Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-10-17
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Vincent was altogether too garrulous
in school to please his teachers. Such
punishments as the institution allowed
to be meted out were tried without any
apparent effect upon the boy until at
last the head master decided to men,
ton the lads fault upon his monthly
report So the next report to his father
had these words:
"Vincent talks great deal"
Back came the report by mail duly
signed, but with this written in rcd
ink under the comment:
you ought to hear his MOTHER
School Board Journal.
An Ancient Death Legend.
An eastern legend says that as Solo
mon one day was consulting with his
grand viZier, the angel of death ap-
peared and cast searching look at
Solomon's companion. The startled
vizier Immediately begged the great
king to lend him certain magic rug
on which whoever sat could be trans
ported in an instant to the remotest
part of the earth. The king granted
the request. The vizier stepped upon
the rug and babe it transport him to
the center Of the desert OF Arabia. It
bore him away instantly. The angel of
death stopped n moment in his flight
to say to Solomon: II looked at that
man so closely because l was surpris-
ed to find him here, as l had been
commanded to summon his soul and
was told that should find him In the
center Of the great desert" Then the
angel passed on and a moment later
met the vizier in the appointed place.
An Old Suffolk Fish Story.
Single street is some seven miles
from Oxford, where the fine old Nor.
man tower still remains in which, ac-
cOrding to Ralph de Coggeshall. a
strange creature was once incarcerat-
ed. We are told that in the year
1850, near unto Oxford, In Suffolk,
certain fishers took in their nets fish
having the shape of wild man in
oil points. He had hair ON his head
and long picked beard, and about the
breast was exceeding hairy and rough,
which fish was kept by Bartholomew
de Granville, the governor, in the cas-
tie Of Oxford six months or more. He
spake not word. All manner Of
meats did he gladly eat but most
greedily raw fish. Oftentimes he was
brought to church, but never showed
any sign Of alteration. At length, be-
ing not well looked to, he stole to the
sea and never was seen. after."-Lon.
don Saturday Review.
Tennessee Assurance.
In March. 1895, the sheriffs Of the
territory which is now Tennessee took
q census of their own, and as there
were 10000 citizens Of proper age the
territory declared itself state, pro-
ceeded to choose governor, a con-
gresham and a legislature. which Sc
lected two United States senators.
Congress, then In session in Philadel-
phia, had received no information re-
garding the action In the territory I'M
til congressman and senators walked
In unlimited and announced that a
state had been born, had elected its Of
fcers, made Its laws and was running
on scheduled time. Congress was dis
concerted and notified the applicants
that the sheriff's census was irregular
and they must wait at least for an
invitation before they proceeded to sit
at the federal table. Upon second
thought congress decided to be courte-
Gus, and on June l admitted Tennes-
see, nearly three months after she had
become a state by her own action.
This state. whose coming into the Un-
Ion was a little previous, was the
third state in the Union to prov de q
president for the Union and the 0lst
outside the original thirteen.