; THE OREGON SUNDAV JOURNAL. ' PORTLAND, ' SUNDAY 8 MORNING," NOVEMBER 22, 1908.
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Children's Librarian Writes
Story of Early Thanks- -giving
Day.
i By Jessie Millard. '
The Pilgrims went through many
hardships during their first winter In
America. They suffered, a great, deal
and many of them died" for lack of food.
The following spring one of the kind
Indiana, who was called Bquanto, cam
to; live with the Pilgrims and showed
them how to prepare for another win
ter. They worked harder '. than ever
now trying to keep their families from
suffering. Squanfo was', such a great
help to them, telling, when to - plant
their ' corn, how to make their, log
houses more comfortable, and taught
them how to hunt and fish.
l-It was a very dry season in 1611 and
the Pilgrims thought all .the cropewould
die. A day was set In which they fast
ed -and prayed for rain This was fol
lowed by suoh gentle showers that they
knew their prayers were answered. The
summer, brought more rain and sun
shine to ripen the crops and when au
tumn came and the wheat and barley
and oorn were gathered they found they
had mors than enough to last them
through the long cold winter. The
Pilgrims had been very grateful to the
Indians for being so kind to them and
now they said. "Let us thank God for
It all, it is he who has made the sun
shine and the rain to fall." 80 they
kept a day In which to give thanks.
When the governor of Plymouth colony
Issued the first Thanksgiving procla
mation the Pilgrim fathers and mothers
said, -"Let us nave a great Thanksgiv
ing party and Invite the Indians and
all rejoice together' Bo they took the
matter In their hands and began to get
ready for the first Thanksgiving party
and a splendid one It must have oeen,
too. For many days the mothers were
busy baking bread and cakes and all
sorts of goodies. The fathers went
hunting and fishing and brought back
enough game and wild turkey to last
then) a week. The great day came at
last, they forgot all their troubles, all
their deprivations and thought only of
how good Qod had been to them, and so
they were" all happy together on the
first Thanksgiving day. In the morn
ing they had service at the meeting
house. In which they gave thanks and
sang psalms.. Their good friend Mai-
'The Pumpklng' Last Frolic Befora
sasolt and 90 of his loyal- men came
to Join In the services and to spend the
dsy with them. The Indians of course
were all dressed up in their best fea
thers and furs and had their faces
painted for the occasion. In the after
noon the Indians had their dances,. Cap
tain Miles Btandlah and his soldiers
gave some military drills, they ran
races and played all sorts, of games.
They musthavfe had a very Jolly time
indeed for they stayed three days in
stead of one a long Thanksgiving par
ty, wasn't ltT Perhaps It is a survival
of those good old Plymouth games that
the great football games of the year
are held on Thanksgiving day. This
all happened nearly S00 years ago you
know, but Thanksgiving has been kept
ever since. At first only the people In
New England kept Thanksgiving day.
but now It Is celebrated In every state
In the Union. The president, who ap
points the day. always chooses the last
Thursday in November.
msie 8
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By Elva McCoiTnlck, Atkinson,
u Seventh "B".
Susie was a little girl nine years
old. Her mother and father called her
"Golden Hair," because she had such
beautiful golden curls. Susie was loved
by everybody, because she was so pret
ty and good.
Now Susie had her faults, like any
other little girl, and her most trouble'
some fault was forgetfulness. In the
evenings when she came home from
sohool she would place her books and
pencils anywhere, and would run off
nd piay ana orget wnere sne piacea
them. So, of course, the -next morn
ing she could never find her books
until ber mother helped her look for
them.
She not only forgot about her books,
but many other things.
Susie liked pretty things, and the
thing she liked best was a bracelet.
Susie's mother knew she wanted -k
bracelet very badly, so one day she tola
SuslftMhat if she would break her hab
it Of forgetting, she would buy her a
bracelet at the., end of three weeks
triaL
Susie was doing beautifully until the
dav before the end -of tne third weeK.
