The Press., 1895-07-11
[FOr The Press.) AARONTOWN SCULE AS IT WAS IN 1903.

Sum un asked me to write about the scule in Aarontown as it was in 1895.
 Wal, of course, it want nigh so large then as it is now, fur n0a0, as yer all know, it is the high scule of Morristown, or as it is generally known, Hilltown.
 The oldest inhabitants remember what fite they had to git it, but for the sake of the younger uns I'll tell yer leetle about it. Yer see, Hilltown fulks he'd wurked and wurked hard end unceasingly to git the scules consolidated. We'll, tell yer thar wus hot times end Aaron town fulks jest sed they wouldn't hear to it end accordingly they sent fur the state board end finally the govenur himself cum to help settle it, end they sed "Yes, it should be on the Hill, but OH Aarontown Hill, though" fur yer see Aarontown Wus the only vicinity thet could boast of pro- lessor. Yer see, Professor Aaron wus one of those air Aarons which the town wus named after, end they wus smart folks, end reckin Aarontown owes a lee- tie uf the credit to that air professor. Fur sum reason or nuther thar hedn't been no scule in AarontOwn fur several years afOre l 1895, but in 1895 they decided to hev a scule. end about that time my husbands up scule teachin'. I he'd three leetle chil- dren to care fur, so naturally tux on in- terest in scules end sort of tried to kep up with the times; so I tux AarontOwr scule. The next thing wus to go afore the scule board, end mus say sort el dreaded that, fur one was very learned parson, the other 8 lawyer.
 At last the appointed day ariv, end wended my way tremblingly to the par sons house to meet the august assembly Wall lived to git hum, end am alive af ter so many years the next week com menced scule. In those they didn't pay teachers nuthin like they dew nowadays end I ruther thought would try boardin myself. I could tell yer enuf about my experience boardin' myself to tek up con siderable time, but will leave that unti anuther time. The very fust day I furgo a knife, end the tea had turned over onto the butter, end mus say didn't partic ularly enjy it, though the woman witl whom I :staid was very kind to me.
 The people from the surrOundin' cOun try tux great interest in the scule, jedg in from the number of visitors, fur tha wus 35 the fust term, which included thu afore mentioned larned parson end law yer. The second term boarded to MT Aaron's, end durin' the term there cum t thar hum jest the sweetest leetle bundle end they called her baby Ruth, end al Jus loved that leetle one, fur once tha cum to my hum just as sweet a leetle bun dle whom we called Ruth, but she unl
 staid with us ten weeks, end then GO
 tux her, the unly leetle girl we had. Hi ways are allus jest end do not mourn flu her, fur she is in better care than we coul
 hev possibly given her, but mourn flu ourselves, whom she left so lonely.
 Wall, to go back to my story. he'd very enjoyable time thar. The solos whic
 were occasionally sung to the baby to ir duce sleep, such es "The mouse she mal ried a humble bee," etc., were very anus in to me; then the grandmother wus 8 , jolly end did me much good, fur no u
 ever got the best on her. Mr.Jason Aaro (brother of the celebrated professor) wu
 allus tryin' to git the best on her, but the v whs one thing he never succeeded in.
 There wus two older girls, end she never forget the beautiful way which Mir 2 Aaron brought them up she used to hay , such beautiful talks with 'em.. hev neV g CT seen a more beautiful sight than MT D Aaron with her two girls talking togethe so: cOmpanionably.
 Thar want much vacation between th
 two terms, end was ill fur quite whil
 but recovered sufficiently to take the thil
 term of scule, but felt unable to walk { n far, so boarded to the house highest tf
 scule house. Thet family in those da! |; consisted of two couples, old gentlems