Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-23
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT..

/ in school at present.
Mrs. Leonatd visited the school last !
week.
The last weekly statement shows
/ 1868, 1898, in the United States tt ca
sury.
Lizzie Darcy, after brief illness, is
again attending school.
Myrtle Kelley, after an absence of
one week on account of sickness is
again able to attend school.
The Reading circle is now reading
! Dickens Christmas Carol.
Lord Dutferin has resigned the vice
royalty of India.
The Sth grade was examined in his
tory and Arithmetic Thursday.
George Robinson was absent from
school last week on account of sickness.
An examination of teachers will be
held in the high school room on Satur-
ia,
The class in civil government recite
three times week after four o'clock.
Answers to questions of last week.
There are 63,O92 church editices in the
! United States.
Michigan furnished SSH men in the
Civil War.
Elias Howe patented the first sewing
machine.
Michigan ranks first in the produc-
ton of salt, lumber, copper and iron
ore.
The best auars.s of the following
problem, WIN ao poed above the
name of the pap,, #ro @rtesit. James,
.Io-rpli and Daniel owned three farms
whose total area was ~ 9-lO acres
Daniel had l5- acres more ,aan Joseph
and Joseph had 2lJ acres more than
James, how many acres had each?
Sold5.OOO pounds Of sugar at Q cents
per pound, and lost topper cent: what
per cent should gain by selling it at ~
cents per pound;
Why will the emblem Of the United
states outliye those Of England, France
scotland and ireland;
/ WHO is the author OF the following
quotation?
Fare the we'll and if forever, Still
forever! fare the we'll!
How many Indians has Michigan?
WASHINGTON IN \ RAGE.
Only once does history tell us that
Washington allowed his passion to
overcome him, but, like Uncle Toby,
this being his only lapse from virtue.
the recording angel doubtless wiped
the record away. 1t was during the en-
gagement of the 18th of September and
! Washington had advanced to Motifs
/ tavern on Harlem plains, when he
! heard the firing OF cannOns, which was
from ten ships Of war and was done to
cover the landing OF the British and
Hessian division, under Sir Henry
! Clinton and Count DOnop, some 1000
strong at Kip's bay. The cannons were
aimed at the American batteries be-
! tween Turtle bay and Stuyvesant's
point. When he heard the firing he
rode rapidly to the scene of action, and
! there had the modification to discover
/ that the militia who manned the bat
teries had fled at the approach of the
enemy, and the brigades of Parsons and
/ Fellows, Of Putnam's Connecticut
( troops, had caught the panic and lied
without firing a gun. when only about
! fifty of the British had landed. Wash
/ ington met the fugitives and tried by
every means to check the fight. Their
generals tried in vain to rally them and
when sixty or seventy Of the enemy APP
peared in pursuit, the panic was increa-
sed and they all ran away III the ut
most confusion, leaving Washington
alone within eighty yards of the foe.
This dastardly conduct so incensed the
! general that he lost all control of his
powerful passions and for the first time
he gave them full rein. In his rage he
cast his chapeau to the ground snapped
his pistols at several Of the fugitives
and threatened others with his sword.
lie seemed to be perfectly unconscious
of personal danger. and would doubt
/ less have fallen into the hands of the
enemy had not his attendants seized the
bride of his horse and hurried him
away to place of safety.
"He was so vexed," said Gen. Greene
"at the Infamous conduct of his troops
that he sought death rather than life.
This paroxysm of anger was of short
4
duration, and the chief, with his usual
self possession. took immediate meas
ures for the safety Of his troops and he
confessed afterward to have been
ashamed of his momentary rage.
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