The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-10-23

/ the teacher is still credited with
vast mental range and encyclopedia
knowledge-and is not regarded as a
harmless drudge--thereD lived and
conducted classes" long, raw-boned
mountaineer named Hill. He was q
man. of amazing industry and pos
sessed Of diplomas of learning, but he
retained in rich luxuriance the UNI
pruned coloquial speech of his native
mountains speech which took gro
tesqgeg liberties with grammar and
idioni.ss
Nows4this Hill was, among other
thingssa ''great hand for the gals %
as hssseiegantly phrased it, and in
theirstompany he took satisfaction
= which overf flowed in grins and cackles
and uneouth compliments. Even here,
howeRer,s he had, like Washington r.
wing Immortal Ichabod Crane
whom;ssin general, he rather closely
resembaed-an eye upon the practical
side a3sthings. In short, he was apt
to look with special favor upon young
womehswho were blessed with rich
fatherg:s
Nox,7in the same region in which
this stkoolmaster held sway lived a
gentleman who undertook to supply
the community with the local news in
Observation-Disclosures, and, to. that
end, hlihtained plant consisting of
handapress of respectable age and
an offieps force of one compositor.
Naturally Mr.. Harris, the editor.
was aylian in high consideration; no
politicAA,or. social function was COM
>,!etc Ngthout sfihn: y ttraay saas6;;
Mr.. ~ the schoolmaster, was a
persoh bf equal, if not superior con-
sidera tf6h, and ,;iewise in muchS dx
mand F ali r.aslAer Ho{ keefhitiMs
Both Stlemen weAtH aa lat Al
cheerfy as they weresa bid-and
neither Ever missed one of these. de-
lightfu (which issEre q. fasa ure
of Wilma tchiie IS otissy Roth he
editor and the sclioolmaster danced
vilely-and each regarded lis, own ca
pers with much complacency. These
facts are interesting but not essen
tial; the point is that both the editor
and the schoolmaster, by chance,
fixed sthsir affections Y upon l. the. same
lady-sa local heiress. At first good
friends, they presently began to look
at each other out of the corners ners OF
their Eyes and then settled down to
deadly rivalry arkeds by anss, am
COMPROMISING satti tlde sdf ia ,ltual
scorn4a scorn which ~ iitherMtSok
the pains to Ride. iy.ss sssss.s
Theklady in TIE case was nat Miser
or more beaiIt1fts Ill than the
run d girls,
ness which belongs to her sex, and
she held the balance so true between
the t.o rivals that neither could
claims ai1y l66g Sc ntfhsted al ahtf =
It 3 happened that the lsarned, NJ :
Hill 8ad as assistaaasa ] hsfnha
drudge who, as is the way, of some
foolish sshnel1aastefH ysst5 3ds boys
to wfte Compositions, many and
long, and Mr.. Harris, nas befitted &
public spiritedi EDITOR Offered d prize
for the best'sc0mpositibn OH a matter
Of public interest" written by
pupil 1pf the, school. in. which the
wholes town. of lWauhatehie tool
pridess But. because heg hated Mir
Hill, dr. Harris stipulated that thu
editor was to be the sole arbiterj .!
merits These compositions on "!n,at
tiers a public interest''i were duly
written, doubtless, with much pain
full Thought and more chewing Of TIL
tops 9f innocent penholders on tn.
part II the youthful authors. 'Th'
results of their labors were handed
to thdeditor,,s and the editor awarded
his pie years subscription t
The Xaqhatchie News, Further, j.
published the prize essay in his col
umns.s This Juvenile scrawls was no
remarkable in any. special way, ,bL
it was 6dtspoken about a matter {
local politics. which was at that tim.
making bad blpod. What was, worse
the yonngster who wrote tn pug
nacio@ soutll-.had Syentured5 to as
silme 8 position which did not atza]
agreeswith the stand which tn
oohaastere la ajndgedv. ~ it> wis
TO take on the same subject. Read