Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
N. QUAD. AND HIS FUN !,
The Passing Of School Teacher in
a Kentucky District.
copyright. 1881

There were three or four men, two
women and half dozen children
grouped around the door of a big school
house as came along, and when halt
ed for drink at the spring and asked
what was going on one of the men re-
piled:
1--WE ar goin' to get new skule-
teacher fur this deestrict, and we've
got to AK her few questions to see
if she's fitten. She's inside thar, and
if yo' amt in no great hurry yo' might
step in. We've bin thinlin' over what
to ak, and I reckon Well purceed to
bizness."
daughter about 1s years old, and as
we went i'll she was doing simple sum
on the blackboard. She had added up
10 and 1s and made the sum total of
q, and the result seemed to be entirely
satisfactory to her.
''Wall. jimmy" said the chairman of
the board of directors, II reckon We'll
git along. No use to git narvus. fur
ye ar bound to come out all right. The
11ISt luliS VIC "aut W AuoW - oOOuV
Nashville"
Nashville is the capital of Ten
nessee." promptly replied the girl.
That's correct. jimmy, and a right
smart town she be. So many folks
walkin' around all the time you'd
think thar was circus goin' on every
day. She's in Tennessee, of co'se."
eyes, SIR"
snow, then. hev we got any rivers
in the state to brag about?"
"The Tennessee and the Cumber-
land"
eur shore. jimmy. Can't do toe
much braggin' bout them rivers. Hey
we got any mountings in this state?''
''The Cumberlands,"
''That's right, and that's bout 'nntY
in jography. as they calls it. If it's
handy. however, yo' might menshNr
the name of an ocean. We amt per
,ickler bout it, cause we've got nrthip
tr do with oceans around yere. but yo
might jest fling out name to keep
things goin'."
'Srhe Atlantic ocean," size said, after
some little thought.
"Ye've hit it, Jinny!" replied the sx-
an1iner with smile of satisfaction.
"We will now pass to spe1lin'. Le1's
see! How do yo' spell b'ar:'"
''B-a-r, bar"
''That's right, and reckon it's Just
as good fur white bar as a black
one. I air't wishin' to rush thjngs, but
if ye ain't too tired yo' might spell
man and cat"
The girl spelled them both correctly,
while the women lifted their hands in
astonishment and the children looked
upon her in awe and wonder.
II reckon that's about ali" said the
man as he looked around at his fellow.
directors. "Hold ON, though-we've
forgot the arithmetic. Jimmy, if hev
two dollars and Jonas Day has the
same, how many dollars hev we both
togetAer?"
''Two and two makes four. she re.
piled. and, catching her breath, she con-
tinued: "Three and three is six-foul
and four is eight, and twice five is ten
can tell yo' how much ten and ter
are if yo' want to know"
"Could yo'? Wal, I don't doubt it il
the least, fur sich smartness I never
saw befo' since 1 was on this board
don't want to pile it on, but mebbe
yo'd like to tell US what Columbus
did d?''
Found America"
$50 he did, Jjnny-so he did, and
yo' can begin this skule at nine O'Clock
Monday mawnin', and if yo'r scholars
don't turn out to be the smartest in
all Tennessee it won't be yo'r fault
TIN be jest belsase they ar TOO dawg'
goued shiffless to chaw their way into
skule-books!"