The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
the river took all my heavy clothes with but il
did not snow fake Tom McSloy
Seventh Grade. Sturgs, s. d. IS
TT1E EARIY CROPS.


TIE EARLY CROPS
Spring often plays pril fool few years ago
it fooled nearly all the people neighborhood.
wasate the spring and all the had been gone for
long time The green grass was beginning to cover the
ground and everybody thought that had
meneed Indeed, had commenced, but quickly in
terrupted by several which made the ground
look whittier than before The farmers had already
sown large part of their grain and of it
above the ground They expected to have to SOW this
again the snow melted. It not very
long before all the gone and the farmers
very much surprised to find that the grain which had been
sown the even better than that
which later Then everybody declared that they
had been caught by Spring $ April fool :
Tenth Grade. Barney Peterson,
A LATE SNOWFALL. ''.1>'' -, =
1t about the first of April when warm weather
commenced The large snowdrfts melted and the water
trcked off the hillside All the brooks creeks and
rls were flowing rapidly in their respective courses.
But one morning few days later produced different
sight The creeks and brooks longer singing their
merry songs the rls the hillside noonger visi
BILE and the air dense with snowfakes Driven as
these flakes were strong north wind, nghfa found
huge heaps of On account of this sud-
fool, IS Sidney A. Perkins,
Ninth Grade. e Akeley, MINI.
THE EARLY sowER.
Mr.. Spring thought it time to his flowers and
grass in the valleys and the llsides. He picked out
of the pretty feecy clouds sailing in the sky and
started his journey northward He had not gone far
when he noticed that the gone He then made
it coming up he thought that it time to his
mayhowers He was very proud OF his flowers One day
he dreamed that they were blooming When he awoke
hewent see and found them frozen When he looked
around he Mr. Winter laughing at him. Spring asked
him why he had done it, but old Winter only laughed
louder Then Mr. Spring remembered that it the first
Of April and decided not tocome 50 early the next year
35s Seventh Grade. Lille Redin,
Grove City, MINI.
* WICKED OLD WINTER.
N sOh, dear! said little Miss Spring, II wonder when
that old Mr. Winter will put away his store want to
bring out my store and play Mr. Winter heard this
and said ftI'n just fool her, as it will be April
Fool Day and he put away his store she would
But Mr. Winter did not intend really to close
his STORE yet, for little Miss Spring. who always in
brought out her green carpet and spread it nicely
Then she brought out all the pretty birds and flowers
and how glad the children were! But old Mr.. Winter
listening and watching all the time. When little
Miss Spring had fixed her carpet the she wanted it
and put flowers and birds in their places Mr. Winter
thought to himself, /" Now is my chance!'' So he took
his shaker thick layer Of and said,
here $ a joke you. ~ s Clara Rasmussen
a Seventh Grade. Breckenridge, MINI.
THE TESTING WIND
The first day of April dawned and clear and a
party Of children prepared for picnic Clara put the
lunch Minnie and Florence folded the napkins and
ranged the knives and forks for they insisted taking
reached destination, which grove of trees
After the unhitched and the baskets
cealed the children hunted for mayfoWers who
found the first flower to receive prize of % cents
All the children hunted in vain for mayfower Sud
denly Clara exclaimed, How cold it growing! The
others stopped search and also obliged to
was becoming cod Clara said they would better has
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