The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-06-02

Teacher: "What instrument pro-
duces foot notes?"
Wise Senior: "a shoe horn"
He: "You are the sunshine of
my life, you alone reign in my
heart; without you life is but a
weary cloud"
She: sIs this proposal or a
weather report"
Lehiegh Burr.
Marvin Adams and Sulo Roterus
were fishing at Twin Lake over the
week end.
Babe" Burley and Esther Lahti
liked to BURNSIDE Lake Sunday.
*s*
"a school teacher asked a little
boy to spell convenient. The boy
began to spell the word but hesitat-
ed at the letter i. The teacher in
order to help The boy out, asked
him what she had on both sides of
her nose. Powder, said the little
boy"
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| Herbert Gianotti, George Mitchell,
George Coad and Ralph Toms went
fishing to White Iron Lake Friday.
They returned Sunday with a fine
bunch of pike.
Erick Berglund and Carl Johnson
were entertained Sunday by ten
acre piece of land that was to be
planted.
Teacher: 81 know what you had
for breakfast this morning.
Johnny: "What?"
Teacher: Eggs"
Johnny: ooh, no, that was yes
terday that ! had them"
Ignorant Soph: Chow can l keep
my feet from going 20 sleep?"
Wise Junior: "Keep them from
turning in"
Teacher: "What was the signifc-
ance of the battle of Bull RUM"
Tom: "Those that didn't run are
still there"
Rudolph Carlson from Aurora
visited some of his friends here
last Monday.
Marcella Williams, Allie Ronka
and Julia Hakko motored 30 Duluth
last week.
Ethel Takkunen went to Eveleth
last, Tuesday.
1t has been noticed that this
High School is not backward in the
way of patriotism by the large
number of peoples being worn.
The Misses Deringer, Cameron,
Dodge, Rowland and Keable were
members of a party of teachers
that spent the week end and Mem
orial day at Camp Van Vac.
*s*
Allie Ronka and Alice Harri
spent the week end in Duluth.
Library Notes.
Miss Franklin wishes to urge all
those having books belonging to the
library 20 return them Immediately,
in order that the new catalogue,
to be made this summer will be as
complete as possible. No tines will
be charged as the Library will be
very glad to get all of the books
back. If you have any library
books at home from last year or
this year, return them now.
Miss Franklin extends her thanks
to the people who helped with the
Library Exhibit She also wishes
to announce chat the Library will
be open every Wednesday after
noon during the summer vacation.
Last Issue Next Week.
Our next weeks issue will be
the last issue of the "Elighter% for
this school term. With the closing
of the school year many members
of Journalism class will graduate.
1t is the hope of the class that next
year a whole sheet may be given
over to the Fighter"
One of the grade students very
excitedly asked his teacher what
the purple and gold flag was that
flew from the H. S. fag-pole on
Senior day.
"Why that's the Senior flag" re-
piled his teacher.
81 thought we were going to war
again and that was the japanese
flag" said the grader as he heaved
sigh of relief.
Laboratory News.
Especial to the Elighter) Friday,
May &c, 1922. Sulphuric acid has
the property of literally eating up
any articles of clothes with which
it chances to come in contact. AS
result of this rather remarkable
phenomena, three Junior Physicists
journeyed solemnly homeward Tin
barrels) this dreadful mishap re-
suited when the the boys, whose
names are withheld from publica-
ton, broke storage cell in a
physic experiment. Amid the splat.
ter, breaking and spilling, the sci
entists absorbed some of the acid
at least they have reason to believe
that their clother did.
One of these lads resides in
Winton, another in Section 80, the
third is local student. Inasmuch
as their trousers and shoes were
affected, and since the acid acts
so promptly, the first two were un-
able to risk waiting for their re-
spective buses. The boys are back
this week with different wearing
apparel so they must have reached
their homes without further breach
of lick. Such accidents are to be