Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-04-04
KIDS LAUGHED LAST
Six Teachers Immured April |
Jumped To Liberty
Water Soaked

All roofs Day IS fast growing
obsolete so far as any resem-
blance to itself in years gone by,
as much so as July 4 and Christ.
mas, but now and again some
great stunt is put on which re.
wives enjoyment of the discom-
fiY;re of the victim or, as in the
instance we are about to relate,
the player of an April Foo
prank,
here were a number Of laugh
able jokes played on people here
Monday. Being misinformeC
about an express package sup
posed to contain good stuff,
one Of our business men shut W
shop and spent 40 cents hare
cash for a round trip to the sta.
tion 10 find when he reached the
express ofire that there was
nothing doing, He was told OF
his rate return that it was Apri
Fool day, Another who is
hustler and likes a nip of some
thing to clear his throat, was, b!
the air of mystery and hesitanc!
to give any away on the part OF
a prominent county official, lee
to hastily gulp more than tht
customary four fingers from {
quart of vinegar, water, pepper
sauce and molasses mixed anC
from the way he foamed, there
might have been a portion OF
Sedleitz powder in the ccncoc
ton. But the rarest sport of al
was enjoyed by the teachers il
our high sch )ol and grades, only
one missing the time of her life
by being absent when the prank
was framed. At the noon recess
six of the teachers lid out BY
locking themselves IN a small,
not much used, room on the first
floor at the rear-center of the
building. At the usual time the
children assembled in their vari,
GUS rooms but no teacher except
one of the grades who was in
her room, was on hand to take
charge Of her department. Think,
ing that something unusual had
delayed them and that they
would be on the job soon, the
superintendent assigned gradual.
ing class members to the various
rooms and school opened. As
time went on the superintendent
suspected that April Fool day
had something to do with the
case and quietly investigated
Finding the small room locked
he fancied he had a clue, so he
stuck his pencil in the key hole
to prevent unlocking from the
inside to extend the time of en-
joyment for the joke-players. HI
set some of his boy scouts t
work and they confirmed tina
the teachers were in the room
He then placed a board across
the door so that escape from
that entrance was shut off. Re
cess. Children were importune(
by teachers from the window
feet above the ground to liber
ate them which appeal was ans
wered with vociferous flap jacks
jigs, leapfrogs and other juvenile
hiIarity most entertaining to tn
teachers. In their rooms again
they snikered, Topped and dic
everything but look at a bool
= while teachers told spooky stor
les, cOmplimented each other 10
their several parts in the delight
ful situation, speculated on hoy
to get out when they got read
and some were so elated as t
! shed a few tears of joy. Que o
the scouts reported to the super
iutendent that ne saw unmistak
able signs of design to prolon
the joke on the school, one of tn
teachers half way out of th
: window feet first justifying tn
: conclusion that she contemplate
jumping to the ground and froI
the encouraging words, holdin