The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-06-09

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She said it wuz ruther strange Mat
lie got her rist broke and Pole Con
man rib. They do say that Joe
Whitehead sent his gurl along a
purpus to see that Pole didn't run
away with Matt. That wuz T. e
very time of the run too, Joe will
keep his CURL home after this.
The graduatin' class ranged up IN
frunt and they were likely lookin
set of boys and girls, 'leven in all,
but three Of EN- didn't come in.
First on program was Julii
Schnarr, a pretty little blackeyed
CURL in a cream colored suit, trim
med in lace and ribbon very be-
csmin', but her speakin' WIZ most
becomin'. She spoke rite out So
everybody could here, aid | could
Jest see America leading Cut a cut
Of darkness up into lite. She die
well.
Maud Cooper looked rale we'll
but | couldn't understand much &
her spekin', because | couldn't heal
it. 1t looked good and know il
wuz good.
Y Tom Walker wuz a tall slim fel
Ter, and he did well as he could,
but he didn't speak some sentences
plane. could see he loved hi'
subject, Grant" which helped hin
sum.
Carl Britain started slowly. bu
he warmed up to his subject in
way that surprised me and samp
son, too.
Walter Rudol ph did well wit
"Success in Life" and I've n
doubt but he will make successful
life, fur | could see he ment ever.
, word he said.
Ellie Frank spoke plane and well
but | wuz some tired Of hearin' er
talk about the American flag, bt
Sampson never gets tired. | bley
! he'd line the army if he could carr
4 the flag around, but | give you IN
word he's no titer.
The last of the speakers WI
Lillian Cooper, and she sed som
! good things | could here, and SUI
| could not. Not one OF EN- forg'
/; a bit, and the boys were all ra
= pretty felers, and | shant tell VIII;
! = Sampson sed about the girls.
y Mr.. Ed Cooper he'd brought
!. pianner there sum like Ethel No
! mans. He had it there to show
4 of, to induce the people to buy, b'
I'll bet Lillian Crandall won't bu
wun, fur it wouldn't 90 of for he
: !, at all. Then, there wuz rite lit
Mccormack gurl from Otwell, an
it sung iist as pretty for her,
have heard that the Boone tip. CUR
can play planners, but bless you
! not one Of em tride that day. Ma.
i be they were not axed and mayl
they were scared out by the lit
Jasper and Otwell gurls.
!. Leora and Clara Britain sung
! song together. Well, part OF Il
q time they sung together, and the
u wun would rest a spell while Il
: other sung. They stood with the
" backs to us so as to see the pianne
s wuz plezed to see them try to he
!, along.
u That little sch pol superintend'
, of Daviess got up to give out Il
u diplomas and he said he wuz
glad to git to, and he talked on al
Ion about it, till | wuz glad b
q Wilson let him do it, but lite on Il
% last he axed Pole Coffman to har
\ EN- out, which he did without
word. He give something else
le wun of the Cooper girls, and 81
= grinned. | lever node what it WI
'e Posr ScRIPT.-This is entire
= /, onbenonst to Sampson, but su
y mise he's writin' sum this week to
II He'll be surprised when he Sc
;, this. He said couldn't stop wrl
/, in, once begun, but you see | di
Have lots more to tell about IL
q contest in the evening, but wal
! to show Sampson can conden
= my writin's.
y Maggie Rudolph won the Boo
ntp. gold medal for oratory, and
!, want to tell you she spoke lis. abo
- rite about the Soul, and everybo'
seemed to think so. She looks to
u a rale good little gurl, and ! wuzI
mite sorry to see her git {
!, medal. II | git to 60 enywhe
~ :, agin | may rite sum more, 81
le time. BETSY.
e, TWO NATIONAL TASTES.