Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-14
4 VERY FUNNY SCENE.
A. Very Graphic Description of .
Very Funny Scene, the Closins
Exercises off Negro SclloP
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Mr.. ED1roR: The budding trees
the fragrant flowers, the cooine
doves, end the "chuck-will's wid.
ows" of f,ne lively noctural enter.
taineE all indicate the death ol
winter and the birth of spring.
Apropos of this lovely season
tie young folks, ever on the qui
ryive for some fun, are puzzling their
|, brains as to how they will spend
Saturday before Easter. Some
suggesta novel thing-an egg hunt
the girls furnishing the. eggs
"mixed up' in Easter style and a
committee to hide them on q
chosen spot and requiring the boys
to deposit a small amount for the
privilege of trying their luck in
this field Of search. All eggs found,
to belong to the finder. and the
proceens to go toward the pnrchas-
ing of a silverine communion set
for Butler church. Bachelors and
widowers, here's a chance toget,a
square meal of your favorite dish
On Friday night last your cor
respondent had the pleasure for
the first time in his life of being
present at the closing exercises Of
colored school, and could you
have been there, Mr.. Editor, you'd
agree in saying it was rare treat,
and mile stone in my life. The
proceedings beggar description
being. without parallel in the
history of pedagogy. The crowd
was amusing-the teacher anus.
ing, and the pupils amusing
everything done and said tended
to tickle ones risibilities until at
last disgusted at trying to laugh
we open our lungs to their fullest
dimensions and let one yell after
another roll. Educated by Yam
kee marm, the teacher, a female Of
sombre hue, endeavored to flavor
her pronunciation with the North
ern brogue--particularly to empha.
size every word and form eacf
sound within her chest or there
abouts.
Seated on a pile of pine pole!
some ten PAGES from the stage
which consisted of an. elevated
platform carefully curtained on al
sides in rear of the school build
ing and adjoining it, we patientl..
viewed the crowd of spectators am
awaited developments. Soon ther
arose within conglomeration o
voices, ia gal,;s, &SolRS, aEGAtilt.
Ian ole f8iaillrr a2r. i-aylag a.
i;.Ees asit,s, 10 our antlned an'
III, 5sieai 81. il seemed 1e Sweet
es5 tl1zie. fi,:i rsguI4t +1lg
lag We 60 ..-a.. TIL -"
fclIowel By an5;iief il fas:.er tim'
AID, ss..n .as.l uuo revvrviice, ii y.
the saints had struck on all 'thel
3 harps of gold at once it could nc
} have affected US more. The musi
: went straight up for the first qua1
] ter, stood still on the secont
ouivered on the third, and now fe
9 the home-stretch-well, words al
}, simply inadequate!
It In few seconds the teache
pulled aside the curtains an
+ apologetically said in deep Yanke
y brogue: "I hope the audience won
. get offended at our singing; IL
Z, we have SO many little ones v
a have to do something to keep thel
j. awake; don't get deluded." An
q with q wheel and fiirt she di
8 appeared behind the closed Gu
g tains. "Don't get deluded" drawle
IT out an attentive listener, "Wh
% does dat mean?" Echo auswere
" "what."
: Then minutes later the mistre
again appeared, all preliminari
=. having been arranged, and sait
fe "Well, we have waited justas lol
re as possible. No, not as long
e s possible, but just as long as '
re will wait; SO now we will began
'e We will act poetries, and fro
v poetries down to dialogues al
IS IS from dialogues down to singin
II II and from singings down to pra
"a ings and prayings down to dan
Is ings," Immediately the. bs
opened with a selected "poetrJ
s, this followed by another, and SO
le until fully half the announc
O. programme was completed. T
q, dialogues, all burlesques on t
lg old-time darkey and very chars
ce teristic of this interesting gen
or homo of to-day, were amusing |
~ yond description.
ne But with anxious heart and U
"a a weariedly we waited for t
~ "shoutings" and "dancings." 7
~ curtains are drawn and sudden
pg opened, Fourteen girls, all dress
: in white and trimmed in r.
ls' a' stand motionless, each with
we smaller girl in front. With bow
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