The Republican journal., 1903-12-31
oID-r1ME SCHOOL EXHIBITION.
The Phillips Ladies' Give a Successful E
tertainment.

The Phillips Ladies' Give Successful En-
tertainment.
The recent annual fair of the Ladies'
Social Union of Phillips included an
old-time school exhibition. There were
classes in reading, spelling, and a short
exercise in geography, and of course the
school could not close properly without
speaking pieces" We quote as follows
from the report in the Maine Woods
man:
Evelyn Church recited "Why Phebe
Have You Come So Soon." She started
in bravely and we'll but had to take her
ber 'spiece." Clara Toothaker read an
original composition, 'The Hen," which
we print in full.
THE MEN.
A hen is very useful person. She
makes eggs and chickens and takes care
| of the garden. A hen has two legs on
the under side of her. They come quite
near the ground. She has two feet,
one on the end of each leg so she can
scratch and walk. She has five toes OH
each foot just like the rest OF us. She
has a wing on each side of her and a
tail put on behind to steer by and bill
in front of her to pick up corn and other
insects with She has two eyes, one for
each side of her head so she can see
both ways at once. Her tail is made of
feathers. Hens are of two kinds, the
she hen and the he hen. The he hen is
called a rooster. The rooster looks like
the hen only he wears a comb and his
! feathers are SINNER. Women use his
feathers to trim their hats and bonnets
and they call them plume. The hen
goes to bed at night on a hign stick.
When she goes to sleep she puts her
head under her wing SO she cannot see
to fall off. The rooster crows III the
morning to wake the hens up. Hens
are of two more kinds, the laying hen
and the setting hen. The laying hen
makes an egg every day. The eggs are
good to eat and to make chickens OF.
The hen puts them low on the ground
but they are high at the store. A set
ting hen is hen that is tired of work.
The way to cure her is to put her in a
pail of cold water or tie red string to
her tail She is soon ready to begin
business again. A baby hen is called a
1
and calls the rooster Pa. A young hen
is called a pullet because it pulls worms
and weeds up out of the ground. When
the hen dies people make thanksgiv-
ing and eat her up.
The original poem, "Little Things, !"
! was read by Affie Sanborn, which we
| also print as it contains beautiful
truths clothed in beautiful language.
LITTLE THINGS.
! A little dog is called a pup,
| He's cross enough to eat You up.
| Sometimes he barks, sometimes he groWls,
When it comes night he always hOwls.
A little hog is called pig,
| When he gets old he will be big.
When he is dead he's good to eat,
! A good fat hog make lots of meat.
/ A little horse colt they call,
! He is quite big when it comes fall.
, His skin is covered up with hair,
| He tags around with the old mare.
A little hen is called chick,
| If you go near her she will pick.
It's very seldom she gets sick,
And when she does she dies quite quick.
A little COW is called a calf,
| To see it caper would make you laugh.
! Soon it will give milk and wear bell,
! When the milk is watered it is good to sell.
| A little OK is called steer,
| When you say whoa hish it steps right here
You put nail in the end of stick,
! Jab him with it and he starts off quick.
A kitten is IA little cat
1t was made to catch a rat.
1t can see when it is dark,
| And then it sings sweet as lark.
A lamb is just a little sheep,
; 1t can run and it can leap.
Mary's lamb went to school,
! Mary father sheared its wool.
A little man a boy is called
| His face is red, his head is bald,
! His little feet are always pink,
His eyes are just as black as ink.
These little things are of great worth,
They cover up this big round earth,
They hold it down, keep it in place,
Or else 'twould fly Off into space.