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SCHOOL OF TRADE SHOWS- RRACTICAIi WORK DONE AND PRACTICAL KN0WLEDGE!GAIP1ED
THE OREGON ' SUNDAY JOURNAL'. PORTLAND, SUNDAY "MORNING, JANUARY 17. 1909.
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Earl ' ,'liaumer, School of
Trades, Reviews Tro
ressin Gas Engines.
' The gas -engine," like most great In
ventions, is .the product of many minds
that -were slow, to "recognize-its merits.
Stranga 'to say;., as far- back -as 1835
the gas engine did not fall because of
Incorrect methods Involved, but because
of imperfect- developments, of some of
the minor .points..,. .
VTherdate'of the first gas engine cls not
definitely Jcnown, but the Invention la
attributed to Huggens In 1680.' He pro
posed to use the explosive force of gun
powder - for power, and 'In 1690 Papln
worked along this-same llne.-'-Jn 1833
W. L. . Wright mads iv fairly practical
engine. ; ,Up to ' 1835 there-, was ' no' at
tempt to-make an engine of. the, com
presslon type, but . William Barnett at
that time described a; machine which
compressed, the clmre prior to the. fir
ing. This motor -was not similar to
the. present engine, as the air and gas
were separately comprised. Lenior, in
lhoObullt an engine of the compression
type, but he did not' have-a clear under
standing of the nature of gaseous ex
plosions. As far back as 1794 Robert
Street built an engine, but it was 18rtl
before he had one that would really
work. This machine was economically
Impossible, because It consumed 100
cubic feet of Illuminating gas per horse
power per 'hour. ; In'1876 Otto, a Ger
man, hit upon the plan of accomplishing
the admission of the mixture, its com
pression. Ignition, expansion and .ex
haustion In one cylinder. All success
ful engines have been based upon this
principle. The real development of the
gas engine dates from the expiration
oi Otto's patents, when it occurred to
others that it was worth their time to
get to work on the problem.
In the last few years the development
of the gas engine In the United States
has been remarkable. The largest gas
engine shown at the Columhian expo
sition In lSk3 was a 35 horsepower ma
chine. When the Lackawanna Steel
company wanted to Install engines from
1000 to '2000 horsepower, only one pro
posal was received-and that was from
a foreign 'manufacturer. Five years
later, when the Carnegie oempany
wished to buy similar machines for the
Kdgar Thomas steel works, 12 pro
posals were received from Amerlran
manufacturers. Recently the Snow
team pump works built four engines
At Work in'
of B400 horsepower each for the Cali
fornia Gas & Electric company. At
present the Indiana Steel company at
Gary, Ind., is installing 33 gas engines
of 3000 horsepower each, to be run by
the gas from their huge blast furnaces.
.There are at present over 600 manufac
turers of gas engines In the United
States, with the number steadily In
creasing.
Tile engine itself has been radically
(-.hanged, it being no longer the single
acting affair 1t used to be. Several
years ago a Scotchman found out how
to make a double acting engine, vlter
It was found that by driving two single
cylinders in tandem there could be re-
ceivea on a. ningie yrnun. ineiii.y im
pulses as a steam engine and that by
driving a twin tandem there would he
as many Impulses received as a cross
eompound engine, thus having a stead
ily running machine adaptable for driv
ing dynamos.
Up to this time there have been no
large vessels equipped with gas en
gines, but such a plan has been proven,
on paper at least, to be practical. Sev
eral prominent marine engineers, among
them Mr. Nixon, one of the world's fore
most naval constructors, predict that
the gas engine will be universally
adopted for marine work.
Still there is much room for Inventive
talent in the gas engine realm. While
It is a well known fact that -the gas
engine represents the nearest approach
to the theoretical value of heat, only
to per cent is utilized In the work; of
the rest 4-9 per cent goes into the water
jacket and 35 per cent into the exhaust
and radiation.
Some people think that the next de
velopment will be the gas turbine. One
has already been experimented with by
a French inventor. The greatest diffi
culty encountered with In the gas tur
bine Is to keep it from melting, as the
AannaafliilM In i tin Itttovnnl n Am hlieiinn
engine oftentimes reaches 2000 degrees
centigrade.. This Inventor proposed to
use low pressum'e steam In his turbine
to keep down the heat. 8a you see the
gas turbine has a long way to go to get
out of the woods..
