The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-04-12
GOLD ORE FOR SELBY
Abner Graves Send Fine Speci-
mems to Speller.
OLD SPELLING sKULE DAYS
Bought to Mind by the Recent Con-
test Brings Gift From Colorado

Editor Review:-I noticed the very
interesting write up of the spelling
and writing tests and competitions of
Crawford county school pupils, and
am pleased to note enthusiasm en-
gendered by the contest. Several of
the winners did so we'll that they
have doubtless been walking on air
ever since, and will find it difficult to
keep their feet down to Mother Earth
for some time. On dissecting the
report find that the girls got away
with nearly all the cream and left
the boys in the shade.
In spelling tests by townships, fif-
teen girl winners to five boy winners
looks much onesided, while in SPELL
ing finals, eight girls to one boy looks
more conesided, and then in the writ
ing tests the girls nearly scooped in
the whole cake. What is the matter
with you Crawford county boys to let
the girls walk all over you that way?
Of course you can put up two pretty
stiff bluffs in justification! You can
be ungallant to the teacher and say
that the lady teachers gave the
girls the best instruction, and then
take your chances on ''the swirl of
the willows as cure for prevarication
or you can plead that gallantry to the
girl pupils forbid your beating them,
else you could have done it easily with
both hands behind your back and your
tongues tied down! But can you justi-
fly yourselves and make good on either
bluff? l think not, and will hazard
the opinion that you played hockey
and went skating or swimming too
much.
Ralph Selby, however, must have
stuck pretty close to his work, and he
, must be phenomenon to make per-
fecl record through all tests, and he
only thirteen years old Now, who
says IL is an unlucky number? | GER
tainly do not, and think Ralph does
sot, and as | always was sure that Ii
was my lucky number, and as like
a good speller, l want Ralph to think
f IL is his lucky, and to help reward
. him for his industry l will send hin
a nice piece of Colorado Gold Ore
such as we take out of the mines out
here, and he can see the gold stick
ing out all over it the way the Nature
3 fixes it for men to dig in the rock
l for. Now boys l am going to tel
e you how Ralph is luckier than wa
at his age! When l was IL l coul,
/ spell the bark off dog and not hal
v try, and the school-marm knew it, but
e instead of my getting gold watcl
o and gold rock for knowing how t
n spell,I got licking?! l had littl
1 IL year old blue eyed girl that wa
prettier than peaches, standing mex
v below me in the spelling class, whe
It an easy bird of the Icthyosaurian trib
v came along that knew l could spel
). with my mouth shut easier than rol
" ing off log and l missed it so as
is let Daisy go ahead of the class, ar
,e the hard hearted lady teacher aske
>. why l missed that word, and when
III replied 81 guess it was because
{. didn't spell it right, - her ferule con
as menced rapping on me to beat tt
band! Now boys what do you thir
she licked me for?
TT Were any of you boys licked f
ly missing that way, or hadn't y
ought to have been licked becau
you just couldn't spell?
AS don't know Ralph Selby's pc
le office address, l will have to Sc
US his gold rock to Mr.. Denison Revie
ne Meyers and have him forward it.
ne Abner Graves
ay Ed If Master Selby will call
N. the Review office we will be pleas
to hand him the ore specimens fe
- warded by Mr.. Garves.