Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-05-15
SPINNING WHEEL.
A SCHOOL IDYL.

Ram it in, cram it in;
Children's heads are hollow,
Slam it in, jam it in
Still there's more to follow
Hygiene and history,
AstrOnomic mystery,
Algebra, histology,
Latin, etymOogy,
Botany, geometry,
Greek and trigonOmetry,
Ram ii in cram it in;
Chidrens heads are hollow.
Rap it in. tap it in;
What teachers palu Tor!
Bang it in, slam it in;
What are children made for?
Ancient archaeology,
Aryan phioOgy
prosody, zoology,
Physics, cinictology,
Calculus and mathematics,
Rhetoric and hydroStatlcS.
Hoax it in, coax it in;
Chldren's heads are hollow
Scold it in, mold it in;
All that they can swallow.
Fold it in. hold it in;
Still there's more to follow
Faces pinched, and sad. and pale,
Tell the same undying tale
Tell Of moments robbed from sleep,
Meals untasted. studies deep.
Those whove passed the furnace through,
With aching brow, will tell to you
How the teacher crammed it it,
BANNED it in, damned it in,
Crunched it in, punched it in,
Rubbed it in, dubbed 1T in,
Pressed it in, caressed it in,
Raped it in, and slapped It IL
When their heads were hollow.
-Rehoboth Sunday Herald,
ID:
Peddler (opening his pack)-'1 have
here, madam, an improved rat-trap,
which,
Woman of the House-"We are never
troubled with rats
.sJ| ,1c no for ok
nuts
I'VE never use nuts of any kind
"Or as a coffee rooster. Adjusted in
this manner, tt
I'VE always buy our coffee roasted"
Just So Reversing the wires that
form the upper portion and bringing
down the side flaps thus we have a de-
vice fer holding eggs when cooking
I'VE never eat eggs.
And by holding these wire loops, as
you see me doing now. it makes n handy
arrangement for holding a small mirror
Haven't the slightest use for such
thing"
While, by adjusting another small
mirror III this position and another at
this angle, as you will notice. and pla cing
it in a kitchen window, for example, it
has the curious effect of enabling the OBJ
and entirely out of sight to see distinct
ly through any window that may be OPP
poSite and to note what is going on in
side, and all | ask for this most useful
and compre hensive invention is shill-
ings. which is only about one-half-"
III take it.'-Cassell's Journal
-:o:--
Yes, the cannibal well recalled the day
their last missionary but one had come
among them.
On the occasion of the first service he
held here" exclaimed the simple savage
not without evidence of emotion. there
wasn't dry mouth in the congrega
tom"
There was no member of the tribe. I'M
less perchance he had been dieting at the
time, who did not remember this mis-
s.onary.-Detroit Journal.
The word Observation-Disclosures has
been included in the new Oxford diction-
AIRY, wherein it is explained las the
quality OF being incapable of limitation /"
The word moves the poet of Punch to
these amusing lines
See the modern Dinosaurs
Oxford reared.
Drag his clumsy length before US
Truly weird.
See his ugly head a-dangle
All crack jawed
Near to Baliol quadrangle
In the Broad.
Watch his fearful front and forehead
Roman born,
And his body sprawing horrid
Through the Corn.
Then his tail. all, will he ever
Get it by?
Writing in the vain endeayor
Down the High,
Twisting like "a school, of porpoise,
Round ship,
Pickering Oriel and Corpus
With the tip.
Monster, Tho It's hard to credit
Thee with sense.
Yet thy use to those who edit
Is immense;
Thou canst teach gaping nation
Through the eyes,
Negativing limitation
BY sheer size.
Here is an ad," said the exchange edi-
tor, foreman and city editor of the