Edison says: - "We know' nothing
now, but S00 years hence we shall be
gin to suspect."
.An Analysis of Rosabel le.
- (Sir Walter Scott.)
Br Millie Vritchard. Holladay, Ninth A.
Stanza 1 tells about the minstrel talk
ing to the ladies,
Stanza 3 begins the song with an in
vitation to Rosa belle.. .
- 8tanza 3 tells of the - approaching
storm and the scream of the water
jirite.
Stanza 4 tells of the vision of the
eer.
Stanza S and $ given Rosabelle's rea
sons for wanting to mo.
Stanza T, 8, 9, 10 and 11 describe Roa
llne and the mysterious light. '
Stanza 12 tells or Kosabclle s last
restlnar rlttcev
Stanza 13 compares - the' burial - of J
Rosabclle with that of her relations, t
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Muir Glacier .
'. By Harland Tucker, Ladd, Ninth A.
It was a cold July morning when we
Stearned into Glacier bay, Alaska, at
the end of 'which lies, Muir glacier,
which has "-never been explored. As
the boat wound Ha way through the
bay, dodging, the dangerous Icebergs,
some one on board said he could see a
mirage of a city ahead, but. It was
very foggy and the rest were' in doubt
as to the nature of it.
-When we drew - nearer after passing
all day' through fields of ice we saw
that it was Muir glacier. By this' time
we .were farther into the bay. than
ships had ever- sailed before, in fact
we were In a small Inlet that had
never been navigated by any style of
craft oh account of the dense Ice.
We considered ourselves very for
tunate Indeed to get so near the glacier
itself, but when some one asked the
captain If we could land, to our sur
prise he said we might.
Soon everything was excitement on
board, officers running, shouting or
ders, and the. usual "Aye, Aye, sir" in
response, passengers asking questions;
In fact, every one talking rapidly. The
speed of the ship being slackened,
soundings were taken of the bay and
it was nameu "Thomas bay," in honor
of our good captain.
' We were within three fourths of a
mile of the mass of ice which cov
ered 366 square miles, when the life
boats were lowered and the people that
wanted to go were taken ashore. The
sailors were obliged to carry the pas
senaers ashore on their .shoulders, be
cause the water was too shallow for
the boats to land. This water is so
cold that a person could not live In it
five minutes. -
As we walked along the ice we no
ticed a huge mass tiiat was about a
foot or two from the .ground on onl
side, and that touched the around on
the other. By getting down and lying
flat we could see a cave which some
one said resembled the Blue Grotto in
Italy.
On" our return we were startled by e
crash behind us and upon turning be
held the bay lashed into a fury by
falling masses of Ice. A little farther
still we came to the very edge of a
the School of Trade.
deep chasm perhaps 100 feet or so
deep.
By this time the boats had returned
for us and we went back to the ship
and steamed out of the bay, proud of
the fact that we were the first per
sons to land on the face of Muir
glacier.
Christinas in My Country (Austria).
By Jerry Allesio, Ladd school.
(This boy entered Ladd school April,
1908. He could speak no English at
the time).
One day before Christmas I went
with my father on . the hills and we
cut tree. When we cut tree we put
our tree on the florae, which Id carry
home for us.' When we came home
my sisters take tree in the house and
they fix it for a Christmas tree. They
put on the, tree oranges, . lemons. ap
ples, candy, cake and every kind of
fruit and we have good time and our
friendsv too. All the. children have fun
over there In my country.
We have so many Christmas songs
and we sing, laugh and play so many
things. At Christmas time the chil
dren have one week vacation.' ' ' ' On
Christmas day we go In the church
and everybody goes In, the church be
cause' In. my country everybody la
Catholic. When we. came back from
the church we go to stand eat Christ
mas dinner. - , -
Then we go again to the church on
the old year and the, bishop tells us
how many people Is dfed in all year
and "how many have married in all
year and how manv people went to
America from my country. . That -was
last year. 1907. -I went from home to
America this year In March month: We
have always good time . over there in
Austria.. -. ' - ' . , t . .. .
LADD, HOLLADAY AMD TRADE SCHOOLS
Samples of Lettering in School
The Electric Motor
By Glen Whlteaker, School of Trades.
