Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-25
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81 81 application signed Toilet Mathisen,'
For the position Of head teacher OF the
town schools intermediate depart nent,
which had been advertised as vacant,
ttaet,y formerly replied by post that the
applicant could appear before the board
ct specified time, il she could IS do 3, SO. at
her own expense. But the trustees
wrote, further, that it was only fair to
Miss Mathisen to inform her that there
were sixty applicants for the position,
some of them being well and favorably
knownsat Cornalbin, and that the adYer-
tisement had not been published be-
cause the board lacked material from
which to select. but merely in accord
ance with one of the bylaws governing
the board. * +, SsfT ,#g .35t. ( :
j. Yet Miss Violet Mathisen went from
New York to Cornalbin; and within five
minutes Of her trembling entrance into
the presence Of the board, her success
was assured. AS she had travelled 200
miles to present herselffor examination,
each one OF the FIVE trustees thought it
would he simply courteous to ask her a
question ortwo by way Of formality, par
ticularly aeshe looked like a sweet, little
things and thus.she was enabled to capture
each member in turn. She picked apart
Squire Bloker's test problem in the rule
of three-and it was very knotty one
so quickly that the Squire forgot where
he was, and adlniringly murmured,
"weN, IN lie darned!" She answered
corrac ly question or two in chemistry,
r., will f,n-
cary. who never forgot the shop on such
OCCASIONS. She. wound the editor of the
Sentinel around her finger during a
drawn battle over grammatical, puzzle,
and when asked by Shoffler, who sold
beer and represe nte, the German pop
ulation whether she knew any lam
guage but her own, she repeated Plat
Deutsch couplet that caused Schoffiers
eyes to twinkle. The most obdurate
member of the board was young Falls,
rector Of the fashionable c. urch at Cor
nalbin: he regarded all witching women,
AS this creature seemed to be, 50 ennis
saries OF Satan; so to bring the other
trustees to their senses he put few
questions OF serious and personal ma
ture; but when M Iss Mathisen changed
the cheerful yet appealing look OF her
large eyes to one Of deep solemnity,
dropped her curly brown head, crossed
her breast and began to repeat Nicene
Creed as an answer, the young clergy
man caught his breath quickly and re-
nlc we'd his glasses as if to get better
view OF his unfamiliar character.
Before Miss Mathisen left the room,
she had in her possession an appoint
ment as head teacher of the inter-
mediate department.; it was in writing,
and duly signed BY the chairman and
secretary of the beard. After she had
thanked the members for their kind
ness and assured them that she should
be obliged to depend upon them. COL
lectively and Individually, for counsel,
She departed to look Ior boarding
place. The members Of the board
looked at each other sheepishly for
moment, and then Squire B!oker said:
Ct shouldn't wonder if we'd find we'd
made fools of ourselves"
ID mt mention it, said the druggist,
"for I know we have"
"Perhaps," said the clerical member.
Selling his hat in some haste, lit the
gentlemen will excuse me, | may be
able to assist her in finding Christian
home"
The young rector found Miss Mathi~
sen in the ante-room among the other
candidates; she had not been there five
minutes, but che had alrea. y succeeded
in becoming acquainted with nearly ev-
cry one; she hal said that she believed
that she had succeeded. She could
hardly understand why-she would nev-
er have came had she imagined there
were so many applieants-she hoped
none OF them would hate her--and So
on, until each Of the disappointed ones
felt it was better TO he defeated by this
sweet little thing from the city than by
any of their lifelong acquaintance.
And before the Young clergy man had an
opportunity to breach the subject of a
boarding place, one of the unsuccessful
competitors tor the leadership, but
nevertheless a girl smart enough to
know that yolng men would congregate
wherever Violet Mathisen might live,
had secured the new teacher as an in
mate 0! her own home.
The maiden who thus obtained Miss
Mathison as a fe:low-lodger round that
she had been entirely right in her con
lectures, for the little boarding house OF
which the two were inmates soon had
the ,liveliest parl.r in the town. Miss
Mathisen's faculty for making acqualnt-
ances was simply uneQualled; she
49,
certainly was not forward or in any way
indeiicate, yet her manner was so full OF
appeal and trustfulness that every man
she M adored her as soon as she spoke
to him. She lost one Sunday at church
bv the non arrival OF her trunks, for
which she telegraphed as soon as she
received her appoin ment; but when on
tie second Sunday she entered the
church just before service began, the
entire congregation surrendered at
discretion, Tor although her cloak and
hat were at least fifty degrees too gay
for the occasion, according 10 Cornalbin
standards, their fit was perfect, audthey
were n entire harmony with the figure
aud face of the wearer.. .Sss ....l
Z For fortnight the whole town was in
accord with Miss Mathisen, who had
been known almost from the first as
s'SWeet Violet" afterward every body
was almost at swords points about her.
Some young men hated all other, men
who spoke to her, many young women
accused her of coaxing their sWeethearts
away. Whenever MISS Mathisen heard
any of these complaints she made haste
to disown any intention of knowledge to
disturb aDybody's peace OF mind she
was only school teacher and stranger;
she was devoted to her work and she
had no claim Of any kind upon the time
and attention of any gentleman in the
village. .,>1 = : n ~. j; #5 4.
This explanation satisfied some young
women, but when the young men heard
off atleast a score of them resolved that
. "Sweet Violet" should not long remain
able TO. disown. all ties rendered than
that Of mere acQuain tances ship.
Among these, were Rector FALLS, Dr..
Pestle and Squire Bloker; the latter was
not exactly young man. but as he was
/ d Widower, owned consid cradle proper
ty and no gray hairs, he naturally con-
sidered bin self quite young enough for
the matrimonial mark 1T. All three felt