The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-28
THE TERROR OF DOGS.

attached to him. for he possessed many good quail
ties One his fearlessness. neighbours dog Hobo
often visited He large fellow and the terror
of cats One day the back door open, and he
walking leisurely in to pay his morning visit Buster
waiting for him just around the of the door,
and Hobo went ovt oueker than he in At another
time Hobo thought be had the cat, but Buster turned
around and chased him RIGHT around the yard and thru
small between the fence and the She'd sent
him home bowling. Another day had put
bones in the yard and small canine friend Doxey,
to the feast Rnster was on the porch and did not ap
of the intrusion walked boldly to him.
When Doxev turned him Buster cued him in the face,
RIGHT and left doc tried to return the compliment
but could rot so he walked home with his tail down.
We decided after that that Buster did not need
LOOKING after for he cond certainly hold his
fort Someone must have poisoned him. for he died this
fall. after suffering for two days, We all felt very
badly for he the most bright and daring eat
had. -Hvlda Pellatt
Seventh Grade 1905 W Thirty-frst Street.
Calhoun School.
A VERY GALLANT ROAR.
long time we lived in house where there
large yard for hovs to play in. There good
deal of the pronnd so we made fort and put
oonboles in the sides cond the approach of the
enemv. We also had good supply of ammunition.
One afternoon brother and another boy
gono to law s'eoe to onr fort SO made ready First
did pretty welt hut the larger and older
than so we We're at they never called
for when thew hnrt either. Then comrade
hit nv lev SNOWFALL in the cheek, and he
claimed 'That's not far to make such hard ones But
esllantlv roared s'Fverv man should do his duty''
which made brother lanoh. I the next to be
hurt and then they "erured fort and made
prisoners Of war. We we're treated to mouthfu of
h"t became restless under this cold treatment
and 1rs+ilv called for "Ma and that ended the siege
b EIGHTH Grade james Sanaker, =
r Adams School 1921 Ninth Street s.
PITT OF RED CARPET
ttHurrv and help build dis fort else you
can't MAY behind it." the proclamation made by
little bow tonp hard with shovel almost twice big
himself. The fort At last done, snowbas were
made and flag of red CARPET foated it. The red
flag indicated DANGEROUS undertaking to the attacking
party. We had hardly made enough snowbals when
shower Of and ice rained down upon the fort Our
flag knocked down and torn in many places. But
new one was nut ND and the fight began in earnest
few of CHARGED. drove the attacking party to
safe distance and returned in triumph We chal
lenged to another battle later But counsel has
not decided whether to accept not.
B Seventh Grade -Arne Serum.
Monroe School. 2118 Seventh Street S.
DINNER-PAIL STRATEGY.
fOh, Joe, let's make fort cried. 'The
bows in the next block going to fight u.s. Joe
willing to feht but he wanted to think Of plan be-
did not have boys as the other side.
But in about half hour collected thirteen boys and
began to build the FORT which did not take than
twenty minutes, there had been big snowstorm the
night before. -, --'
Joe came to me after a while and said, tEd, I've
thought of plan. told each of the boys to get
old dinner pail something just big They all started
out to find something and back each with a
pail Joe then told them to I'll the pals with snowballs
After this done he hid them about ten yards from
the fort and told each boy to have two snowba in his
hands to throw at the other side when they charged.
Run for your pail of snowbas and they will think
side is running from them, he said "They' I'll waste
all their snowballs then take snowbals
and charge them unarmed. We ought to win then -
We surprised by asery Of Surrender the
reply was 'Neverl'' We threw two snowbals each
and ran. Just expected they threw all their
balls They surprised to stop, stoop then
turn around and face them. We then charged Sur
render' Joe cried after had almost buried them in
GIVE surrender, - the answer. Hurrah for
the best boys who w0n,' we all cried.
A Fifth Grade, Edwin Treat,
Monroe School. 210s Twenty second Avenue S.
The Naming Of Ships.
The German ships named after German rivers,
ports poets and characters in German literature. The
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