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The School Boys' Demand

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Day
2
Month
May
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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"Wlien the teacher in room No. 7 of Primrose school, surveyed the pupils before her, at 9 'o 'doek last Monday moriiinü, Sh was surprised to ïind tliat out oi the twenty-iour boys who were wont to show up with shiny faces in their aecustomed seate, there were but two present. One was a lame boy, who carne under tlie care of lus big sister in the principal's rooru, and the other was the gooi boy of thes;liool. Looking into the schoolyard she found it empty, ajid upon inquiry could learn nothing of the mii-sing scholars, except that they had not been Keen tluit mornlng in the neighborhood. Greatly wondering at the singular fllsappearanoe of her boys, and resolving to aecertain the cause at noon, the teacher marshaled her öepleted ïlorlc as best she could, and the lossons ïor the day were begun in due forra, thotigh not without, considerable camment and conjecture from both the teacher and the pupils present as to tiie whereabouts of the log youths. At 10 o'oloek a fa int knock heard at the school-room dooi-, and upan opening it the teacher rccognize i cn.o of her scholars in the person of Mr. Jack Featherhead, aged 10, who, although a trifl palo, vet was bravely decorated wlth .1 huge ro?ette on the left lappel of his coat aud a long feather (evklenüy taken (rom aduster) streaming trom his liat band. Mi-. Featherhead made 110 remark, but strode with Rreat dignlty into ie schoo!-ronm and with a low bow, preseoted a ïolded document showing on it exterior n nurab-er of diminutive finger marks, and iurther dtetlngulshed by a band of bright blue ribbon which went entirely around the document, being held in place by huge Irregular blotches of sealing wax of the kind generally used in canning torn a toes. Upon breaklng the seáis, the following document was disclosed to the as:onished eyes of the school mistress: 9x9=Sl. 4-1=3 General Assembly Xo. 1, Nites of Xiaber April 12, 1S86. Miss Anna Anderson Teacher Room 7 Primrose School Fifth Ward Minnea polis Hennepin County, Mtanesota, United States 01 America, AVorld. Respected Miss : We, the underslgned having this day met in Workman Tommy Stevens' barn, have orgernized ourselïes ínto a orgernnisaslnm for enutual acle and protecshun, to be known as General ABseinbly No. 1 Nites of Laber- aad have sworn to be faithful to the cause and to each other. Our motto it is "One licked is awl Licked, and 1 out awl out." "We have this day alsq passeel the following resolutes and are bonnd to stand by thean : Whereas, Nobody aint never saw no school without it's got skollars. Therefore, The skollars malte the school and are to have their say In regaras to me snimo. AYhereas, Theare aint no sense in gramer, espeeially the foolisli new gramer we are Btudyiág, 'ceptin a fellesrs aoiBg to be a skool teacher, whlch we ain't. Therefore, Do we hereby sware we wnnt study no more in gramer, nor resite nor take no kind of foolishnesn about it. Whereas, The days is so short now that when we're let out we don't have no time for fun- specúally Avhen a fellers kept in late to correct his work. Therefore, We want school to qmt

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Ann Arbor Courier