One of the first electric motors in
which a continuous motion was pro
duced by means of the repulsions and
Attractions between electro-magnets a,nd
fixed magnets, or electro-magnets was
invented after long and continuous ex
periments by Ritchie. . ' ;
Ritchie's ' first '-machine was very
simple and crude, but. it developed
enough power to show that If It were
sufficiently Improved it would . become
one of the best kinds of motors in the
world, for running certain kinds of
machinery.
The electric motor has been uni
versally improved to such an extoht
that today tt is at wOrk in shops, stores
and on streetcars, and in many places
where other kinds of power could not
be used. ' .
The shapes, types, powers and forms
of the electric motor are as varied and
different' as those of most other kinds
of machinery. The one common prin
ciple, .however. Is the same, that of an
armature revolving within a field, and
Jines of force cutting lines of force.
The speed of an armature when at
full work is usually from 1200 to 2000
revolutions a minute. As few ma-
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An Early Attempt By Andree Auspland, Holladay, First A.
chines are designed to work at that
velocity, a system of speeding down
with back gears, or ' counter shafts
and pulleys, is employed. The motor
Itself cannot be slowed down, without
losing its power. The efficiency of
these motors is due to the centrifugal
motion of the mass of iron and. wire
In the armature and the momeritum it
develops when spurred on hy the mag
netism of the field magnets acting
upon certain electrified 'sections of the
armature. The armature of a working
motor Is usually of such high resist
ance that the current employed to run
It would heat and burn out the wives
If the full force of the current was
permitted to flow through it for any
length of time. As the armature ro
tates It lias counter electro-motive
force impressed upon it. This acts
like resistance, and reduces the current
passing through.
The higher the speed the less cur
rent the motor takes, so that after
a motor has attained its, highest or
normal speed, it is using less than
half the current required to start it.
Reduction of the current In the arma
ture reduces torque, so that the turn
ing force of the armature is reduced
as its speed of rotation Increases while
the momentum, or throw produces pow
er at high speed together with an
actual saving of current. An armature
revolving at 1600 revolutions a minute,
and giving balf a horse power on u
current of five amperes, is more eco
nomical than one making .100 to 500
revolutions a minute, and giving half
a horse power on a current of 15 to
20 amperes. Thus, a slowly turninj;
armature takes more current and exert
higher torque than a rapidly rotating
one.
To protect the fine wire on the arma
ture from burning,' In high voltage ma
chines a starting box, or rheostat, is
employed. The motor begins working
on a reduced current, and as it picks
up speed more current Is let In, and so
on until the full force of the current
Is flowing through the motor. It Is
then turning fast enough to protect
Itself through the counter electro
motive force.
Parents who desire to enter
their boys in the trade school at
the beginning of the new term
In February can get application
blanks ' from the principals of
their respective schools.
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Plan of Machine Bolt By Wallace Carlson, School of Trades.
, The American Indian.
By Laura Hartman, Holladay, Eighth A.
It is uncertain where the Indian came
from, but we know that they lived in
North America long before Greece and
Rome were founded. When Columbus
came to the Island of San Salvador he
thought it was Asia and -called the na
tives Indians. All these natives are
similar in their appearance, having
black hair and high cheek bones. The
Indian, as he appears to the eye, is not
very strong, but he Is as strong as any
other num.
The Indian will be kind to you if he
Is a friend of yours, but if he Is not
he will be cruel and treacherous. He
will not fight you openly, but will shoot
you without a minute's warning. The
Indian is very lazy and filthy. He
thinks that work is only fit for women
and children. The fact that he did not
like to work and that he did not want
to buy or sell land Is the reason why
he did not take up the white man's civ
ilization. .If the white man caught an
Indian and would torture him, the In
dian would not make a sound,- Although
the Indian men were lazy, the women
planted corn, pumpkins, beans, tobacco
and tomatoes and even spun wool and
cotton cloth.
I believe the white people had a right
to come over arid take the land from
the Indians, because they did not make
as good use of it, aa the white people
did. v. ; i -'-, . . -
of Trade By Adolph Adams.
Art of Disk Washing
By Eugenie Pickering, Ladd, Seventh' A.
Now my friends, for I hope that's
what yoti are, let me tell you a few
helpful hints about washing dishes. I
know there are some girls, and boys
also, who do not like to wash dishes,
but I think it a nice thing to do. Tou
know we all have to eat on. dishes and
don't you like nice clean dishes to eat
upon? ,
When your breakfast, dinner or sup
per Is over, excuse yourself and go
quietly to your room and get ready to
wash dishes! Take off your rings, if
you have any, fOr rings do not go good
with dishwater; don a large apron, one
that Will cover . your dress up good
and keep it clean.
