West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-02-08
AN UNUONTESTED CONTEST.
How The Literary Battle Between The
Buffalo School and The Whetsell School
Failed To Come or.
rom our specIaI correspondent

From Our Special Correspondent
Our literaries were in a fair state of
progress and the brains of the older and
more active members were kept exhaustingly
busy at deyising some means whereby we
could arouse keener interest among the
younger members. With this plan in view,
one of our members addressed the Society
thus GAS teacher of the Buffalo school, |
challenge the Whetsell school for contest
in recitaiions, readings, singing and general
debating with other appropriate literary
work; the contest to be held at the Whetsell
school ON the night of January 26th, and
now, Wheisell school, if you don't want
your feathers beaten down like game cocks
in an April shower and your plumcs trailing
in the dust of dishonor, gather up your
latent energies and accept this challenge in
a manly way for my school will be here at
the scheduled time, rain or shine, If we are
not present, this school may claim a victory
as we will do in case this school fails to full
fall all agreements, for teach my school to
do just what tell them," (as if other teach
ers didn't teach likewise"
That young Ohio blood, filling the office
of teacher of the Wheuel school, immedi-
ately took the floor and in behalf Of his
school accepted the challenge.
Tn. next week rumors were abroad that
| Buffalo school, under the care of that thin,
black-cyed, wild man who has two hound
pups that will run ''back track" at any
time, was preparing one of the finest pro.
grams that the community had ever heard
We understand thaSethey we're under the
impression that the Whetsel school was so
badly scared that they would make no prep
aratiOns at all, but the news that the Whet-
sell school would be in complete readiness
for them, unncryed both teacher and
school that that little black-eyed teachers
hair stood up full eigh, inches.
! Something must be done And as soon
as Buffalo gained her senses again she sent
a letter to whetsell stating that the contest
must be declared off rs the whoUping cough
ia that school was raging and it would be
imprudent to have the schools meet ip con-
test that evening.
Now the truth is, the Whetsell school had
not a single case Of whoopiug cough, but
7 the yankee blood" in the Whe,sell 1.yceum
had been 50 reused that it would have won
the struggle or made the place its Waterloo;
I the Banaloites knew this and determined TO
steer clear Of the bullets.
/ Eight O'Clock on the evening Of the 10th
came. The whctsell forces were lined up
aud Offering battle and every eye was cast
toward the door watching for the appearance
II the wild man and his congregat ion.
i They never appeared and our little band Of
F patriots. of whom any one might be proud
/ was conicnted with giving an exhibition for
F che benefit Of thc audience who had gather
/ ca to witness the fray.
The next day the opposing teachers met
T iu fox hunt land by the way. that wild
T man bad those "woe bcgoucn" pups with
T him Dat they didn't ran a "back track" this
+ time, although they smcllcd over territory
oi about 10000 acres and crossed six or
eight fos tracks bat still they couldn't rout
a fosl wha, dogs
/ Toe Wild man didn't seem 10 want 20 talk
on ihc subject of Literary Contests" So
i'r pollieness che Ohioan did not press the
subject
- we close we cannot help mentioning
thr iaet lhat the FIRST 90 challenge was the
Pass io bring about the contest aud SO The
Scriptures have come % pass. That the last
shall De- lhe 6rsi and ihs 6fst shall be The
iasi.
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