Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-10-17

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Ehin L she learned fhmily,
Rcund the Ere az home ron
st their lessons they eli agF
Here thcy are like hungry lfnms
Except that they DO not tear esch otheT,
Grcedy for sood--that i. Cor a@enee
And also art Sister and brothers
Al alike, as ron may see,
at their studies they MI agFea
Oh ! what learned family.
Mary i studying plants ana berries
That Is, bosany, q course
Tom lends NIL bis mental force
70 tbs breaking up of the monasteries
and tie fate Of Ahhofs and Ahbessez;
lana rsaan Xenophon's Annhmzis;
xa.er.h IS .sfresno for Hebrew roots;
fs..ty eaAf NaNa 2aaim awnzia
Except that she tries 20 uniace her bcotsi
Harriet Is rather deep in Surdsi
John, the one with the Artist-gsce,
Is drawing the line Of Beauty and Grace.
Scarcely we need pursue the story,
Or 20 through all the Inventory,
With half an eye you now may see,
II IL o learned family.
While their studies they thus pursue,
In the manner which here you view,
Science, Languages and Art,
All that Colleges impart,
And things that Colleges never can,
(For this is q learned family,
As must be plain to you and me.
In there walks School-Doard man,
With a pen in his ear, with book compact,
An ink bottle 20 bis waistcoat tackled,
And an air as II ho would leave tract
AIong with note Of the income tar,
And put the whole creation straight;
t-a ff.s fha "a
Attendance Clause, Clause 49,
He did not speak another word,
At least not one that could he heard,
For from the learned family
Who at their lessons all agree
Arose mingled noise, shout,
Which seemed like Bonnet him get out
What do you want you rude young man
Then all that family began
To give him a notion Of what they knew.
'sTupto, tuptien," says one. (Thats Greek.
Comment" says one. THAT'S Freneh)
spar bIeu."
srNow from the middle Of next week,
How far TO Agate pump''-says one !?
THAT'S Mathematical '1t WAS fun
Then 10 that shivering School-Board man
Another studious one began.
whats a Marine Asidian p
That's Biology.) Protoplasm
Describe at once. Explain the ehasm
That separates an isopod-
From one of the higher vertebratesr'
That School Board man said, "This Is odd,
Clause 70 distinctly states"
That School-Board man said HLet me see,
Really by Section T3-"
Then Joseph said, ''0h, School Board man,
Inform this party if you can
What was the tongue the Elruscans spoke!"
Eyes" said the Artistic-boy, 'empart
Your notion Of Etruscan Art.
(Uniess your visit is q ioke),
Was IL derived frone native forces,
Or gathered &C Hellenic sources ~
And Baby cried, with q laugh and crow,
Excede, vanish, skedaddle, got
That School-Board man turned hot and cold
And rushed out into the open wolj.
Cold blew the blast, he wildly fed,
In fact, he had been bonneted
That School-Board man felt very bad,
That School-B0ard man went raVing mad.
Hark 10 his incoherent words:
He raves Of Indices and Surds,
OF flearned boys and learned gals,
Offierce recurring Decimals;
He weeps-he says he wants a slate,
''Let me add up vertebrate
WILL divide two future lenses ~
Poor man be never got his senses;
He lived for years q madman grim.
The School Board said, "We'll pension him, -
But folks cried, THAT would swell the rates
And then there were some hot debates,
Extending far into the night.
Coal being dear this was not right,
And 50 the county rose in might
And said, 'Let us put out the light"
So said, 50 done, they hit the mark
And left the School Board In the dark.