As soon as this is finished, go Into
the dining room and gather "up the
dishes and, by all means- If there are
any crapes or cake left, do not eat
them, but put them safely away where
you are sure no one else will get them
till next meal. .
When you have your dishes all gath
ered up, take a clean fresh piece of
cloth or paper, I prefer the paper as
you can burn In up as soon as you
use It, and wipe them off . clean, so
there will be no grease left on them.
You are now ready to begin to wasli
them. If you have any rubber gloves
J" o
that are used for this purpose, put
them on.
Do not use any soap when you wash
them, because a little lump might stay
on the dish. Would not your meat
or potato taste nice with a chunk of
soap?
You must hurry and wash them while
the water is hot. then put them In a
lean dripping pan ana scaia. i nen
wipe dry and smooth.
Be sure to put them away in their
correct places, so when you go to get
a dish you know where to get it, even
in the dark.
Don't forget to wash your hands and
dry them, for. If you don't, they are
apt to chap, and be very sore. Indeed.
Were you going to forget your apron
that you had on? Well. I guess it
is time to have it off and laid away
for next time.
Now, when mother asks who washed
the dishes "so nice," you can answer,
proudly. "I, mother."
East Side Play
The Phrenodlkena of the East Side
high school are diligently practicing a
snappy comic drama. "Breezy Point."
which Is to be presented In the assem
bly hall of the high school on the eve
ning of Saturday, January 23. The
members are working ambitiously un
der the personal direction of Miss Delia
Bradley, and a praiseworthy perform
ance Is expected.
My Christmas.
By Gladys Ward, Ladd Second.
What do you think Santa Claus
brought me? He brought me a dear
little Teddy bear. ' He is so cute. 1
like a dress him upjn dolly's dress.
He looks so funny. I like to lay
school with dolly and Teddy. I got a
pretty boc.k and a little blackboard,
too. I like to read my boot, lt'a name
U Outdoor Pastimes.
Victory! By Harry Davis, Ladd, Ninth B.
Reading For Children
The following . stories of adventure
and travel may be found In the chil
dren's room of the Public library;
Barnum, V. C. (Rj "Juan and
Juanlta"; story of two Mexican children
who were captured by the Indians, their
escape four years later and their Jour
ney of 400 miles through the wilder
ness to tne rexss settlements most
The Art of Dish Washing By Eugenie Pickering, Ladd, Seventh A.
thrllllngly told. Incidentally much In
formation is given about Indian and
Mexican life.
Brooks. Noah- "First Across the Con
tinent"; Ktory of the exploring expedi
tion of Lewis and Clark in 1804-06, told
as far as possible In the language of the
explorers themselves.
Bullen. F. T. "Cruise of the Cacha
lot Round the World After Sperm
Whales"; account of actual experiences
on a South sea whaler. "I've never
road anything that equaled it in Its
deep sea wonder and mystery, nor do
I think that any book before lias so
completely covered the whole business
of whale fishing, and at the same time
given such real and new sea pictures.
Kipling.
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But
terworth, Hezeklah "Zigzag Jour-
neys in the Great Northwest : de
scrlhes a trip through the Canadian
Rockies with their emerald glaciers,
deep canyons and mad. wild rivers, to
Vancouver, Tacoma. the beautiful, and
other cities of the l'uget sound and
ine i oiumin.i river.
Butterworth. Hezeklah "Zigzag Jour
neys In the OrU-iit"; the eastern ques
tion nnd the "sick man of Turkey" in
terest the Zigzag club and they make
an investigating tour from Vienna to
tnc widen Morn, the t.uxine, Moscow
atxl St. Petersburg.
Carpenter. K. (5. "Europe"; this bonk
aims to give the children a nlaln and
simple description of the countries of
l-.urnpe as they are today. It is the
children themselves who climb the
Alps and nta"d on the Nortli Carie
watching the sun shine at midnight, go
from citv to city, from farm to farm.
and factory to factory, seeing how the
various people live ano; what they are
doing in the work of the world. It
Is they who are admitted to the pal
aces, parliaments ami nubile offices
where they learn how each nation is
governed.
