Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-02-14
LIVELY LETTER
OF OTHER DAYS
IN OLD BARABOO
Bma Gibson Tells of South Side
Franks and Mentions Names
Right Out"

Sewell Cebina Gibson, who was a
had in a south side public school in
the late COS, and who has resided
for long years at Palo Alta, Califor-
/ MIA, writes ito O. D. Brandenburg,
Madison, respecting the i'll health IF
! his wife and of other less serious
matters Mrs. Gibson was Miss
Brier, of a family we'll and most
honorably known in this region. eG-
pecialIys educationally.
1--WE took Mrs. Gibson to the Hot
Springs in hopes the change would BE
OF benefit to her." he says. "She IS
sore better but not enough to amount
to anything She eats, sleeps and
rests well and seems quite contented
and CHEEKY, although helpless as a
baby. Her mind is clear and active
and she looks as if she might get up
and walk Yes, Oscar, we wenl
for swim more than once when the
ancient Mrs. White was our teacher.
CAS- | remember her, Black would
have been a better name for her.
She surely was some teacher. l woh.
der do you remember the times
when we used to play lickety-gad and
every fellow wore an extra pair of
pants? When the teacher went up
town at noon she left monitor to
watch our antics with the premise
that every one who brought a CAD in
to the schoolroom would receive
whipping; so when she left we got
together aud all went out into the
woods, cut gads and formed a line
and got every scholar, girls and boys
alike, to carry CAD and we march
ed through every aisle in the school
house and. then piled our gads all up
just outside the door. Then she came
and called school and commanded
that all who had brought in gads to
stand up. Every scholar arose and
then what blank look came ef.er.
her face! Well, she whipped us ali
commencing with Carrie Potter ant.
Lille Bowen, who received two
strokes each and then hug and kiss.
which any of us small boys would
like to have helped her do
9Do you remember that other
teachers name? She was large, darA
and nice looking. She was the sam1
one who choked Everett Case into
submission. In my minds eye | can
see Belle and Roy Case standing on
the back platform q think it was
during spelling CLASSY and Belle
calling to the teacher, You let him
alone
EI surely would like to come back
and see you and our old stamping
grounds; but the way Mrs. Gibson
seems now, things are very unset
tied. never have full nights sleep
and take full care of her seventeen
hours out of the twenty -four. l am
mixing things UP here a little but
guess you can make it out. | just
saw in Capper's Weekly notice
where Herbie Halsted had an auto
accident and lost wart off his nose
besides spelling a perfectly good auto
Well, he and Frank Bentley were
two good boys. Do you recall the
tough times we used to have with
Ira Jones and occasionally with Char
les Wild? Do you remember the
time we shook hands on an agree
ment to lick Ira Jones? You thrashed
him the next day and | thrashed him
the day after you did. That was the
last trouble we ever had with him.
There is a lady teaching school in one
of my granddaughter school district
whose name is Hetty Palmer. You
know a Mrs. Palmer taught us once.
AS l remember her and Nell, they
had great, large, white eyes. What
great fun we used to have playing
sheep -pen-down. I think I enjoyed
that game as much as any unless it
was crosstag I intend to go and see
Minnie Chandler in Alameda (by the
way Alameda is in sight of here).
Ny mind works so fast and is so
jumbled with thoughts Of the past
that l cannot think of half want
to say"