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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1879)
74 THE WEST SHORE. March, 1879. ITT fiOWN TIIK BKAKKH. Mu mn'l-r bow wII lb Inrk la laid, Ko ii.nur hum ifriy tht nifini . nude, WKmi rind II running m dawnwud itr-wlr, Put down lh brakM. If Dm 4okmi -.1 drink hu wiUrari your mul And bit puwr ( ytitlnff t- -mil vow control, And driffflnf "t down to ft ttrnblr ki1 rut down tlia bnkt. KwftWilni Om ftdftt. "Don't trifle Willi Art P Twnpuuon, you kiiM, li ftjwtyi ft llr, If fun Wftiit Ui miah mit Ute biiriilnn -,r r I'nt down Ui brakM Are "it runntiif tn dttrt, hy thing lOQ tftrt? u vm lHk k with fthfttnr on profit lii ,' And fad thai your niln i timing ftt bwt Put down tb hrmkM WbUr for bum, for knowing or gain, Vug ftr fftM wftftrlng out votir bod) and brftin HU ftftiurt no Umgpt mn ixwr tlie irmln Put down Ute brakftt. of the others -which he had done and This was a tartlinfc piece of information. Kftsoujonoira of m v obahdfath ie a 11 in 1 111 mm mi ii-.-. The i. .-.i,nl,l. oailionof "achool ciimmittee maa" grandfather lull fur many yeare, and u ) (tattered I ill with - 1. .lit. however little m might have Iimii flattered by ntlium, iw. cially when he w not 1. 1 ui Whan Uie fall work (u done uml the win ter's wood gut home eometliuig inuat m done with Uia yuungateta, ami u . I I wu m guod M any plan i., gel tham out of the way to school they muat go. A echool meeting wna nailed lor Uia pui 1 of engaging, or aa they aanl, ul "hinnn a muter to k Ml) ilin fti'himtil ' A notice wu ,1 ud the aehoolhoiiae door aoma daya Mora the night o( the maeting, and whan the tuna arrived aoma ten or a down of the reeldehte uf the dlelncte, men and buys, " T to the lonely "ahanty" which wii called Uie achoulhouae, with candle atirk and candle. rra.lv for Uia irrand ill,...,.... Uoa whloh waa te take plaoe with the alt or eight .lender dipa that they brought. Kirat the "re waa u be made m the ruaty old eteve, ami Uien the evening . entertainment Ugan. Kiratly the weather wu ducuaeod, and then the orniie and t the , .til, ol th. different one. prennt' Mara they mi aod talk. , uutil Mven, eight, niaa oi-U...k had come and gone and nothing waa don. h Grandfather waa liaUming Two , thraaj draw thair coaU aroun.l them ready I-, thetr daparturw, aaeimugly ..bliviona aa to lie i-un- .i f the ouoveution. or . I., tl.rv Nftmi that all had Man - J fr which Ihay oalle.1 tothc,. Th, .,,. Mat canae.1 a kind of riU on the auKae ol Uir atrvain of their oonvanatiou alimwt u ami .l'.M"!"l"J,",," """Imauni.ner. that (relu.la.l the atortn that wu U follow I HS ftfi1 Vm"1 h ,UU" th1 " B M u,,) had .xhw, xhmn, tnaewal.mt hmng a wkonlmMUr l,w Uia winter, ami he woul.l ha glad te bear wh.l Kqnira I'hilmor, ha.1 to aay IPT "''! to hair th. opn.on , riTmm,rTk J" at Ural .ml, (dually, aaxl then oeilvjy, .11 ul.,,,,. i Jrl. r!!2r,Li" 10 a of j-i.r ' . "'"an m,lrrat.-r. m '"'""W a.l ome aa rt.i.f (ru.lw arauw aai.l he woakl lik b Make a few r h. wowM oocapy Umr .,., k"rM MkHi but he " gjW.i ft h. kvul h.m te attend Ute meeting to wight wd y,. iminiuii ivm Iw-rn mo liuod. for LllttL UUI l The qumtion waa aaked how 'muoh he ex pected to get, when the captain replied that he aakod $1 1 a month and board which immedi ately called forth euch a murmur of lurpriae and diiaatiafaction, that the prospect, of the young man aoeined to bliijht at once. Tom Orompua uid ho "never heered oioh aaiaiaaa thev woodn't be free money nutf to nav. anil Ibon they'd lie texin' the deetrick, and he for one didn't feel like shellin' out hia in v for aich an unatnrt Mr. Sueeteum expreacd hiaaatoniahment at the auilacity of the youngater, and propoaed that they paaa a vote at once upon it, but the objection wu ao unanimous that grandfather did not think it worth while to put tne ques tion. The noxt candidate wu a man, with one arm, who hail been a kind of clerk in a county gro cery. Having loat hia iosition, he had sub mitted to an examination by the proper party (through which he could not pus, however), and having lioen rejected in three other dis tricta, lie now applied to the fourth, liis price wu (10 and iKiard around. There wu three dollara saved, aaid one, and yet the price wu too much, especially u Squcezeum aaid he bad but one arm, aud some of the big boys might take it into their heads to put him out some day. His claims and qualifications were thoroughly canvuswl, and some pretty hard questions put to him bySouire Ketcnum in the "ruloof three" and "fraction!." Then he waa uked how many timea I .' could lie taken from 144 ; he said 12 inn. which Squire Ketchum told him wu not correct, and that led to a long and stormv de- liate, the contostanta being aliout equally di vided. Then came that old settler of a question, as to whioh wu the greater, one aciuoxe mile or one mile square, upon which there wu another division of forces, with some changos from one side to the other. Deacon Jones said there could not be any difference, but old Ben Mat ticks said he would wager his oxen against '-'() that there wu a difference. Much loud talk '""e (4 the more slender candles were already exhausted and the others were burning low. No the question wu put u to whether me ono-anneu man ahould be engagod or not Mr. Loosely said ht hail no doubt his "larnin" wu good enough to keep the schule, but he """N could not get along with ono arm, Iwsides he uked more than there wu free money to py mm. The young man, thinking he had a chanco VoluntjMirnjI f.. I 1 L it L J 11 1 1 l - "o ui. uoiiar, anil Keep the school the three months for the t29. Hut a .w iiimcuuy aroao whin it wna uked if l- wwaa coop woon to keep up his tire. Hy this time two more candle, had hn.l "it, and u but two ahort pieces remained, the lOlM't 1 111, Ail I. .a. . I a . 