The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-23
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Tfsankzsrs lKy.) capisail Fiday evsnins uss allszs hig time as old Ineoa Head's scheel The neigh- hsss ineinnmly gsthsEed in so keax she chillun say tker @pieces,s and st sch times the cAillun sllsxs tzied so show ofF-- some wou3d sef uifA ther under jaws dzapt and case hke they never had saw nobody afore. The Freskcarses ingin- nerly sAowd olf that way. Some would cut ID all the devilmenf that vas in 'em jist to torment old Wess6eld, another vsy of shcwin' oil. and soehers would try to see who could study the loudess to play Ike they vas the smsrtest. and is sounded sogter this way: B-a ba k-r, ker, baker :: shee-a-sha dy. shady Ia, h d-y: times is E, ard times C is-lemme see. 5 times 6 is f-,-S-4-s ton the hngersl, ; times 6 is thirty. She-fed-the-old-h-e-n hen, she fed the old hen. Ann-czn-spin- flax, Ann can spin fax. A-c-r-s-e horse back back, horseback The world is round like a-Sleep, baby, sleep :. our cottage vale is- If see on bush or tree: mother may 1 sew to-day. There dog, and. Twinkle, twinkle-"
 There wasn't but one thing 10 stop all this Old lngon Heads hiekry would come down heavy on his desk. and he'd holie1 out silence"
 Some of these lttle fellsws trsed hard to have their pieces" and vas proud Allers to git out in the floor and sing em out yes, sing 'em, and they all kesch the same tune to everything from the boy stood on the burning deck to not . drum was heard and twinkle, twinkle, little starr and it's curis, how them tunes has clung to them pieces ever since. But some chillun is too doo't keer and ne. account and lAry. to larn, and they druther take the Shippin' as to gel the speech. That Friday crowd gethered in. Ladies and gentlemen" said old West6eld. haint seen nary word none of 'em has writ, and l never picked out no speeches for none of 'em. Git out thar Thomas Jefferson Bonaparte Lofts as you are the littlest and has got the biggest name you can say yourn fust.'
 :" haint got none,' said Tom. jeff. Boney.
 He had been a settin' thar plaitin pine straws. "l don't know speech"
 Git out and say one anyhow-say something"
 'l can't: don, know a speech
 Old "lngon Head showed him the hick'ry, and he riz and dragged his bare feet after him.
 .i-dont says he, cryin' and rubbin' his dirty iists in his eyes. "l jis,-declare-l l-don' ,-know -no- spee-ee-eech-oo-hoo,n but he krowed what the hiek'y meant, SO he tuck his stand, shrugged his shoulder, and snubbed out: thess knows part el . one.n
 Well, go on; say wha, you know (pointing the hick'sy At him. Then let. tin his arms fall heavy al his side he , jerked ot his words:
 s-up-to-meet-the-sun-
 MT. West6eld," hollered out Bud Doolistle, boy twice't as big, "iha. ar i, my speech. got it fuss Sits mine, and he knows it, dog-gone him, he knows rts my very speech, what um been a git,in ever since las, Chuesday. so |, is. That. not fair, nuther, SO ii haint, and he know, its not fair, so he does. He learn, il from me-r
 And knows it as good as he does, says Tom. Jeff, and tain'i none of his n morn i, mine, SO it ain't.' (All traces o tears gone) and he rattled it of wi,hou, q [ ketchin of his breath. GA spirit of rivalr, |, works vonders).
 Then Ma Jane Wiggins ri1 10 read hel composition. Hold on,' says the teacher, them of you that thinks you've got the bess composition and had orel have the prize, stand up.'
 All riz but three.
 "Ses down. Read on" and Ma Jans read:
 ION BiRDs." "There are . great many kind of birds sich as the hiuebird, and the cat biEd, and the tom-tit, and the jay bird is my favo-ise and the little written. Birds build theil nessesses in the trees" Cabe Comings then riz and read, or , birds :" There are great many kind. of birds, sich as the rcd bird and tho . thrasher, and the joe-Fee, and birds is birds is-be-b-e bee a bee-a-u bee-a you"
 "Ssop, thas'u don says he. Ho~ many more of you have go, 'em on birds Them that's got 'em on birds raise youl hands"
 Il A right smart chance of hands rIz Then Babe Comines snubbed out: You said-oo- -hoo-write on bir-hirds."
 That shows how much attention you pay to what say"
 It was Bunch Braberee's time next, s big, fat lazy gal, with her mouth full o swee'-gum. She chawed as she read and lisped out:
 "oS FIOwERs.n
 "There are great many kisdths us Aowerths, thich aihs-"
 "Wait a minute," says he, why did you write on howezsT
 "You thed write on that thubjecf-or sovershs and thuch as that" !" says she.
 |" said, did l-thaT it is agin. All them that's wit on flowers raise youi hands"
 Five or SIX hands riz, mostly girls
 Toad Loftis lowed: "Mine ains on dow~rx uor hsr<ls aesherSs