The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-08-26

boards black and school was called.
Miss Shaw was principal, tall, black
eyed lady, who knew her duty and
performed it, and 1 often attended the
performance. Sadie Beech pointed
out the road to knowledge in the up
stairs room, which was only partly
filled during the first term. She was
fine teacher, and had a beautiful
disposition, which was often run over
by the cars, but came up smiling. l
liked Miss Beech, and tried to hold
her good opinion. One day, very
nearly missed my hold. Across the
road from the school house was gro
Gerry store, where short lessons in
smoking were given. l was trying to
learn one morning, practicing on
cigar that would have made dog
howl three miles to the windward.
saw Miss Beech coming into the
store from my seat on salt barrel
in the rear, and l hastily put my
burning crime in my pocket. Miss
Beech, staid quite a while buying a
lead pencil, which was sharpened by
the clerk, who had a dull knife and
slow motion. All this time, my early
indulgence was burning away at the
inside of my coat l tried to put it
out without taking it out, but it did
not seem to mind When the teach
er finally left, the pocket and part
of the lining of my coat, was total
loss, and the grocery clerk emptied
out a course noise, which he proba-
ly thought was laughter.
On Thursday afternoons, the sing
! ing teacher came. He had long, we'll
kept whiskers, and drove a white
horse, which did not seem to be
afraid of them. The rooms doubled
up, and Marsh made things howl with
song, but the building was new and
stood the test. l did not attend Mr..
Marsh's upheavals, my voice was
changing, and the noise l rendered
under trial needed oiling. Elmer
Foster was also excused. He exhibit
ed some reason for not attending
song service, which went through.
One day, the rest of the school was
practicing on i musical program, and
We werS lent to Minnehaha falls for
ferns to decorate the school room.
The entertainment was over when we
got back, but the decorations were
waiting for US. ''Those were the hap
py days"
The fresh travelling man gets here
once or twice a year. The same one
never gets here twice. Rubbing up
against the emery wheel of the pub
lie for a year, if he lasts that long,
takes the newness out like a bread
and milk poultice brooding over a
boil. There was one here the other
day. He was dressed in the very
latest sway back clothes, using a
large colored sash for a necktie and
a vest that changed scenery every
twenty, minutes, like a lost office
clock, doing an advertising stunt.
He walked up to the desk at the ho-
tel and threw down a check and
wanted money. The landlord told
him he wasn't cashing strange checks
that day. Then the new one thrust
out his chest, and told the landlord
who he was The hotel man acknow-
lodged that all that might be so but
he still held onto his money, and
pushed the check back. The check
was not cashed, and the initial one
paid his bill out of another pocket,
and grabbed up his sample cases and
hurried away, leaving the hotel to
fight it out alone. But breakfast was
served the next morning just the
same, and then there was enough
sleep to go around, and no one miss
ed willie" g.:
We have a phonagraph at the house
| which will bear listening to if you
care to stay. 1t is one of those ma
chimes which run from a spring or
some other internal contrivance, which
ia excited by crank or key from
the side. After winding up the ami
NAL, you select a piece, the stage
name of which is record. This is
a dark completed hollow cylinder,
which is quickly slipped onto the
machine, where it seems to fit; the
gate is shut and you push the throt-
tie and go and sit down, or remain
standing, if you prefer, as we aim to
please. We use this phonograph be-
fore meals, but the directions say it
can be used successfully before kings,
bank presidents, 'undertakers, Metho-
dist preachers and other dignataries
It seems to kind of close the gap on
an empty stomach, and get your
mind off of the fact that hunger is