The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-04-12
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There was teachers. meeting at
Americas last Saturday and we-that is
myself and three or four others were
invited to be there 70 talk. Normaiites
are notorious for what they know, so
that when people want 10 have an extEs-
ordinary time they invite few Of as out
10 talk. Well, it was decided. that "
should start from the Institution at pre-
=cisely half-Past II O'Clock. but when
the coachman arrived at about IL the
wagon load which had been invited to-
60 along TO give Us weight were seat "a
in their Conveyance waiting They
knew. they said. that it was little
early, but they didn't see the use in be-
ing so slow. The goodman muttered
something about being just little too
punctnal and hurried into the parlor 10
find the party of speakers quite ready
and anxious 10 start The party who
were TO give US weight-tnree or four
members of the faculty. waited on us
because they didn't know the road, yet
while they waited they kept reminding
US that it was time to go. Well, the
coachman finally shouted all aboard,
and we got into the hack-the Nor
NAL hack noted for its elegance,
and away We went on slow walk. not
only because Professor DAVIS was watch
ing 10 see how fast we drove. but also
because the weighty party drove ah' al
and weighted US down as 1t were. Well,
as soon as We got fairly out of town the
speakers began to speak. Were you
ever out with a lot of Normal students?
The people would stare at us as we went
by-were not accustomed TO hearing
speeches, 1 suppose; aud once when We
stopped at a farm house to get drink,
the farmer, quite an intelligent looking
man, asked if that was Black Maria I"
(referring to our hack, and when the
coachman said NO" he asked if il was
gong TO Osawatomle. "No." again
replied the driver, they are Normal
students" Yes," said rusticus,
thought it was something like that" A
little beyond we saw one Of those quite
common scenes, moving machine, a
horse.rake and go-go satan, carefully
gathered into field out of the weather,
and one of the ladies remarked that it
put her in mind of her childhood days,
and added: +" I can run rGker as well
as the best of them" We ali knew at
once. that she was thoroughly familiar
with the nomenclature of farm appur-
| tenances
Nothing further of note occurred
until We arrived In the city
at the hotel. Brushing, washing
and dining restored the confidence OF
the party to make remarks to show that
we had been IN the country before. One
of the ladies came in from the park-It
is nearly all park there-and said quite
paironizingly to the landlady, "those are
very nice turkeys out there in the yard
Do hens always raise such nice lot Of
turkeys?,,' The lady made some remark
and disappeared. We heard her say
out in the kitchen, that that greeny
from the Normal didn't know the diff
ference between turkeys and chickens
A gentleman, also from the country
made the remark, by way OF restoring
the reputation of the party, pointing Il
brood of ducks: you'll have a met
lot of geese next year, won't you ?" The
landlady laughed. We supposed she
was glad that she would have such gool
luck.
Well, after the meeting was over, ant
we had added fresh laurels TO our al
ready nice collection, Hon. j. w 10.
invited all of US over to tea. The mem
bers OF the family Wed with each othe
in ministering to our comfort, and W,
felt that through it all we were crcdi
to the institution we represented. AT
ter most enjoyable repast the weight.
party went home aud we got home earl
-in-the morning. Everything went of
splendidly except when the weighty
party tried to get ahead of us and ou
driver dropped his whip and the weight,
sailed ahead His custom required hin
to keep his temper and he did.
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