Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-06-29

Ghe Declaration !
of independence !
You have ali read the Declaration of
Independence, I suppose. 1t is print
ed on fine type in the back of the
Child's History, and at the top of the
names signed at the end to show how
they wrote them is John Hancock's
big and bold, the way person would
write If he We're doing it with burnt
match. Papa used TO gather US to-
sether in the parlor after breakfast
every Fourth of July and read us parts
of it and explain the long words. so
that We would understand what the
Fourth of July Was really for-that it
wasn't just to burn holes In your
clothes, and frighten horses, and leave
stubs of firecrackers on the sidewalk
that don't get swept off for days. When
we children came to have our own rev.
olution against the governess that time
mamma and papa went away to be
gone two days, we knew just how to
go about 1T; and We wrote a Declar-
alton of Independence, copying it after
the real true one, and then we all sign
ed our names at the bottom with big
tlOurishes, the way John Hancock and
the others did.
We thought with all our preparation
success was sure. just as the patriots
of &c We're successful as the reward
of their daring, but alas!
Our governess name was Georgiana
--Georgiana Saunders-which made il
all the more appropriate. because the
name of the king about whom the
orr ginal Declaration was written was
George. as You probablv know.
When we got the Declaration done
1t was something like this-some of
the language we took from the book
and some W., made up ourselves:
When in the course of human events
1t becomes necessary for something to
be done about 1T. and we can't stand
1T any longer. The history of our pres
ent goyerness is a history of reneated
injuries and usl,rpations' To prove
this let facts be Summarized to a cam
did world.
she makes ne brnsh o,,r tooth
twice a aav which is ,lnnecessarv nc
we'll ms vsastef,1l
She Won, let ms Law hooks face
downwards. and so You lose the Mace
and are q long time finding if When
Won come back
3. She objects If Won make a forl,
i'm your mashed notatoes.
4. She won't let us breathe on the
window ana write with ollr hnpers
DAYS when ii rains
3. We can't have butter and sugar
on our rice, only milk and sugar.
6. She notices. and makes us 90
back to look where we've made finger
marks on the white pailt.
{. We have to- make our own beds.
and then, il there is a wrinkle. or II
isn't done right, we have TO do it all
over again
s. Shes lust awful. every way yo,1
can think of.
We, therefore, do solemnly publish
and declare that we are and by right
ought to be free and independent. and
that our mother and our father went
away this morning and will not be
back until tomorrow evening. and that
she is not our mother and our father
never has been and never will be. and
that we mean to do as we please and
that we have full right to levy war and
also TO do all other acts and things.
And TO this we pledge our lives our
fortunes and our sacred honor.
Arthur l.. Bainbridge CHATS mel,
Maiorie Bsinbridge,
Hester b. cambridge.
Charles w. Cambridge,
Gregory cambridge, his mark.
And we brought in Rex-hes a mix
ture of an English mastiff and a SHEER
ian bloodh,uud-and we linked his paw
ana made him step on the paner iusi
below C;rcyorv,s name. And then we
drew circle around il and wrote "Rex
his marx. Then Mazda. the collie dog
had 10 come i'm. too. and pretty soon
,,,ere Mas a mark about the siZe of a
b,t hons. ,.iol,.t i,et h.low where REV
had ,,rin,.d a big black carnatior-
sh.,ned ,i,iitp with his Iorilv raw
S,o,tv IN. cat Was the hest of ali.
~. MISE, ,h,. ink homie On The nursery
@..,r,,ei ana .'', an her four ,'aws q,
49,. in,, ana mon ram right across tho
,,,,,4.r ca her NAM. Vas i'm several
,,l.,ens charlev (who wrote IN was
~, ~ mad ~ ti,.,-e,id II snnilna 10
looks Of The paper, and it would have
10 be written All over. but we told him
81 showed how interested and enthusi-
nstic Spotly was.
Then Maiorie got her scaling wax.
and took 3; piece OF red sink ribbon and
made a kind Of bow out of IL with long
strnaninr ends. ana we but - seal
down ln the lover eft-hand corner,
And when il vas finished il was n
work Of art Then the question was
What should we do with il?
Iet,s mn If at her Mate at hreak.