It was -Friday afternoon.' and Susie
waa going to the woods with, her
friend to gather wild flowers. She ran
home from school, -threw her books on
a chair, and ran out, forgetting her
promise.
That evening after supper Susie's
mother called her into her -room and
said. "Susie, you have forgotten -your
promise, and Instead of putting- your
books where they belonged you laid
them -on a chair, so now you cannot
hav your bracelet.". - .
This was a lesson "for Susie, which
she never forgot. After 'that -she al
ways placed her things where they be
longed. - vr' .- ' '
) The Sparrow. " ;
By' Lottie Hall, Fulton Park, .Grade 8B.
-One day when . was coming' home
from bunting, I waa walking up my
garden path. My dog was with me
and was running ahead lof me, ;
Hi suddenly crept aoftly along the
path, I found In the path'a little -young
sparrow. It had a black bill and a yel
low breast. . The. wind, was .blowing hard
andthe little sparrow had fallen from
Its nest. ' - .-
The mother flew down .right in front
of the dog's nose and fell down like
a stone.' ''. - - - - -
A rower stronger than herself drew
her down from her high, safe branch.
The bird flew down to protect her baby
bird. -' - 1
My . dog must have seemed to the
little bird a glgantla monster. The
fog stopped and drew back. I called
the amaxed dog back. I, -too, had re-!
pect for the little hero. Love, thought
I, . is mightier - than . death and the
fear of death. . Love alone inspires, and
Is the life of all. ' - . -i
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Thanksgiving at Grandpa'
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By Grace Townsend, Stephens ' School,
isigntn-H. - .
Have you .- ever , spent , Thanksgiving
at your grandparent's homeT -If not,
to my notion, you have missed a great
pleasure.. , . , , .
. The children -of our family ., looked
forward to Thanksgiving with;, great
Jo v.-We were- to go to our grandparents,
who lived some distance out of. town,
to spend the day. It seemed aa though
the 26th would never come, but it did
come at last. , ---- - i .1 ' ,
We started early In the morning and
had to wait some IS minutes for the
car. It seemed at long II minutes to
us for we were In a. hurry to be off
When the car finally came we hurried
aboard and started n our journey.
After a ride- of about 16 minutes we
arrived at -a small station named Court
ney. We were greeted by our uncle
in an immense farm wagon. We tum
bled in pell mell and seated ourselves
on a bed of sweet-smelling hay. The
road was rough and we were pretty
well shaken up, but that only sharpened
our appetites for dinner.
On hearing the barnyard ' w heard
the gobbles of the turkey, which had
been saved for a future- feast, and the
cackle of the hen. Alighting from the
wagon we ran into the arms of grand-1
.Thanksgiving J "
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"Conventionalized" By
ma. and at her side, with broad farm
hat in his hand, stood grandpa to wel
come ua On approaching tne kitchen
savory ordors met us. An hour was
anent in romnlni with Dixie, the dog.
and fondling the soft white kittens.
Then dinner was announced. ine
table was fairly loaded with good
thinra. The companion to our barn
yard gobbler, nicely browned, held the
place of honor. We were reaay ior
Thanksgiving" By Grace Rosa.
generous slice served with cranberry
sauce, sweet potatoes, and the othey
Jood things that go with the Season,
ust as we were beginning to think
that turkey did not taste good, grand
ma said, "Who likes pumpkin pie, and
plum pudding?" "I," came in a chorus
all around the table. But strange to
say these goodies did not taste as we
thought they would or as they probably
would have done earlier In the day.
Dinner over, grandpa proposed a
stroll through the woods. This was a
real delight Grandpa entertained ue
with stories and showed us his favorite
nook among the trees. We were sorry
when It was time to say goodbye and
turn our faces homeward.
Uncle Julius, who drove us to the
station, said we might light our jaok-o-lanterns
to scare away the gobblns, and
the funny part waa that we thought
we had found a gobln. A stream
crossed the road and on either side
stretched a long marsh. At aome dis
tance In the field was a moving light.
I said to Jack, "There la the gobln."
We all looked with great interest and
asked Uncle JAjllus what it could be?
