The nj :hts was K nrIer lengthenIu' on. the rains
hai just begun,
When all rh- camp came up TO Pete's 10 have
But We All s"t kinder sad-like around the bar
room STOW.
TIL smith got w, permIskis-ike. and t-s re-
'1har'- n"w game down in Frisco. thet er Tar
Beat rucfre. ,okcr and van -toon, they calls III.
'Sp'liin Be-
chair and spake-
"P"k"r IS gOoI enough tor me-" and Lsnsl
jim -sI, ''-hak"!'
And Bob allowed he warn't proud, but h
| ''mu-i say right thar
That the man wn" tackled euchre he'd his ed"ca
tOp rIunr -
Thi- hrouSht up Lrnny Fa.rchlld, the school
m,ster, who -JIt
| He knew the game and he would give inStruc
tion- on that head.
For Instance. take some simple word" Sc
l he, like 'seuarate.'
Now who can spell itf' Dog my skin, ef tina
was on" in eight
= This set til. boys all wild ut once. The char
n And at the head was Lanky jim. and al the icc
i WIS Joe.
r And hI.n upon the bar Itself the school -Inaste
= was raised.
= AMI the bar keeper put his glasses down, an
i sat and silent Gazed.
i. The fret word was "parsllei." and seven i
- il he,
!, TIL Joe walled in hi. double app betwixt II
=, ''A' ant ''e;''
a For, since ho drilled them MeSicaus in San j
Is Thar warm no prouder man so, up than Pist
T., Jn. that might
Till 'rhythm' came! He tried to smile, the
l., sail. they had him there
.r And Lanky Jim. with one long stride got
,s and took his chair.
10 ls o little kids my pretty kids, twas touchi
tr TO survey
he These bearded men. with weppings on. Ii
- - school boys al their play:
hs They laughet with gec, and shout 10 see en-
|" other lead the van,
And Rob sat up monitor with cue for g RI
oi Till the chair gave out ''ncnerate. - and Brow
hd said he'd be burned
OF If any such blamed word az that In school W
i, ever learned.
When ''phth7is' came they all sprang up, a
n vowed the man what rung,
he Another blamed Greek word on them be tab
NJ ont AMI hung.
OF As they sat down again saw 10 Bilson's ey,
he nash,
rs And Brown OF Csaverss was a-twis;,n'
ng muStsche,
pst And when at last Brown slipped on ''gncsI
IL and BilsOu took his char.
nj He drOpp,d some casual words about some 10
oi who dyed ;hrlr hair.
n And hen the Chair grew white and the Cl
r,t SAID he'd djnurn.
But Poker Dick remarked thathe wouli wait
In. get his turn:
,ry Then with tr.nbin' voice and hand. and y
The awanhcrIn' eve.
Ia. The Char ne>t offered ''eider- duck - and u
aii And fi,lson smiled then Bilson shrlekedt j
r,L | how the fight begun
60 | never kpowCl, for BilsOn dropped and II
he moved up one
ia Then certain gents arose and said they ID
w mess down III camp
on And ''ez the road was rather dark. and ez
PIE night was damp.
rn, They d'-hcre got up Three fingered j
eh' and locked the door and yelled:
'll- no. not one mothers son goes out till
IN thar word Is sp ilcdt'
ny But while the words were on his lips, he grOa
NM % and sank in pain,
ihr And sank with wcnrter on his chest anil "
iich cest,r on his brain.
rdi Below the bar lodged Poker Dick and trre
uch look ~ he
ease Was hun,in' up authorities that no one
!di- could see;
icy, And Brown got down behind the stove allo,
cost ''he was c"h.''
urai Till it upset and down his legs the cnders fr
ncpt rolled,
And several gents called "Orderl'' till ii
en- simple way;
ntry Poor Smith began with ''O'' 'R''-''or'-
blic he WAS dragged away.
tn. tn, o. little kids, my pretty kids. down on
dis knees anu pray
cers You've got your edicstion in peaceful so
, nj way;
VI And bear in mind thar NAV be sharps ez 81
.mo- their spellin' square,
n,.d But likewise sings their bowel knives wi,
inr thought or care
and You know the rest. my dears? That's all
t the - 'nt you see
ts TO Inc nn'f gem 'uht 'eu 10 tell aoou' 'he' op'
enial oee'
the He ceased. and passed, that truthful mai
sdlc- children went their way
rests With downcast heads and dOvncast hearts
alton NOT 10 ,nort or nIay
such For " hen at eve the lamps were lit. and gu
ltem- less TO bed
IN the Each child was sent with tasks undoue an
sons all uDsaid.
alton No man IN ght know the awful woe that tn
7. their youthful frames,
As they dreamed of Angels Spelling BE
thought or Truthful James.