Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-27


own language as nearly as l can. Aft
err we had finished supper Bill started
| up:
did We ever hear whit happened
down at the Tail-holt schoolhouse last
December? Wull, it's the funniest
story ever wuz, strangelike, en- nuthin'
like It ever wuz err could "a been aney-
| whayre else than In Oklahomy, 1 reck-
on"
I had not heard about it, and Bill
accordingly continued:
"Ye see, the purfesser at Tail-holt
last winter wuz q jimdandy. Reckon
he himself didn't even know tibet he
knowed half ez much ez he did-not by
the dickshunalry name, aneyhow. But
he wuz sensible, en- he had idees; en-
when man with idees gifts into n
schoolhouse with boys en- girls tibet
amt asleep he makes things git up en-
hum fer keeps. We hadn't had aney-
thing new In the deestrict sence the
openin', en- several Of us leadin' pat
terms aIed him to give US ssmepin new
en- livelylike fer the winter-somepin
good fer ole folks ez well ez Children.
He kind of thort awhile en- chawed his
musstash, en- arter awhile, studdyin'-
like, he says:
"'We'n have a jogafy match
Ono says l, tibet is too ole en- wore
out. We had jogafy matches in ole
Indlanny when wuz jist n leetle kid
"'But,' says he, this air new kind
of jogafy match. ! know 1t air plum
new cause I've jist made it all up
myself says he. 1t couldn't be did
aneywhayre else than in Oklahomy.
either says he.
"Let us have It to onct" says l.,
speakin' fer the crowd. En- the pur-
lesser en- all on us patterns agreed.
s'Wull, he announced the mex day
afore books wuz let out that thayre
would be a glnyouine, original Jogafy
match. strictly pertalnin' to Oklahomy.
at the schoolhouse the mex Friday
eyenin' at airly lamplishtin', en- all the
scholars en- patterns en- frlen's wuz to
come. he said it wuz to be new
tangled sort Of jogafy match. sich ez
could be got up nowhayre else in the
wide world than in Oklahomy, en-, says
he, everybody better come en- see the
fun en- git akwainted en- larn somepin
too.
Friday night the ole sod schoolhouse
wuz Jam pack full Of folks, en- good
many on 'em had to stan up aroun' the
aiges. But It wuz purity warm night
-Oklahomy has good many purity
warm nights in December. We know
en- they got along fust rate. en- arter
he'd let 'em talk awhile. along about Z
o'clock the purfesser called the meetln'
to order en- tolt EN- the kind Of a
match he had thort out en- his great
purposs In devigin' 1t. He gaid he no.
tlced tibet good many people in Okla
homy didn't know they're neighbors, al
though they wuz alvin right clost up
ag'in 'em, en- tibet thayrefore some on
'em wuzn't e1 contented en- happy ez
they'd ort to be Twin in SIGH a gelori-
GUS country en- with SIGH delightful
climate. The purfesser could handle
the lingo nice en- straight, I tell ye, en-
l never heerd better speech In my
life. He's shore got the gift OF CAB in
great shape. He said tibet many
time when he wuz a-royin' en- a-roanin'
aroun' in strange parts en- among
strange people he allus forgot all about
bein' lonesome when he run up agin
some Teller thet wuz from Eelinoi. The
purfesser wM from Eelinoi, en- he allus
felt like he wuz at home when he could
Tn In q "
this here match air not only to teach
the children whayre the diff'runt states
en- territories en- foreign countries air.
but 1t air to teach We all eggsackly
whayre one another come from, 30 We
kin hunt yer neighbors up en- git So
cable en- frien'ly. find tibet in this
here school deestrict,' says be, thayre
air men en- women from almost every
state in the Union err out Of It, sich as
territories en- many on 'em from for
eign countries. en- we can larn whole
lot about them various places ez well
ez git akwalnted with each other by
this here perceedln'.' says he.
"Arter the purfesser had fust men,
toned the matter to me KEEP gittin'
Uneasy en- Uneasy all the time fer fear
some teller wouldn't want to play in
the game l have seen fellers afore
now who seriously objected to Stain
whayre they wuz from er even whayre
they fust saw the light Of day. but
fin'ly made 1t up to myself tibet no sich
fellers lived in the Tail-holt deestrict,
en- concluded to let things perceed.
couldn't see aney real danger ahead,
en- thort tibet the purfesser had all the
resks to run anyway.
"The purfesser explained how the
match wuz to be conducted. lie said
tibet about the easies' way he knowed
wuz to choose up eyer'b body In the
house tibet 'ud take part, jist ez ct they
wuz agoin' to choose up en- spell down
In the ole fashioned way, en- then the
fellers dom the choosin' up 'ud keep
tally on the diffrunt p'ints made en- an
nounce the result AFTER this wuz done
onct 1t 'ud be tried ag'in, but IN a Diff
runt way, with two others a-choosln
up This 'ud not only afford instruc-
ton en- amusement, but in time I'd let
ever one know whayre ever one else
wuz from, en- hep em to get akWalnt-
ed.
1.-THE plan of this jogafy match Wuz
about ez follers: He had arranged all
the states in the Union en- MI the terri
tories out Of the Union in Alphabetical
order, from Alasky to Whyoming. en-
he auid that aney nerson horned IN