He said, "It's not a gobin, but the
next thing to it, the wlll-'o-the-wisp."
Stephens Wing Three Game.
By Craig Baker, Eighth "B".
All the Stephens boys and girls are
proud of the work done by their foot
ball team. They have played and
taken three games.
'The first game was played with
Brooklyn. Two touchdowns were
made In the first sixteen minutes of
play. Morrow, Stephene' quarter back,
naver fumbled the ball once. Elliot
made some fine end runs. Rutherford
got up out of every scrimmage grin
ning like a monkey. All the backs
broke through the line for gains. The
Brooklyn backs also put up a fine
"Caught In the Act"
game. The -way Stephens' ' ends, De
Temple, and Ruff ner, got behind the
line and broke - up plays waan't slow,
Nothing was made In the second half. -'
The next fight for superiority was
with. Irvlngton. It was a hard game
for "the teams, were evenly, matched.
The score was, Stephens, fi; Irvlngton,
0. - Stephens - made her touchdown in
the -first seven -minutes.- Stephens goal
was in, danger several times,, but she
would get. the .ball en -downs and' keep
her opponents from- scoring.- Both
teams put up a good game.
The third game waa r played with
Hawthorne; they had the heaviest
team and therefore had the advantage
over Stephens. But Stephens wasn't to
be held, down by weight She went
through the line for gains ef three
and four yards nearly every time, and
finally came out winner by the score
of 14 to . - - ., ? V ' '- , .
The enthusiasm ofvthe school brought
out a large number f boys and girls
whose cheers helped rthe .game on to
victory. . - ----r
THE ATKINSON AND STEPHENS SCHOOLS
iFire Drills'
By Elsie Lee, Stephens School,' Kine-B.
fifftte , the Colllngwood , ' scHooTt' In
Cleveland burned, which-resulted In-0
many lives being lost, we have soon
the necessity of fire drills in our schools.
Bo at least once a week here In Port
land we have, a fire .drill to prepare!
the children if an accident should occur.
In Portland our schools can be emp
tied in two or three minutes and the
children lined up on the opposite
blocks. As our city grows we possibly
may need a quicker way to get out
In the larger cities fir drills do
not merely mean marching out of a
building. Some of the schools are so
hich that the children on the tOD floor
could not get down in time. So a
quicker and safer plan has been made.
At one' of the newly constructed
seheols In 8b Francisco I attended,
this, incident occurred:
A new fire escape had been put In
which extended from the top of the
building and wound around to - the
Wlnnlfred Ralston.
ground. We had to sit on a piece of
carpet and go sliding down.
The first day we used It, when the
sounding gong for " fire MrlH was
sounded, everybody began to be fright
ened at the thought of sliding down
the fire escape, but we marched out to
the place on the top floor where we
were to start. I watched them with a
sinking heart as they flew down. No.
one was supposed to scream, but as
It was the first time, all the girls did
scream.
It was one consolation that two were
allowed 4o go at one time. My chum
and I were going together. At last
our turn came. I gave one despairing
look at my teacher and then we sat
down on our piece of carpet and the
principal pushed us off.
We went like the wind, whizzing
around cornera and hanging on to each
other like grim death, l wanted to
hang on to the aides to make us ft a
lower, but there were more children
behind us and I feared a collision.
I breathed a sigh of relief as we
neared the end. We landed at the
bottom on our feet and after that we
always anticipated our fire drills with
pleasure.
Little Jimmy.
By Laura Kelly, Atkinson Five A.
Little Jimmy was a poor little boy.
His mother used to leave .him. alone.
He sad no brothers or stste'rs to play
with. Thev lived In an attio. H1
mother worked by the day. This llttla
boy was a cripple. His father had been
killed in war.
One evening when his mother was
coming home from her work she found
a IB gold piece. When she got homo
she found her little boy sitting in his
chair. She told him about the money
which ahe had found. Just as she was
"When Ignorance la Bliss"
telling htm they heard a rap at the
door.
