The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-07-12
''HCHOLL.MARMN."

EDITOR ADVANCE: Now don't ask
me again why am forever heaping
compliments upon the school-mams: l
am simply giving we'll deserved tri-
butte. but must at the same time con-
fess that do have decided bias to-
wards this branch of femininity. Why?
Well. take them as whole they are an
interesting company.
They have education, intelligence,
good hearts and lovable dispositions.
and most of all they are engaged in a
work which if properly performed will
result in world of good to mankind,
as well as be a source of perpetual plea
sure and satisfaction to themselves
while they live, and the remembrance
Of them will scent like the rose when
they are dead and gone. So we say in
all sincerity, God bless them every one.
We are glad that we have met and
known so many of them. Some of our
pleasantest thoughts and experiences
have been along the line of this grand
army of sch00l.ma'ms. We fall asleep
sometimes in thinking of them and in
the fairy realms of dreams we are back
to the old home, back to the sandy
beach of the n-gilt bay, back to the
grand old woods with their cooling
shades and feathered choristers, back
to the daisy-decked, dew be.spangled
meadow, with it's clear brook scudding
through the red-top and clover. bloom,
breaking here and their in laughing
ripples AS it pours over its pebbly bed,
where the dainty dandelion and wild
honey suckle bend to kiss it's cheek and
cool their petals in it's crystal depths,
and back to the long, sun.shiny gate
way that led to the old school house
OH the hill where one of the best school.
mains that ever lived, with patient and
pains-taking efforts controlled the gar
den of three score or more of youthful
minds. The willow was seldom used
but the magical wand from the tree Of
kindness worked wonders and although
many Of that great crowd of boys and
girls have "passed that bourne whence
no traveller returns" those that re-
main remember still, and ever will
datiOn for studiOus habits, the encour-
| thoughts and ambitions, the high pur-
poses and aims that she sought to in.
still, and the personal and affec,ionate
interest she seemed to take in all that
pertained to our future. Circ,mstan.
ces which we could not seem to control
prevented the re liZation OF all that
was predicted for us, but we know our
lives have been better on account of
these early Influences and lingering
Impressions.
So up go the portraits one by one, on
memory's wall, of the bright. faced,
good hearted, sprightly Schoul. ma ms.
l haven't time nor space to speak Of
them now, but Some day may b. will
draw aside the curtain and while the
softly subdued light of other days falls
Oh them, give you 4 peep at this bright
galaxy OF glorious girls, while I MARBLE
to you in rhythmic measures some sad.
sweet stories. Now don't cry "gush''
for perhaps | should not have dropped
into this pensive and sentimental
Strain had [ not been looking over, this
afternoon. 4 book OF poems entitled
"ConSnlat ion' and felt some of the
musical chords Of my heart vibrating
again, which thought would never
answer to the touch OF mnrtal fingers
again. Blythe would you think
a. P.'S pen which hnrIs such scathine
pl,jl!pics. and scores so mnrcilessly his
advtrsaries, could trace sentences Sc
soft. and sentiments SO musical and
sweet. that like the fah'ed Orpheus
''the rocks and trees would fairly fol
low him"