The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-03-03
Gene al Items.

From Shiawassee Co. School Journal
A fine new teachers chair at Owosso
No. 8.
Fairfield No. has a new dictionary
holder.
Fairfield No. A has new set of Nc
Cornell maps.
Owosso No. has a new set of Nc
Cornell maps and new flag.
The school in Middlebury No. has a
new international Dictionary.
A new flag was raised at Fairfield
No. 2, Feb. 90; also, at Venice No. Q.
Venice No. Q has a new U. s. flag,
and the district raised the flag pole
Feb. 90.
The pupils of Perry No. are very
comfortable, indeed, in their new
patent seats.
Mrs. Noear-Do you think my
daughter will be a musician?
Professor CANT gay. She may.
She dell me she come of long lived
vamily.-Ex.
Customer-Waiter it is almost half
an hour since l ordered that turtle
soup.
Waiter-Sorry, sir, but you know
how slow turtles are.
Papa" said little Willie, IF fy's
sister bad little baby fly, would that
fly be an ant?"-Harper's Young
People.
Why is foreign nobleman who mar
ries an American heiress like sailor?
Because he's a-mariner for money.-Ex.
Frost causes the chestnut to fall"
said the funny editor coldly, as he let
the contributed joke drop into the
wastebasket.-Ex
Teacher Ito primary class)-What is
the capital of Michigan
Pupil-Pingree.
The Enew brick school house at
Antrim No. is very nice looking and
very comfortable.
About sixty feet of new slate black
board has been put into the school room
in Fairfield No. 6.
The pupils of Antrim No. 9 FIR. are
very proud in the enjoyment of their
new patent seats.
The new coat of paint adds much to
the appearance of the school room in
Middlebury No. 2 FIR.
The teacher and pupils of Fairfield
No. have started school library by
means of school socials.
Teacher and pupils of Hazelton No. Q
are enjoying the virtues of a new coal
stove this cold winter weather.
An old time school entertainment
will be given by the school in Fairfield
No. 8, at the close of the winter term.
Washington's Birthday was celebrat-
ed by the raising of flag pole at An
trim No. FIR, and New Haven No. 6.
On account of sickness, many schools
had very small attendance during the
last of January and the first of Febru-
airy.
The teacher and pupils of Fairfield
No. are soon to hold social to raise
money with which to purchase set of
maps.
A school social was held in Middle
bury No. 1, on Friday evening, Feb. 10,
for the purpose of getting new die
tionary holder.
The people of Byron have voted to
bond the village for $4,000 for the cree
ton of new brick school building dur
ing the coming summer. Hurrah for
Byron!
By means of school social, the
teacher and pupils of Fairfield No. 8
raised S7.Os They will buy flag and
have flag raising the last day of the
term.
A school flag social was held by
teacher and pupils in Fairfield No. 2,
on Friday evening, Feb. 8. Appropri-
ate exercises were given by the pupils.
The amount raised was SO. 10.
The library of the late DR.. Elizabeth
H. Bates, recently received at the Uni
versity library, is as welcome and
unexpected gift as the bequest of
$3.50, 900 from the same donor.
The comfort of the school room at
Shiawassee No. FIR. has been much
improved by new window shades, and
the teaching greatly facilitated by the
addition of more sufficient black board
room.
In the commercial world the battle is
fierce. Only the prepared man has a
chance" Woe betide the young man
who has not learned to do something.
and do that something well.-W. N.
Ferris.