She said: "Who s there?" sne neard
no answer so Bhe caned out again:
Who's there V Someone answered. "It
Is a man who has lost tS and someone
told me that you had found some money
and it belongs to me."
The old lady gave r.im tne money
and said, "I will be honest and give
you your money." The man took the
monev and went awav.
That man was dishonest for the
moneydid not belong to him. He was
in the hall when she was toning ner
By Krma SUUwall.
little boy about the money she had
found. '
Don't be dishonest
i A Windy Day.. .
By Agnes Nichols,! Vernon, . Grade SA.
. One day . in- October lh: "wtna blew
very hard. ; It Mew the , bushes and
trees back and forth.- The ground was
covered with' little red and., Vellow
leaves. . All the children went to gather
them. We had' our coats buttoned and
our hats pulled down. Maud put up
her umbrella and Mr. Wind blew It in
side out Oh! how the children all
laughed. -"LL.'v.l -
The children love 1 the pretty leaves.
They like to put them in a vase In the
parlor. In the sun they shins bright
The- children sometimes bring them 10
their teacher at school.. I like a windy
day -because it blows the pretty fir
boughs to and fro. -
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Amusing Remark
The pt 'week waa examination week
In the schools and many students came
to grief. Some demonstrated their or
iginality beyond doubt in their utterly
new and unheartl of definitions. - Fol-
WILL WC LVE
"The Turkey's Eternal Question"
Marie Varner, Ninth B.
lowing are some that made their Ini
tial appearance:
"Bamboo is an animal in Africa."
"Cuticle Is something cute."
"Miracle, something about a mirror."
"Realistically, really sticky."
"Tributary la a place where they pay
tribute."
"Barbarism is a name for all bar
bers." "Orifice means opening. I went to
the millinery orifice."
Two original arithmetlo problems
given by first grade pupils were as
follows:
"If I see four cows In a field, how
mahv legs do I see counting the tails?"
"There waa a monkey settln In the
vard. How many monkeys was there
left?"
On Lincoln's birthday a first grade
teacher held before the class a picture
of Abraham Lincoln.
Immediately a small Doy rniaea nis
hand with, "I have seen him.'
"Seen whom?" askel tne leacner.
"Abraham Lincoln," answered the
child. .....
"Indeed, where did you see nimr
"Ridlntr on a handcar," came the
quick reply.
"I know what 'in hell means," , said a
tiny maid to her mamma.
"What does) It mean, dear? said her
fond mamma, In breathless suspense.
"Well, It is what we do when the
teacher tells us to take In a long
breath, and 'exhell' la what we do when
we let It out again-"
Borne comical errors:
v The "destructive" pronoun.
1,.. Ih Cl.n.o UaIiaw rrtt-
matory."
Tne Lens
The East Side High school magazine.
The Lens, has Just appeared in its No
vember dress and is a credit to editors
By Luclle Allison.
"A Welcome Thanksgiving Figure"
By Dorothy Bmlth.
and publishers alike, it i full of Inter
esting natter from the pens of the high
school students. Much of their verse
would do Credit - to a larger, better
known publication. , , '
The , ma pa ilne cornea out In an at
tractive cover of brown and -red, sug
gestive of autumn, with the high school
monogram Interlaced In a prominent po
sition. ,Th .work of the printers and
holders Is exceedingly neat A good
advertising patronage Is sustained and
seema to promise a ongnt xuture ior
the paper.'
The various Interests of the school
are represented In the departmental sec
tion. Football and other athletics, de
bating societies. Bible clubs, glee clubs.
ana sui stuaent activities receive meir
share of attention and the humor side
Is not forgotten. This number gives an
excellent Idea of what the school is
doing- and orfers plenty ot entertaining
reading, to that all wtio are Interested
in the school and all Who wish to be
should read It.
,TLe Migic Cloak
, , By Rosalia Haworth, Portsmouth, ,
Sixth "A." '
One autumn afternoon a picnio crowd
gathered near the bank of a creek to eat
their lunch. It was a , happy, merry
crowd; and when one of them said she
thought she had seen something very
brilliant In the edge of the water, they
all laughed at what they called her im
agination. There was quite a discussion among
them, whether It was really Imagination
or the truth.
