St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-29

were boy on the farm; and in this
"huskin' bee" as described by Miss
Vierhus we could almost see the
youngsters scramble for the red
ears and the premium that went
with them. The girls quartet, rem
dered a good song very nicely
indeed. The next number we are
mixed on a little. The only crit
icism we can possibly present to
the high school program is that
the participants were not named as
they came on nor the title of the
different numbers. One followed
the other and not in the order
placed on the board where the
program was written. 1t therefore
kept a greenhorn, who was not
acquainted with the speakers or
the subjects guessing. We do not
know in this instance whether the
number in question was 1.-THE
Indian Guest at the First Thanks
giving" or "A New England Sto-
ry" adapted from Mary L. wilkins,
and whether the pretty young lady
speaker was Miss Mabel Crosby or
Miss Ermon Wheelock, but we are
inclined to think the latter one is
the guilty party. In any event the
matter presented was quite original,
well worded and well rendered and
would be applicable to either Of the
subjects from literary standpoint;
describing the day, the feast and
the Indian guest, Massasoit. The
menu of venison and wild turkey
with the dessert Of pumpkin pies
and fruits, with all the fixin's Incl
dent to the day just made us hun
cry.
Then the next one we could not
locate, but it was the history Of
Mrs. Penn's troubles. She was
one of those awful women who
sometimes get their minds set on
one thing and then there is no use
in talking that one thing just
"has' to come to pass. Mrs. Penn
had lived in a little old hut for
forty years, where another little
cooped up room was added as each
new youngster became large enough
to need a separate room. Here
they grew up to young manhood
and womanhood and dad had built
a big barn for the increasing crops
and enlarging herds. At the time
Of the story, dad built new barn,
a buster" with basement, box
stalls and all up-to-date features,
while Mrs. Penn vainly begged
him to build a new house instead.
About the time the barn was fin
ished dad heard of a fine, high
bred horse in another section Of the
country which il would take two
days to reach and return. He
must have that horse. He gave
instructions to have the hay hauled
from the meadow into the new
barn. had the new bunch of
thoroughbred cattle put into the
new stalls when they came and
went for his horse. Soon as dad
was gone mother up and moved
into the new barn, had the hay put
into the old barn and the new
dairy cows stabbed In the old
house. When dad got back with
his fine horse he went In to supper
but when he opened the kitchen
door big, black bessie looked up
and said MOO" Dad like to
have had a fit. Nothing in the
house but his new cows. He went
to put the horse in his stall aud
met mother at the door and smelled
his supper and said why. moth.
er" Mother went out behind the
ash-hopper and cried. Dad went
out to her aud put his arm around
her like he used to do in their
sparkling days and said IL didn't
know you wanted a new house so
badly as thatr' and they lived to-
gether happily ever after. These
women are just awful, and the
pretty brownhaired girl who gave
the recitation so acceptably, we
don't know her other name, looks |
just like mother used to at her age.
The autobiography of pumpkin
was very interesting, by Emery
Gilmore, as was also the autobiog-
raphy of turkey by Cecil Magone.
Cecirs turkey just missed Thanks
giving by about three seconds and
a deceitful boy, but we will bet the
he didn't get by Christ
mas. Autumn in literature was
we believe, the best literary pro-
Of the entire program, by
Miss Ethel Crosby. Miss Crosby
wove into her sketch some of the
most beautiful sentiments with ref
rrence to autumn of Longfellow,
and others, but missed
one which we have always highly
appreciated, towit; James Whitcomb
Riley's when the frost is on the
punkin and the fodders's in the
shock" This was followed by a
scene which brought down
he house and reminded some Of
he grown-ups present of the good
,ld awkward days when they were
guilty. Messrs. Brice and Alder
ION and Miss Anna Brice covered
themselves with glory and the
title mother very gracefully con-
erred the maternal blessing, AS a
whole the entertainment was most