Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-22
VOLUME 45, NUMBER 21

| NOuluI leG Iue wear Uuelll. Ou, Sue
wouldn't let you wear them. Did you
have drawers to wear? No sir.
Did you say you did not have them?
| had them, but she wouldn't let me
wear them. Did you have shoes and
those for you? No sir. Who got
those? l had them when I came
there. Didn't you get some more
after you came? No sir. Now after
you went to the Sisters school for
while, you quit going to the Sisters
school, didn't you? Yes sir. Do you
remember the name of the Sister
that you went to school tor Sister
Georgia-Sister Bernardine. Did
Sister Bernardine tell you that you
could not come to school any
more? Yes sir. Why didn't she
want you to go to school any
more? (No response.) The Court:
Tell him. Can you tell? No sir.
Have you forgotten? Yes sir. Did
she tell you at different times that
you were naughty in school? She
never told me that l was naughty
in school. Didn't sheP Were you
naughty in school? Didn't she
think you were so bad in school
she didn't want you playing with
the other children? (No response.)
The Court: Tell him, if you remem-
Der. l don't remember her ever
saying that. Well, wasn't that
the reason that she did not want
you to go to school any more? I
don't know. Well, that was what
you thought was the reason,
wasn't it? No sir. What did you
think was the reason? Because I
couldn't get my reading lesson.
And did she tell you she would not
have you in school any more?
Yes sir. Did she tell you that you
were a stubborn girl? No sir.
Well were you a stubborn girl? l
don't know. Would you always
do what you were told? Were you
often told that it was naughty to
be stubborn? 1 don't remember.
When you stopped going to the
Sisters School, did Father Jung
blud and Lizzie teach you at home
every day? Yes sir, and when I
couldn't get it they wouldwhip me
tor it. When you wouldn't get the:
lessons they would whip your
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were so hard. And would they
hear you recite your lessons every
day9 Yes sir. What lessons
would they hear you recite? My
reading and catechism. And your
spelling? No sir. Didn't they
teach you srelling every day?
Yes Sir. AM they would teach
you arithmetic every day? No
Sir. Numbers? No sir. Not
every day? They didn't teach me
that at all. But they would teach
you spelling? And reading. And
reading, and catecilism, did you
say? Yes sir. And did they
teach you the multiplication table?
Yes Sir. How far did you get
with the multiplication table, when
they were teaching your I don't
remember. Do you remember if
you got un to the mines? l guess
that is just as far as l got. How
long was it that they were teaching
you at home after you stopped
going to the Sisters SCHOOL, I
don't know. Do you remember
that you stopped going to the
Sisters School about the month
of May? l don't know. You
don't remember thatP don't
know what time in the month it
was. You don't remember what
time in the month, but do you
remember that that was tie month?
No Sir. Well you do remember
that after you stopped going to
the Sisters School that you stayed
with Father Jungblud all the time,
and he and Lizzie used to hear you
recite your lessons every day7
Yes sir. And did they tell you
different times that it was wrong
to tell lies? Yes sir. Did they
tell you that it was wrong to be
stubborn? I don't remember.
Don't you remember talking with
Lizzie about-she telling you how
it was to be stubborn?
No Sir. Did they ever tell you
how naughty it was to steale l
don't remember that either. Don't
you remember about taking some
things that did not belong to you
from other people? No sir. Do
you remember that you were never
whipped except when you were
or told lies, or would
not do what you were told? |
was whipped for my catechism
and reading and spelling.
Were you whipped for
stories? Ali I remember
her whipping me for was my read
ing and my spelling and my
catechism. Did Lizzie ever tell
how naughty it was for you to