Telegram-herald., 1889-06-14
THE VILLAGE SCHOOL



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Ons q TIE most iGdcrous entertain
naonts sfsF glren II MS e-ty MAS tAzt
at the pArioEs q the Koantzln-stEeet
Baptist ehurcn last evening. TIE nigbt
Sas sselLering lot, bat tie audienee
remained until tie lzst aet 49, eser.
The entertainment sas a representa-
Ion Of country ''deestr.ct" sch9ol,
such a. our fathers and mothers al
tended forty years ago. and tie actors
Il the play must have eeen terrors IA
their day, # one eau Judge froIa their
antics Of last evening. To see such se-
date and dignined citzens as ". ID.
fslford, Governor Crosby, ID. b. saedd,
John Goebel, I. Ranlylile, j.. n. Dud-
Ley, l. W. sehellhOus aud = dozen
more clad in checked glngham aprons
and hlgh-Water pants, cutting eapers
Ike school boys Was enough 10 conyulse
a Quaker meeting. These were funny
| enough, bat the climax Was capped by
ihe ladies, some Of them silyeT-haired
matrons who he'd attended just such a
/ school. These we're &rTayed III PINK
/ calico or checked gingham dresses and
/ pantalettes, and when they entered and
/ retired their heads were ObscuTed III
enormous green sun bOnnets. There
| were Mesdames j. L. Buchanan, +.
| Raniyllie, e.. G.. Stcketee, o. A. Ball, ID.
b. shedd, Mrs. Wilson, Miss Talford
| and several Others, some OF them PEN
| siyely chewing spruce gum or shoe
makers wax, and all conducting them
selves Ike school girls unrestTalned-
yeritable romps.
The tired and tortured teacher was
A. J. Daniels. He removed his rubber
boots, which were a necessity, on ac-
count of has boarding round, and
donned i pair of slippers. Len Rem
mgtOn was the worst boy III school, al
ways in mischief, and he had 10 keep
busy 10 Guido the rest of the pupils.
The school was examined in ''roadn' ,
rltin" rthmetc" and spelling before
the august school commissioners, X. H..
Looms and Myro6 III. Walker. The
examination was not what one would
have expected from such school.
Then deciamatlons were gwen, Len
Remington having great difficulty III
remembering the familiar lines OF The
Young Lochinvar." j. NJ. Dudley held
the vast audience spell-bOUEd with hls
Impressive rendition OF "Osslans' Ad-
dress to the SUM-" until the whole
school became enyiOus OF the good nm
preston he was making, and each and
every one Clipped lnwth ms piece, and
shouted il out with frantic gestlcula-
tons, and order was, with difficulty,
restored. in moment OF temporary
mental alteration, the teacher, as
usual, invited the school board TO make
few remarks. X. B. Loomis rose
and with awful solemnity, aired his
knowledge of Webster's dictionary, and
fairly crushed the school with polysyl-
tables. Myron III. Walker then arose
and pelted the poor teacher with caus-
tic criticism, and sat down very hard
upon all the new-fangled nations. lie
ended by summarily discharging the
teacher, and after an affecting adeu
the pupils filed out, leaving the teacher
TO remove the contents of several din
ner pals from bis rubber boots. Under
the direction of Miss. Sheppard, the pu
pills give an exhibition of a model KIN
dergarten school. They sang Twinkle
Twinkle, Little STAR" and played
Three Black Crows" Cat and Mouse
and "The Busy Blacksmith" In tn,
last, Gov. Crosby, with great Diff
Guilty, succeeded in shoeing l.. C. Rem
ington's horse, represented by JOIN
! GOebel. The whole thing was highly
ridiculous, and must have netted {
handsome sum as well, for there wer,
fully 800 present.