. Then one of the men declared it waa
o, and after a second hunt, he drew the
object to land.
It was a most beautiful garment It
looked as if it might have been a fairy
eloak. -
They spread it on the grass to dry,
and when they were ready to go home
It was given to Florence Wells, the girl
who had seen It first
The next night Florence waa Invited
to a party, ana as It was a chilly night
she wore her beautiful cloak.
Coming home that night It waa very
dark, and as she didn't know It was
maglo, she said: "I wish there wasn't
any night" It suddenly became all
Ught t
All the people awoke and were very
discontented. Her friend told har it
must be maclo. So finally she said.
"Well, then you put It on and wish It I
would become nient again, ana mat the
moon would rise'
' Then she put It on and wished, and
this instantly happened. All the peo
ple came running out to see what had
happened, ana they were an very mucn
surprised and alarmed.
The girl was very generous with her
maglo cloak, and many wonderful things
happened in tnat city.
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"Decorative Composition" Steph
ens, Eighth B.
Tne Three Turkeys
By Ignatlous Towey, Atkinson, 6 B.
I have had many chickens, dogs, chip
munks and ducks for pets that I liked
very much, but now I have a turkey hen
and three half-grown turkeys for pets.
These I like much better than the rest
The wav I KOt bv rlrst turkey wasn't
any fun. One day a qpan asked me If I
warned to Duy some iutkcju. x men
asked mv mother if I could have them.
8he bought eight turkeys. They were
small, shivering with cold, ana mother
less little fellows. Then we made a box
for them and put them In. The next
morning I went to the box and found
three dead -and one dying.
Then my mother put some Insect
liquid on them. It burned their heads
and It was a sorrowful sight to see
them runnldg around shaking their
heads. Some more died the next night
At last some chickens were put in with
them. The turkeys seemed to like the
chickens. During the day one turkey
died and only one was left
That day my brother and I were play
ing with the one that was left and I
pulled a piece of dead skin oft her head.
After it was off she ran around trying
to pick up a fight ,
At last she grew up to be a big tur
key and one day she laid an egg. Then
she laid another, and laid five more. We
then set these five and one hen egg un
der her. Three turkeys and a small
chicken came out
They grew and grew and at last they
became tame. Now they run up ;to me
when I come home from school and
want a piece of bread. Every morning
they come to the door for a piece of
bread. After they have their bread they
follow me all over. They still grow and
If you try to raise turkeys don't give
up.
"Does the Cat Have Faucets In
Her Feet to Wash Her Facet"
The question ot Marcenla Hanklns,
Atkinson, Seventh B.
My Squirrel.
By Harold Clark, Atkinson. Sixth B.
One vacation, when we were camping
up In Washington, I made a trap to
catch squirrels. I set It on a log about
a foot from a hole and baited It with a
piece of apple and went away. The next
day I went to the trap, but there waa
nothing in the trap. The next morning
I got up early and went up early to my
trap. When I got about at yard from the
trap I heard something chewing at the
wood of the trap. Then I knew I had
a squirrel In my trap.
I ran back to camp as fast as I eould
and made a boay with some screen over
the front but left a corner loose to nut
water and food In the. box for the squir
rel to eat, but you will see that the
door was not satisfactory.
When I started to put him tn the cage
there was about an inch left between
the cage and the top. The squirrel saw
the open space and knew it would be
his only chamce and in a second was on
me ground, dui our oiaca aog Bob soon
saw him and waa after Um tn us.
ond, and the chase began. The squirrel
ran under a benoh with a bucket on it
Bob. after him., unset -the hancK mn
bucket with- an awful crash, chaaea Mm
unuer ine ooa, arouna Tne middle Of the
Km coupie oi nmes, men out-under
the tent Bob was bigger and therefore
rooted un the slde-sf th in:j
chased It out Into the' brush, but never
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Toq A'eais .theOlAke. -
By Geeorge TorneV. Atkinson Seven B
It was at a literarv raadlnv a,t ui..
