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You see it had got to be a sort of a tumble down ram shackle sort of an affair, and when it wuz bad weather we couldn't have school in it, 'cause you might jist as well be a sittin' under a siv when it rained as to be a settin' in that school house. Wall, it wuz a cummin' along the fall term, and we wanted our boys and girls to git all the schoolin' an' eddication what they could; so we called a meetin' of the school directors to devise ways and means of buildin' a new school house without stoppin' school. YOU SEE IT HAD GOT TO BE A SORT OF A TUMBLE DOWN RAMSHACKLE SORT OF A FIRE AND WHEN IT WAS BAD WEATHER WE COULDN'T HAVE SCHOOL IN IT CAUSE YOU MIGHT JIST AS WELL BE A SETTIN UNDER A SIEVE WHEN IT RAINED AS TO BE A SENTIN IN THAT SCHOOLHOUSE WELL IT WAS COMING ALONG THE FALL TERM AND WE WANTED OUR BOYS AND GIRLS TO GET ALL THE SCHOOLING AND EDUCATION WHAT THEY COULD SO WE CALLED A MEETING OF THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS TO DEVISE WAYS AND MEANS OF BUILDING A NEW SCHOOLHOUSE WITHOUT STOPPING SCHOOL
, and seein' as how it's you, if you want him I'll trade you, Deacon, fifty dollars to boot." Wall, the Deacon had a mighty fine animal, but he sed, "I'll trade you, Jim." They traded hosses, and when they wuz a-comin' home they had to ford the crick what runs back of Punkin Centre, and when the old hoss wuz a-wadin' through the water, Deacon went to pull his feet up to keep them from gettin' wet, and he tetched the old boss on the sides and he squatted right down in the crick. Deacon sed, "Now look a-here, Jim, what's the matter with this ungodly brute, he ain't a-settin' now be he?" Jim sed, "Yes he is, Deacon, he sees fish in the water; tell you he's trained to set fer suckers same as fer rabbits, Deacon; oh, he's had a thorough eddication." Paradox--I can't exactly describe it, but it looks to me like a tramp who once told me how to be successful in life. --Punkin Centre Philosophy. A Meeting of the School Directors WE had bin havin' a good deal of argufyin' about the school house.  SECTION TWENTY FIVE OF UNCLE JOSH'S PUNKIN CENTER STORIES BY COW STUART THIS LIVER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY PHILIP MARTIN A MEETING OF THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS WE HAD BEEN HAVIN A GOOD DEAL A ARGUFYIN ABOUT THE SCHOOLHOUSE
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