Iu Challlu. P. B. "Country of the
Dwarfs"; strange experiences among
the African pygmies and the great ne
gro tribes In whose country the little
men live.
Du Chaillu. P. B "My Aplngi King
dom'; the author's life among tru
st range Inhabitants of Apingl land and
his adventures on the great Sahara des
ert. Eegleston, G. C "Wreck of the Red
Hlrd '; a story of the Carolina coast.
George, M. M. "Little Journeys to
Hawaii and the Philippine Islands."
Horton, Edith "Frozen North"; an
account of Arctic exploration; contains
chapters on Sir John Franklin. Eltsha
Kent Kane, The Eskimo, Hunting In the
Icy North. Voyage of the Jeannette,
Nansen Crosses Greenland. Andrea's
Balloon Expedition to the Pole. etc.
Irving, Washington "Alhambra"; leg
ends, tradition and fairy tales- With
which time has woven around the ruins
of the beautiful Moorish palace. Among
them are: The Arabian Astrologer, The
Three Beautiful Princesses, The Rose
of the Alhambra, The Moor's Legacy.
Knox, T. W. "Adventures or Two
Youths in a Journey to Egypt and the
Holy Iand"; describes the Suez canal,
the great pyramids of. Egypt the tomb
of the sacred hulls, a ramei Journey to
the Island of Phllae, "shcxting the rap
Ids" of the Nile, visits to Jerusalem Da
mascus and many other interesting
places. ...
Peary. M. A.. Peary, Mrs. J. (P.)
"Children of the Arctic,!" by the Snow
Baby and her mother;, story of a year
spent with Icebergs and great Ice fields,
glaciers, polar bears and Eskimo chil
dren.' by the "Snow Baby . when 4 years
old.
Stockton F. R. "Personally Conduct
ed"; travels through ' the "City f the
Bended Knee," "Queen Paris," "King
London," and other cities.
Yonge, C M.-"Littl Lucy's Wonder
ful .Globe"; a little girl's dreams of
children In other countries. Italy Africa.
ChilMk, Germans KuaLn- Kamachatka. .
A Sketch From Sleepy
'Hollow
By Elna Anderson, Holladay. Seventh B.
The Van Tassel home was situated
on the banks of the Hudson in one of
the many green nooks where the Dutch
farmers so much loved to nestle.
At the foot of a great elm tree, which
spread its big branches over the home,
fiubbled up a spring of the finest water
n a barrel, which formed a little well.
Near the farmhouse was a great
barn, which might have been used as
a church, being so large. In and out of
which martins and swallows were sklm-
mlng and twittering.
In row on the roof sat pigeons of
every size and description and all man
ner of attitudes enjoying the Sunshine.
In the barnvard cattle and fowl were
enjoying themselves in the best manner
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Portland's Pride Hount Hood By
possible, looking so satisfied that any
one could have seen that they were
well fed and taken care of. Not far off
was the farmhouse where one could now
and then catch a glimpse of Dame Van
Tassel hurrying through her one thou
sand and one small duties.
The home In which she so busied her
self in making pleasant for her one
daughter Katrina and her kind hearted
husband. Old Baltus Van Tassel, Is
worth peeping into.
This home was one of those roomy
farmhouses with low projecting eaves
which formed a veranda that could be
closed up In bad weather. Under this
hung harness, fLshlng nets and various
other utensils. Benches stood along the
sides of this porch, and here was where
much of the churning and spinning was
done.
On entering the large hall you would
first see rows of pewter plates arranged
on a long dresser which fairly dazzled
your eyes. Strings of dried apples,
peaches and red peppers were hung on
the walls.
A door which to my thoughts was
left open on purpose showed to .an in
quisitive Intruder the best parlor where
we find the claw footed chairs and dark,
shining mahogany tables.
Mock oranges nnd shells decorated the
mantle piece, while strings of different
colored birds' eggs were hung above It.
A cupboard with the door left ajar,
displaying great treasures of old sliver
and well mended china was the chief
attraction of the room to some eyes.
Santlalphon.
By Augusta Ziegler. Holladay school.
Ninth A.
In th? old Jewish Talmud there Is
found a beautiful legend of Sandalphon
the angel of prayer.
Jacob, an he slept in the desert at
nifc'ht. saw Sandalphon. listening for
pravers, with his feet on the ladder of
light.
