Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-03-11
Blake,s Prairie school Exh1pitlo n
Bloomington, Wis. March 8. Issi

! oiohC 4ialilC 1GnOIi GAulDIiiOl
Bloomington, Wis.,, March s, 1850
EDIToa HERALD There are many Incl
dents of merit worthy cf mention, but tim
torbids the 'elIing of them all therefore,
viii speak of wha, has been uppermost ia thi
minds OF the Young people of Blake's Prair
for several weeks. The school OF Mr.. Franz
Moore united With Miss Nettie KiIbourn,
aud treated the people to an cid fashioned
school ext bition. On the eve Of the Ssh, II
spite OF the mud being sixteen thousand fee
deep, the White church was filed chuck full
Of people of al ages, from squalIing bah,
to gray haired sires, all eager to see the fun
An opening song, recitation or two. anc
then the scene of the ''Model school," The
parson came to visit it and of course made /
speech. II was comical and well conducted
Mr. Sargent did laugh often, and Grandpa
Widman remarked that ''many is the sehoo
that uncle Cy has teached like that" The
New Church Doctrine" By Miss Linda
Thomas, was we'll rendered and toak well
by 1t some of rs will be able to dodge hell, ,
and love to shake the se9rehed handn OF
some whom dogmas have or would have In.
closed within a circle Of fire. "The Fast
Young Man. by Dell Morrissey, was full Of
good sound sense. II seemed that there
were some fast young men" in the audience
who would look in place were they where his
hero was lodging. Grab Lyceum,, comic
teok well As the black part of the meet.
ing wished the front part Of the meetinen 10
talk so that the shack part of the meetings
could hear what the front part of the meet
ing had to say of the 'back part of the meet.
ing" the house roared with laughter. But of
them all | have not space to speak. OF the
leading recitations Launch of the Ship by
Annie Kenyon, "Mud Pies,n by Fannie
Welsh, "a little girl who spoke in tone
worthy of commendasion), spending the
Time, by Miss Lolita Palmer; Tale of the North
land" by Miss Roah Connel, and "Papa's
Letter" by Nellie Fennel, allow me to say,iust
a WORD spending the Time" was good. in
sentiment, and deserving of careful attention
by every young man and woman who heard
It, If its advice could be followed the grop
shops of our land would disturb no more
anxious mothers, wrong no more loving s;s.
tiers and cause no more lovers to quarrel.
1.-THE Tale of the Northland" disclosed tho
origin OF the woodpecker 1t appears that .
woman was SO very stingy of her food that al
last she was changed to bird and compelled
to bore in the woods for living The tale
was well told. "Papa's Letter. though old
was rendered with so much taste eIoopapco
aud pathos that the audience was held in
rapt attention. The dialogues were all very
good indeed, especially .'The Old Maids Bean
in which the old maid outgeneraled four or
five pretty girls and carried off the handsom-
est man in town
The drama, Borrowing Trouble" created
much mitrh. The parts were well learned
generally and considering that the actors
were all school children and their first att
tempt the play was well rendered, Lima
played the "waiting maid" perfectly and
merited rounds of applause. Two or three
songs, yes three of them were worthy of
praise. "Dat Negro Melody by Ned and
Edna Briggs brought down the house with
shouts of laughter. And "Dreaming, Mother
Dear of You" filed many eyes with tears. II
was sung by Messrs Grant and GINS Stone
Norah, Edna, and Ned Briggs Edna's voice
strong, clear and pathetic, rose above the
others. Its sweet melody poured forth in
almost wall awakened pure emotions in the
breasts ofall Perchance wandering or an or
phaned boy were there he felt sadness steal
Ger him that is not akin to pain, and pure
holy longings Juggling at his heart strings. All
the exhibition was success. The teachers
and scholars worked hard and will longbe re-
membered for so doing. COSMOPOLITAN.