The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-10-24
In A PART of the eo,,..

~ TAXI OF the country wber.
the teacher is still credited win
.as' mental range and encyclopedi.
""o".euse-and is not regarded as .
harmless drudge-there lived and
conducted classes" a long, aw-boned
mouniaineer named Hill Ue wa. !,
man 81 amazing industry and nos.
sessed Of diplomas of learning. bpt he
Ie'aihea In rich luxuriance the un-
piuned coloquiaI speech OF his NATIVE
mountains speech which took gro
..sque liberties with grammar and
idiom. anu
Now this Hill was, among other
shings, a great hand for the pals
as ne elegantly phrased il. and In
tneir company he took satisfaction
~hieh oFerhowed in grins and cackIes
ana uncouth compliments. Even here
however he had, like Washington II.
Wings immortal Ichabod Crane
wnom, IN general. he rather closely
resembied-an eye upon the practical
sue OF things. In short. he was ant
10 look with special favor upon young |
women who were blessed with rich
fathers.
now, in the same region in which
shfs sehoc!master held sway lived :
gentleman who undertook to supplv
the community with the local news in
weekly installments. md. TO that
end, maintained = plant consisting OF
: hand press OF respectable age and
an Office force of one compositor.
Naturally Mr.. Harris, the editor.
was man in high consideration: NO
political or social function was com
plefe without him. Naturally. also.
xr- Hill. the schoolmaster. was =
person Of equal. if not superior con-
sideration. and likewise in much de-
mand for all manner Of Festivities.
Both gentlemen went at least a =
cheerfnlly as they were bid--and ).
neither ever missed one of these de- =
iightfuI dances which were a feature =
81 Wauhatchie society. Both the
editor and the schoolmaster danced =
'fiely-and each regarded his own ca =
pers with much complacency. These :.
Iacts are interesting but not essen !.
liai' the point il that both the editor ~
md the schoolmaster. by chance. =,
'xed their affections upon the same -
ady-a local heiress. At first good -.
riends. they presently began to look -
4 each other out of the corners ~
heir eyes and then settled down "a "a,
deadly rivalry marked by an nm -
compromising attitude Of mutual -,
corn--a scorn which neither took -.
be pains TO hide. So
The lady in the case was not wiser -
more beautiful than the general -
IN OF girls. but she had the astute- =
rss Which belongs TO her sex. and -.
&c held the balance so true between -.
re two rivals that neither could -
aim any long-continued advantage.
II SO happened that the learned Mr.. -.
ma. - ss'an' harmless gle.
olish schoolmasters, set his boys cv.,
write compositions, many and tbs
Is, ard Mr.. Harris, as bcfitted = | Ru,
editor. offered = prize mis-
the best composition on a matter tn
public interest," written by : con,
pill OF the school in which the wee
'ole town Of wauhatchie took N,s,
de- But. because he hated Mr.. with
l, Mr.. Harris stipulated that the him
tor was TO be the sole arbiter Of spcc
rit. These compositions on mat she
. OF public interest" were duly scho
|tten. doubtless with much pain AVA,
thought and more chewing Of the surn
IS Of innocent penholders on the very
{ of the youthful authors. The view
u''s M sne'r isoors were handed have
me eator' and the editor awarded May
prize--a years subscription TO to o,
Wauhatchie News. Further. he II
hshed the prize essay in his col cowa
%. This Juvenile scrawl waa not clear
arkable in any spccial way. but sprar
ras outspoken about a matter Of he w.
J politics which was at that time thras
ing bad blood. What was worse. life.
youngstcr who wrote it--a pue- little
Gus youth-had ves sared TO as was .
e position which ia not a all wit
= with the stand (which the his W
'olnn.tcr had judg<t . wise Ing a,
ake IN the same subject. Read. that I