The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-05-30
TIE Roa POUND.

Lawyer Chatter IA, a, Reed, Jr.)
jumped to his feet and seconds the PROPOSE
ton with these remarks 1.-THE pound,
though not fit for hogs, would be an ex-
cellent place for school. True, it is only
twenty feet by twenty but children can be
packed close"
Mr.. Sharp (Jsmes O'Hara) prefaces
his remarks with an expression
of regret that he is obliged to diff
fer with his friends and says he thinks I'VE
can cut of an angle from the old burial
ground that will afford site quite as
economical rs the hog-pound and more
central Some dainty people, "be continues
refuse to live opposite, because of bad
smells; but the children will not mind the
smells"
Mr.. SkinFint says he has listened with
profound. interest to the remarks, "and after
expressing the hope that his fellow-citizens
will believe he is 'actuated by the sim
cerest devotion to the public good" and
that in him "also the spirit of seventy-six
burns bright he suggests that his old stable
be purchased for school
FarnaerE Bright (W. F. Reber) inter
rupts by asking Mr., Skinfint "it he has
not repeatedly said that the old stable
wasn't fit for his cattle" to which Mr..
Skiny7int replies, "Well, sir, it doesn't fol-
low that it may not be made into very re-
spectacle school-house." Mr.. Skinfint
then adds, Reluctant as l am, fellow
citizens, to part with building endeared
to me by ancestral associations, and many
tender ties, yet out of regard to the rising
generation, I am willing to sell the stable
at sacrifice; and, Furthermore, in case the
town will give my price for it, l will make
a donation to the town of the lot bounding
my cow-ysrd on the south. This charm
ing locality, with my cow-yard on the
south, and my spacious pig-pen on the
north, it will be the fault of the rising gem
Grafton if they do not make rapid progress
in their studies"
Farmer Bright says he is poor speaker
and asks that my son JEFF wv. H. Brown,
who can talk like book" be allowed to
speak, The permission is granted and jeff
seizes hold of the question intelligently.
But when he says "What, sirl a place not
fit fot hogs fit for your children and
teachers ?" His auditors applauded loudly,
while Squire Crab raps for order and de-
mands that Jet "confne himself to the
question and not indulge in any imperti.
nent remarks" JEFF replies that he ''can
conceive of nothing more pertinent than
the inquiry whether a place which the
hogs protest against is suitable for school
for human beings. We love pork, sir, but
we love our children better. Again jeff is
called to order amid storm of applause,
but his auditors rebel against the chairman
and insist that the speaker continue. He
does so and arouses Mr.. ,Shdrp's ire by
ridiculing his battle-ground proposition,
saying; "Sir, the economy which he rec
ommends is the self-same economy that
would lead man to buy tainted beef for
his family because he could get il
cheaper than good beef" Applause
and laughter follow this statement, and in
reply to Mr.. Shaaps 'Is this order ?p
Squire Crab, who has been won over by
the speaker, says, silence No Interrupt
tion lp JET then turns his attention to Mr..
Skinhints preferred locality with his cow
yard on one side, and his piggery on the
other, and says, II admire. the self-sacrifc-
ing devotion which leads him to give up.
with many tears, his ancestral stable, at
his own price, now that it is no longer ft
for four-legged cattle" Amid the laughter
and applause following these remarks Mr.