Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-22
Pleasant MI Items.
Weather pleasant.

Weather pleasant.
Rosds dusty again.
Mira. Cross Is with ms again.
Sore OF the leading railroad mon have
been st ,ppiug here for = few DAYS. a prop.
o i,ion has be n made 10 run the coming
railroad by Mt. Pleasant towatd OF near Tls,
cumbiA. Tne proposition will 10 all prob
ability bs accepted.
Uaclo Joe Taylor has been visiting our
place again.
Bobbio Green, OF Spring Garden took
breakfast at ths SpSnidibg House Tuesday
morning.
Mr.. Jack Morris Ia q little under the westh.
err, but we expect 10 see him out egain soon.
Mr., Thos. Jsmes has moyed hi, fam ly L,
town and started bis children to school.
Mr.. Whitaker, OF Aurora, was la town
Monday morning. lie brought bis daughter
j 'nnie down n school. Jennie bad been
home on a visit from Saturday TO Monday.
johnnie Palmer, OF Aurora, spent part oil
Monday with us.
Next Sunday comes the contest for the
X ,mpe prizes. As a committee on decision
the Superintendent appointed Mis. W. I.
Franklin. Mrs. Cross, and james Etter. An
interesting tins is OK Pected. Contest vii
begin immediately after the clo.e of Sunday
school.
As Eye local" promised last week here is a
short account OF part Of n day 10 the Pleas
ant Mt. SCHOOL, Ye iocal' had to rush
around a little 20 be- on tins that morning
but arrived IN time t. see the teacher OF the
primary department standing At the rear end
Of her room with a group OF little children
about her, all with happy, smiling faces.
We stopped only lCng enough 70 take =
glance then went on up stairs. We intended
10 hang our hat 10 the hall but when we
4 a -
was numbered wa didn't know whether 10 use
one or not. We did, however, venture to
chang" and went 10. There w6s the teach
er showing q lOung man sbout bis lesson.
The young maI bad just entered school.
We We're informed thst three new students
entered that (Aun isy morning. We bad q
seat shown us and SIT down. Befors we had
time ~ look rouni and eea halt that was 10 be
seen we hesri the bell tnl save The wax ny
OF some who were coming in not a sound was
heard. Next came roll call. In this room
IS numbers were called. Four abseLt,es.
BY signals from the tescher a part of EGe
school aroea and passed back toward ths rshr
end Of the bull ling They he'd no more tia.
been seated before there come in at each
door q little follow, and snoth-r and another,
girls st one door aud boys OF the other unit 1
we thought sll the children in Muir county
had assembled. Behind them came tue
teacher from the primary department, and
SAT down at the organ, an instrument 'ye
local" hadn't noticed before. As soon as all
wss settled two little boys passed the sul,g
books aud Prof. Ksmper called the number
of the page on which the piece was which
he Intended to have sung. We wondered Il
he expected TO have all those little children
sing. He really did, and they did sing. At
ter singing two pieces the Prot talked to the
school about Ave minutes. Another piece
was selected for singing and. as we thought
everything was ready when b some sign or
sign-l from the Pro-. the whole school Brose
NJ once. After singing tho primary depart
meLt departed, and The Others resumed Their
respective seats ana the regular order OF bus
iness beg 40. 1t, WAS U, 5 histury-The
voyages 0t Columbus wis tha lrsson. Mental
arithmetic. Physiology and Spelling were
then disposed OF. Ca,isthenics was 10 order.
0ne young mar went to the organ while
another stood in a chair before tho school TO
be- lead r IN the exercise. Everything went
OF smoothly and nicely. When Prot. KEN.
per wGffted the exercise TO stop he gave the
order "halt.' The neat signal cAnsed every
one to propsrA for passing and Prof. began
cleft" fright" "letL" ''righ,.' "iorwsri,
march, sud we had recess aud eye local.
took & recess.
The Students OF the Pleasant NJ. School
organic I'd a literary society last Friday night.
J. f, G.. Clark. Pres; Miss Ida Johnston,
Vice Pres; Miss Ellen Franklin, Secretary.
Sureess to the students.
QuiTABET.