According to the legend st the gates
of the city Celestial are angels of wind
and of fire that sing one hymn and die
with the Joy in the song.
Among the dead nngels Sandalphon
Is standing listening for the prayers of
the mortals.
He listens for the prayers of the
weary and sorrowing people below, who
pray that their crosses, so heavy for
them to hear, may be lifted from them.
Sandalphon takes these prayers' and
twines them Into wreaths of flowers
and their fragrance floats into the gates
of heaven.
This story la a legend that was told
to the simple people long ago, but it is
beautiful and fascinating to us.
Now. when I look up into the sky and
the milky way is so white, 1. too. with
the poet, seem to see Sandalphon stand
ing among the stars with his wings out
spread.
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Fumy: tale
OF FLOWERS
Pretty "-Myth Pleases the
luetic Mind of School
Girl.
By Gertrude Stone. Ladd, Ninth B. -
one wnoio long tnree monins ine sun
did not shine at all, for he was a little
angry and was seriously thinking, lie
had seen the fairies make flowers likt
the stars, had seen gardens planted it
the shape of the moon, but had nevur .
seen anything like himself. He will
angrv, and did he not have a right to
be? Had he not befriended the fair!'
always, and helped them to bring up
flowers? Had lie not spent many of his
messengers, the sunbeams, in drlvinsr
away their dreaded enemy. Jack Krost?
So, as 1 suid before, he dtd not shine,
or, in other words, did not send any
sunbeams whatever down on t'oa eanlv
to'Jielp the fairies for three long
months.
At the end of that time he thought of
a scheme, and -it was not long bcfor)
he sent a bright sunbeam darting down ,
to the earth. , ;
"At last!" cried the fairies. "Re
Joice! For here is a sunbeam come tot
deliver us out of darkness."
They all ran to greet It. but got there
just n time to see it go stralsht Into
the ground, and again the earth was i .
utter darkness.
"Oh!" wailed the fairies, "what shall
we uo f vv t) nave ueen inreuvwuci. ntii. -banishment
from the earth, and now U
will surely come, for we are not al
lowed to perform our work.
But in the midst of their mourning
came a number of sunbeams, which ,
brightened up the world once more. The
fairies then had a great feast, and it
was agreed that the very next flower
should be named for -the sun, in honor
of the occasion.
The following day, when the fairy
who planted all flowers was wandering
In the fields endeavoring to think of a
new kind, she found a large yellow
flower in the field. Sho had not planted
it and wondered how it could have got
there. Suddenly she remembered that
it stood in the exact spot Into -which
the sunbeam had glided the day before.
She called all the fairies and told them
about it, anil the -lueen said. "It shall
be called the sunflower, for it looks
Just like the sun, and we shall always '
love It- because lie ent it as the first
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Alice Brown, Ladd. Eighth A.
messenger of light after our long
period of darkness. Let us all Join
hands and dance around It."
The sun always loved the new flower
more than he had ever loved anything
else. He sent so many sunbeams down
to visit It. every day that toward the
end of the summer Its petals fell orf
and Its center turned brown. Then, the
sun felt very sad, until a fairy assured
him that his flower would coma up
again another year. It comes up every
year, but the sun loves It so that every
time he sends down too manv sunbeams
and it fades away as that first one did
so long ago.
Piano Seat Made by Alex Lange,
Manual Training, Holladay, Eighth
A. . ' - '-''
The Naughtiest Day in My Life.
By
Nelson Montgomery, Holladay,
; Eighth B,
I remember well one of the naughti
est days la my life.' It was when I
went out in the chicken yard, and
caught three chickens. I was between
5 and S years old. I thought I would
play jail with my chicken prisoners.
I caught the three chickens and tied
a string around their necks so they
would not -get away, and led them
around inside the coop. Then I at lit
judgment on them and pronounced them
guilty. I deckled to hang them one by
one, over the roost I must have let
them hang; there for four .of five min
utes. .- . -': . - '
I thought then I would turn them
loose, for I heard mamma calling me.
But when I set them on the ground and
they did not move I commenced to cry,
for 1 knew I had killed them. And
mamma must have heard me crying, for
sha came running -out to see what was
the matter with me. When she saw
the chickens she looked at me livst and
then back at them. Then without say
ing a word she picket me up and toolc
ma into the house. And then well you
can imagine the rest. . .
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