Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-10
When the people of Dodgeville made

When the people of Dodgeville made
their estimate of the cost of new
school house. they did not consider the
item of expense in moving from the
old houses into the new one.
A superficial observer might not
readily see any considerable expense in
transferring the school appliances
from one side of the town to the oppo-
site side, but after he has witnessed
the turmoil and sweat provoking Incl
dents connected with the transition
his mind will undergo radical change.
The first impression created on see
ing the piles of palpable and impalpa-
bic matter carried cut of the old school
houses preparatory to transportation
is, that Dodgeville has been made i
port of entry.
Then came great armies of scholars,
boys and girls, marching up to the piles
of consignments in familiar stevedore
manner, and freight themselves for
the voyage. Then, If your curiosity
lead you to take an inventory of the
cargoes as they pass. station yourself
near the main trunk line. and you will
witness i sight that would make the
pageantry of the children of Israel in
their departure out of the land OF
Egypt appear as Insignificant as Il
procession IF the friends of defeated
candidate.
The column commenced to move.
and at the head of it were six small
boys drawing Il hand sled on which
was a hay rack filled with an Una
bridged Dictionary. Then followed
Iegions OF other boys. loaded with in.
Vulnerable articles indispensable in d
we'll regulated school. Some with
wheelUarrows loaded with alphabets
and digits, some with bundles OF
square and cube roots, some with one
thing and otlerswitb many things; and
here they come with pockets filled with
theorems and syllogisms, and hats
bulged out with prosodies, and para
digms. Two boys Juggling at big
hypothenuSe, and a small boy trying
to shoulder trial divisor. Some came
tripping along with strings of constel
lations jlngling at their heels, with the
pleiades under their arms, and dinner
pals filled with the Milky Way. BOYS
with great baskets of verbs on their
arms, and bags of pronouns On Their
backs. Some with the polar circles
around their necks, and dragging the
equator after them. Girls carving
aprons full of ATTITUDES and longi-
tudes, and others carrying great arms
full of conjugating machines. A large
boy from the country pushing ahead OF
him great jawbo of a pre-Ad amite
mammal, about as large as bob-sled
and so the agony of moving proceeded
orderly and energetically, without hap
or accident, with but one exception
Four boys undertook to drive a bic
Anatomy over, and they succeeded
very well till they came to the gate.
when the Anatomy saw a couple of
the girls standing by the gate chewing
gum. and the gyrations of their jaws
so frightened the Anatomy that it
broke away from the boys, jumped the
fence, and ran almost back to the
graveyard before they succeeded in
lassoing it. This episode and almost
fatal accident, eau sed the school board
to amend the gum rule. so that the
girls are now prohibited from chewing
gum in the presence of The Anatomy
The long procession was followed b,
a brigade of teachers loaded with
ferules. bells, boxes of crayons and
chalk rags.