Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-27
LOCAL 6REVITIES.
ENGLISH AS SHE IS WROTE.

The teacher, Q lesson he taught;
The preacher, sermon he prsught,
The stealer, he stole;
The heeler. he holei
And the screecher. he awfully scraught.
The long-winded speak er. he spoke;
The poor office seeker, he soke;
The runner. he ran;
The dunner, he dan;
And the shrieker. he horribly shroke.
The flyer. to Canada few;
The buyer, on credit he bew;
The doer. he did;
The suer. he sid;
And the liar Ia hsherman) lew.
The writer, this nonsense he wrote;
The fighter ian editor fote;
The swimmer. he swan;
The skinner, he skam;
And the bitter was hungry and oote;
Read Psynter & Co.'s ad. at the top OF
this page.
J.F. McGrew. esq, went to Xenia this
morning on legal business.
Mr.. E. d. Morgan, of Mechanicsburg, is
in town today on business.
MIR. Il. II. Squires. travelling auditor Of
the l. B. & W., is in town.
Warden E. G. Coffin, Of the Ohio peni-
tentiary, is in the city today.
Mrs. J. W. Crane will leave, via the Bee
Line, this evening for Rochester, n. Y.
Mr.. Steve Mills, travelling passenger
agent of the Northern Pacific railway, Is in
the city.
MI. F. A. Rapp, of the When Clothing
store, left via the Bee Line last night for
Utica, n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Smith and Mr.. al d
Mrs. Ed. E. Calhoon visited relatives in
Dayton yesterday.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Defrees, Of Indianapolis,
chief engineer of the l. b. & W. road. is
in the city today on business.
Reserved seats for Hearts of Oak" at
the Grand tonight, will be only so cents.
General admission. so. S5 and 20 cents.
Miss Leah Goldberg is in Cleveland at
tending grand Purim tall, and from there
she will attend wedding in Oswego, NY.
The board Of education will meet in reg
ulnr session this evening, and 1t is likely
some important business will be transacted.
DIR. Gotwald's celebrated lecture on the
Wonders of California" in the Second
Lutheran church this evening, for the ben
eft Of the church. Admission, 20 cents.
Mr.. Sam Stevens, formerly Of the Ohio
Southern freight department of this city,
but now with the l. B. & W. Offices at In
diauapolis, spent Sunday among his friends
here.
The Wsrthington Chautauqua Circle OBJ
serves the Longfellow Memorial day, at the
residence of the McMibbens, at 275 south
Limestone, this evening, with an interest
ing programme.
Owing to the change in the constitution
of the Buckeye club, made at the last meet
ing, the club will hold its regular meeting
for this week tonight instead of next
Wednesday night.
Mr.. Leon FL. Vincent lectures at the Con-
gregational church, tomorrow evening, on
Shakespeare, and on Thursday evening in
the same place on Milton, for the benefit Of
the new church enterprise.
DR.. Falconer delivered the first lecture of
his series Of two, last evening, on cele-
brated queens of the Bible. 1t was an ad-
mirable discourse upon the Queen Of
Sheba." Next Sunday evening the theme
will be Queen Esther"
Hon. S. NJ. Prugh and wife, Of Spring
field, Ohio, who have been visiting in
Washington for the past ten days, left this
morning for Florida, where they will rus
ticate during the remainder of the season.
Washington ID. c. Critic.
The Home Missionary and Mission Band
of the St. Paul NJ. E. church will give So
cial and entertainment on next Friday
evening at the parlors Of the church. They
will have an old-fashioned spelling match,
and pronounce from McGuffey's spelling
book and be governed by Webster's Una
bridged dictionary. Prizes will be awarded.
Everybody invited.