Kelly,- who was keeping company with
a young gentleman by. the name of Ed
ouure urn was axpected
to do the reading. -
un this particular night Miss Kelly
as suffering from a sever nrA
consequently could not read very dts-
nncwT:so a Mr. ntrainv
ag a
Mndly eon-
sented to take her place. Imagine ttla
Keuys mortification when, after all
the Items, had been read in order, the
lonowing was recjteq irr a loud voice:
"Miss Kellt is suffering Tram, a M
bad cold, caused, we suppose from U-
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Hall
owcen
By Portia Baker, Stephens, Seventh B.
Illustrated bv Edith Menslng, Helen
Applegate, Edna Hploomb and Est el La
McCarl. .
ALLOW E'iSN originated In
Scotland, and is mostly
celebrated by the Scotch
people. It is the evening
preceding All Saint's day,
hallow'' meaning . saint
and, "eon" meaning even
ing. On this evening all the
witches and goblins of
the countrv are suunosed
to come abroad and bold private meet
ings. These witches fly through the air
on broomsticks.
One Halloween some girls and I start-
ed out, each oarrylng a Jack-o-Iantern
to have some fun. -
As we walked along we began to talk
about , the witches and . goblins which
were supposed to.be abroad that night
We began to feel rather "spooky." We
y -
-1 rfv
did not like to own that we were fright
ened, but we really were. Every little
shadow looked like a goblin or a witch.
"Let us go home," said one girL We
all agreed. So we turned around and
walked back towards home.
On one gatepost which we passed was
a very large 'ack-o-Iantern. From this
house Issued the sound of children's
voices and laughter. 'Those people
must be having a party, or ducking
for apples, or doing something that Is
fun," said I. "Let us duck for apples
when we get home," I added. "All right, '
said the rest of the girls.
At the next corner an ugly jack-o'-lan-
tern was thrust Into our faces. We all
Jumped and were very mnoh frightened.
We heard a crowd of boys laughing be
hind a woodpile.
We hurried home aa fast as we could
after that, and spent the rest of the
evening In ducking for apples and crack
ing nuts. We found that more fun
than going out with Jack-o'-lanterns.
A. Foreigners Id
ea
By Siegfried Thomas, Brooklyn,
Grade 5A.
New Tork Is the largest city in North
America. It is also the next largest
olty in the world. Many people come
from other countries to live In the
United States. - English. German and
Spanish are the three main languages
spoken in North America.
There are many large and valuable
mines In North America, and there are
great' farming and cattle raising re
gions also. The people manufacture
many things and trade with other coun
tries. There is lots of land for the people In
North America. There are rivers, lakes
and mountains. There are many kinds
of fish in the rivers and lakes, and
there are many wild animals In the
woods and mountains. The people ehjoy
"
"Stephens" Football Spirit"
to hunt and fish for them in North
America.
Railroads cross North America, and
there is much travel and trade on the
rivers and lakes.
. War Is Sometimes Right.
By Lillian Wright, Montavllla, Ninth A.
War. if possible, snouia always De
averted. It sometimes, however, be
comes almost a necessity. When trou
ble of any kind arles nowadays, either
Detween nations, or parts 01 a nauon. u
is tried first-of all to settle it without
war. -This eannot always be done, so
war Is the result. AS people become
more -civilised tney are raun pwci.ui,
and have less destie to fight. It seems
even now, though, that It 1 man's first
nature to want to fight wheintroubie
arises. : War is a terrible things aa so
many good men lose their lives.. It is
also a great expense to the countries,
and then after all it doe .not . always
heal 'the wounded feeling. George Wash
ington, the first presiaent oi. tne .unf'eo
States, wisely averted war when .. this
nattrm vas- first formed- When the
colonists fought against - England to
gain their rights and liberties, was an
Instance when war seemed to, be right
The Alblna Homestead school,
which was to have been repre
sented this week, was unaWa to
send In any material because ef ;
the diff lcultle v of - "moving v
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ALL THINGS COMB TO .
