Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1896-11-14
MOLER AVENUE.

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Prof. Harry Schubert captivated
some of the avenue bellies with his
charming music.
Miss Rosie McFillin, the very pop
ular teacher of Mt. Hope School,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
"Lot.' Miss Lancaster also called
Saturday.
Bryan girls parade occurred out
this way Saturday night arrayed in
motley colors and dropping bonnets
the detected, sorry looking mourn
ers, with briny tears forming cutters
down their pale floury faces. Some
declared that twas cornmeal faces,
for Bryan loved corn as we'll as he
did Is to /. They blew their noses
ard little tin horns, melodiously and
oh, how sadly, for they were indeed
sorry that some of the rest OF the
free silver army would not follow
them up Salt River.
Prof. Aschoff isn't slow at solo,
and genial all round good fellow to
boot. No wonder the girls like him
so ! And he doesn't pine after New
York half so much as melancholy
Willie Coup, who sings,yet in strains
as soft and sad as dying swans,
"My Best Girls New Yorker"
That name reminds US of how New
York, that grand Empire State, gath
cred up her regal folds from her rich
sweeping trail, and stepped over the
mud-puddle of populistic silver craze
slum and stood for Republican prin.
cipals and honesty. Three cheers
for New York
Friday, the 9th inst, at 2 p. M,
the interesting program for Arbor
Day, carefully arranged by our wor-
thy State Superintendent, Virgil A.
Lewis, and in accordance with the
wishes of our highly esteemed Coun-
ty Superintendent, James Snyder,
was carried out as thoroughly as
time would allow. After which the
visitors, children and teachers re-
paired to the school yard and plant
ed the trees, shrubs and flowers
brought for the occasion. We have
Mckinley and Hobart tree. Har-
vey Harmer, Virgil A. Lewis, Supt.
Snyder and q Grant Pitzer tree.
The school, we hope, was impressed
with due sense of the beauty and
use of trees and all seemed to hugely
enjoy the first Arbor Day celebra-
ton ever observed at this point, and
even the glorious flag waved out its
ripping approval, shining and dane
ing in the sunlight, and caressed by
the balmy winds warm as those of
September.
"My child isn't learnins-don't
know anything, can't say its letters.
We help it every night. What is to
be done p The news shocked both
teachers, for since Miss Margaret
Smiths entrance into the school we
have devoted every moment with I'M.
RENTING zeal and telling effect, and
were congratulating ourselves on the
success of our plans. Little Mary,
seemingly one Of the brightest little
ones, reads fuently, copies in script,
knows numbers to ten and writes
combinations. As we do not teach
the "a b CT method, she may be q
little shaky on some of the letters !;
but we think little Mary is doing
well. Before Miss Smith came
could not give the little ones the at
tention they needed, and we hope the
anxious mother will spare half day
and come to The school room to see
how much attention and aid the lit
Tie ones get, she will see how unnec-
essary her worry is. II there is q
thing that will disgust a child il is
drumming over the alphabet, ont Of
which it gets neither meaning nor
sense. Fl Mary don't know her lit
tiers when we are done with her we
are willing to pay fine or prove the
child an IDIOT
Moler avenue is SO happy over the
glorious Republican triumph that
she could find no words TO express
her joy until now-tbat is, with the
exception Of beloved brother Hop
per, who saw no prospects Of happi.
ness unless the false prophet Bryan
could blow bis silver horn is to | in
the White House st Washington.
But, God be praised, that William
@Jacoben" Bryan was defeated, and
he will not now have chance TO dc
| for the z. s. Government what Rob
| sperie did for France through III,
reign Of terror, viz: Lower pubIll