The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-12
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up and sign conditions of the forfeit.
But the Hon. % j r said that
he was no gambler and did not coun-
tenance gambling in any form whatso-
ever, and would not subscribe himself
to any such articles.
So money talks with civilized or saw
age; won the day. Though the two
directors were henceforth dead set"
against me, as they would have sent
their friend with his war record to the
state legislator had 1t sunk one-half
of the state into perdition-the other
half.
These district functionaries made,
and sought to have circulated all man.
ner of reports detrimental to my man
agement of the school. They first tack
led my unassuming five-dollar globe.
THAT THAR ball NV wood all tat
tooed and painted like er injun on Their
warpath, and jes erbout as good, would
do better survis en- er kitchin stove.
Their zee no Their worlds moving like
that! When in Their face NV IL all Their
Bibull sed Joshua commanded the sun
ter stan still that he mout hev more
light and time fur his battle. Their
sun do move, an Their teechin Nv Their
worlds goin GROUND is not only I'M
scriptural, but sacr1legious."
Next in condemnation came my read
ing charts-ther idee NV err chile's larn-
in er word afore he node er letter was
suthin unheerd Nv" My abacus and
a, b, C blocks were a waste of time"
Even criticisms as to the way my
clothes hung-all that pertained ITO me
or mine were assailed so necessarily
and ludicrously that disgust was bound
to follow. I became disheartened.
At last, to cap the climax, the first
month lacking but three days of COM
pletion, / received a note from one of
these directors. which would require
that person be conversant with the
hieroglyphs of Egypt in order to de-
cipher the chirography thereof. Finally
] made 1t out in sum and substance to
read that 1 had used improper Ian
guage in the school assembled. / could
not imagine to what improperly was
referred as / was always very circum-
spect both as to word and action.
went to see the director who sent the
note. Arriving at his habitation, which
consisted of double log hut corraled
by a worm fence, I hallooed. The yell
low dog parked, the chicken hens set
up cooking and the door squeaked
on it's wooden hinges as the occupant
of the structure showed up his lank
dimensions.
"Helloo! Perfesser," he vociferated, as
he strobe up to the rail fence. Without
any forinalities of weather or health, /
asked him what was the improper lam
guage imputed to me.
WAL" he said, as he raised his left
foot to a rest midway the corner of the
fence and propped the right side of his
face against the palm of his hand, my
chaps an Their rest on EN- arronud hyar
seq yer got rite up in Their middle o.
Their floor and sed bull, bull, bull bull,
er haff er dozen times er so; an eff that
haint improper fur er teecher to say
afore boys and gals, young wimmen an
min. dunno whut yude call it."
He had r1o sooner hnfRhRd than tha
recollection of an incident that hap
pened two days previous stripped this
''bulf' of horns, hide and tallow.
IT dunno" he continued, "whut yer
cud mean-onless 1t be tibet yer war
| ther bull o. Their woods, aud wont take
er mind to whale hell outin the whole
shute an bilin on en-
| Never MIND" l interposed, IT have
no explanations nor apologies to make
to such as have not the understanding
| to appreciate. Go into your house and
get a voucher for this month, and you
and your school oan go to blankety
| blank and be BANKED"
Surprised and pleased he complied
with my request. And from that day
| to this i have abandoned teaching the
young idea how to Shoot" yet | never
see bull but that 1 think of a school
and vice versa" The explanation due
the director, 1 shall now make in this
| connection.
A primary class was at recitation
A common disturbance of a giggling ma
| ture sprang up at my rear, and after
having turned and reprimanded the
guilty ones grown girls). 1 pointed to
the syllable BILE and asked the little
class to give its sound. AS they had
| forgotten its sound as used in connec-
ton with other syllables, 1 reiterated
several times its sound-bl, bl, bl. bl
as in able, fable. table, etc. This was
| how the bull. bull, bull. bull' came in
Had I permitted the class to have gone
along "bla, BILE, bill, bio. blu, bly," they
could have done so half asleep as wei
as otherwise, but without having any
idea of the subject. But the hide
horns, tail and tallow of the genuine
bovine would never have covered the
anatomy of simple BILE. Bona Eide.
Anaconda, March 10, 1896.