THEM THAT WAIT
Dnsy Elevator on Payday Suggest
Diplomatio Idea to One Who
Knows Upe and Downs ot tha
World, f
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The following verse, though rather
"salmagundi" tn meter, shows the pro
found Impression made by the pedagog
ical masses even upon those with
whom they corner In contact most casu
ally. The man who has steered the el
evator of the city hall, for SO years tn
Its upward and downward course has
contributed the following Impression:
Our county treasurer is John I you all
know,
There to cash their checks the school
inarms ail go.
Now they run in the hundreds t"
And that not very small, I
Yet poor John ha to cash them .
For both short and tall. ;
Now. John started the habit I
Just to be gay.
And the crowd keeps a growing '
On each pay day.
"I am sorry I. started this thing,"
John
said,
"For the girls used to all go dowra
to Ed.
He is down on the next floor.
Just as handy as I, '
Tet not one In . ten will my offlo
pass by.
"When It oomes to election,
I feel like a goat
With four hundred school marms,
And nary a vote.
f.
"I try to look pleasant f .
As tho girls fall In line
While Ed W. la laughing p
Pown stairs all the time. r
"Some day things may change
And womep may vote.
Then Til be the hero.
And Ed'U be the goat"
J. a b.
OK, Pahaw!
By Myrtle Hogeboom, Atkinson,
Seventh B. ,
Once there was a man who had . a -calf
which he wanted to sell, a he
was very much In need of money, 80
early one morning he arose, put on his
best suit of clothes and went to a far
mer who lived near byr -"
The farmer and his wife were eating
breakfast so he sat down to eat with
them. After breakfast be told the far
mer what he wanted. The man' wife .
then advised Mm to purchase the calf
by an mean a Accordingly he paid down
half the money, and said he wdpld call
for the calf in a week. Then' the man
went happily home, jingling; the money
In his pocket The next day he sold the
same calf to another farmer, thus inak- -lng
a little more money. '
When the first purchaser came to get
rna ra it ins man wbisi rnnsbtaaisn w nea
calf. The next day the second farmer
came and the calf was still gone. The
two angry men consulted together, and
finally decided to take the matter into
court
As the dishonest farmer was going
through the streets of the village look
ing very downcast a lawyer who waa
looking out of his window called to him.
Thla lff&l rntlman Mklbl him wht
was the matter, but John the calf
owner would not tell him, for he thought
there was no help for him anywhere.
Finally he told his story, and the'
lawyer said he knew of. an easy way
for him to go free. This was to reply
By Robert Sprague, Eighth A.
"Oh! Pshawr to everything the iudg
asked. When John was in court the
tuile asked him If he sold the same :
c&if to both of these men and then did
not give It to. either one. He answered :
"Oh! rshaw!" ...
The Judge at last got tired of being ;
answered Tn that way. Thinking John
was crasr. the Judge let him go free. ;
As he went past the lawyer's of flee,, the
lawyer shouted to John that he was to
bring tne money ror nis neip. cm jonre
answered. "Oh! F-bawl" and went on
home whistling a merry tune. . ,
A Summ:r Vacation
By EtheCan flcyoo. Peninsula. IB. .
On bright Sunday morning In Jun
I took the train for a small station that
waa about l 'miles from my, cousin's
place. When I reached tb tgtion t
found ay oousla waiting for sn with
team and buggy. After a long ride we
arrived at their heme, Just In-time to
escape from being tn a hard hall storm.
Thev had a great many chickens an 1
and fine tnlik to eee, and also vef'jii
from their garden.
-After we finished our fhomfne's w- -
sometimes we would take a ir,l
the beautiful mountain sMe, j?
eoatterUig pine, and shii.t t -
berrtea While upon the mr,i;n 1 ,
w could see the Columb' r . .
distance bf about four r.
its way ithrourh the rr"i -
After a pleasant vts.t i t a t - .
I returnM hr.me r4 l"
tO ttliuul a.i.:i.