1 . a ' 111 ht J ' " m,xl ,,,e nt'xt I iiesday iV'hen the time CS ,hr town occuion, K wo new candidates oome to offer thm.i.,. h atrsnger., and strange enough they had ir,l,l?1' .,'.m,ntl,,m l,yt,, ,mitte PpOiatM lor that OUVm. and found h k II comiK-tenL u f.r u , ,l, ..(,.. . .l. MMUU MnM 0, had taught in a neigh-t-nng di.trtct th. wmu-r before, and had Wn mv,tfedTf ia Stk2a mm, M that pot the quietus upon hi, pro.- The other VrV l-nxnv ll , , ZXZ& n??r tlm"' S reti ig ' iniini, lea . 11 i. j . ' .. "... jnnctere grandfub'.r h".? ulV.f.onultwu 1. At some- wu alKint umr 1 aa . 1. 1 i 1 1 w no, geT z uT't- the fr " . unul 'I'nng mooey' altogether. 1 and I a sleeping camp. Old Uncle Jonathan Si zee, until now entire ly taken up with Mr. Galtum't long stories, had forgotten that his neighbor Johnny Spotti had requested him to say a good word for him, and if possible get the school for him. Johnny wu there and had all the time been hoping some thing might turn in hia favor. 80 when the two strange gentlemen were discarded for their extortionu prices, his (took seemed to rise in the market. Undo Johnatban just at this time remembering his promise, immediately arose to hia feet and said he was authorized to say, that if it wu agreeable to all the trustees Mr. John Spotts waa willing to keep the school for three months for the free money that be longed to the district. Now, Mr. Spotta waa a young man but recent ly married, who had taken upon shares a small farm in the immediate neighborhood of the schoolhouae. So that his prospects seemed rather bright, especially as he would expect to board at home and thus relieve them of some little extra expenso that would naturally accrue by having another in the family. Mr. Squeezeum aaid he liked the idea, and no doubt but the young man would be willing to keep the school a little longer for the urns money, since it would be a oomfortable place for him to stay during the cold weather and ha could be near his wife, ao that if anything should happen she could hang out a cloth and he could soon be at home, which was reallv worth con- sidering, The question wu uked if he would not be willing to keep the school four months for tb. free money that belonged to the district. He said he could make double that by chopping wood by the conl, besides Mr. Cuhman had uked him to help him do hia thrashing, whioh would amount to more than half u much. It here occurred to grandfather to uk if he had been examined and if he waa qualified. He said he had not been examined, but he felt pretty sure he could get a certificate, u Mr. Hoggs had hinted to him aa much, when he told him it waa too bad to have thoae strangeri carry off all the money u they did. And he asked him why he did not try and get a school. He had ciphered through Dabol's arithmetic twice and understood reading and spelling, besides be had studied "Morse's" geography one winter. On the whole, he uid he thought himself entirely competent to teach any of the scholars in the "deeetriok," unless it was ('apt. Ordly's son Joe, and he might be a little too far advanced. After much arguing pro and con, the ques tion wu at last put by grandfather, whether they should engage Mr. John Spotta to teach the district school No. 11 for three months for the sum of 129, he agreeing to board himself and teach the school for the aforesaid sum, pro vided he could pan examimination before Mr. Hocus, the chief of the examining committee. Mr. .Suotte Went home modi Ltd. and told his wife of his good luck, and how b had satisfied them all by his equivocal answering to those profound Questions, of how manv times can 12 be taken from 144, and which was the mosi, a square mile or a mile square. IK next day he waited unnn Mr. Rnmaa. who Was inclined to favor the young man, and granted him an eajiecial certificate to teach the above school for the term of three months, bcginniBg novemner 18th and closing on the 18th 01 r'ebruary, which wu accordingly done and the school duly opened. Some of the boys, aod girls, too, were very much disappointed to thiak the muter wu not going to board around, ad fven Uncle Simon Jollet aaid he would not is-grudge him hia board for his oompao.- hilnort, in Pacific Rural Prcu. An exchange, ridinnlinn Komtv faira. save that the Clearfield fair conaUtedof a calf, tt00", and a pumpkin. It rained so hard tW nrst night that the gooae swam off, tb. caB broke loon and ate the pumpkin, and a taiej prowling around, stole the calf, and that aM the fair.