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d—d fool who saj 8 it is round.” This was fatal to tiie aspirations of Mr. Minor, for if successful, it involved a change of school geographies to conform to his views. Thi6 could not be done. The people were too poor to be continually changing school books. So Mr. Minor was remanded to the study of the life of Christopher Columbus, and Mr. Henning seemed to have a sure thing of it. llut the criticism on Mr. Minor's geographical knowledge, prompted his friends to inves tigate Mr. Henning's grammaticalaccomplishments, and his prononnciation of English. In this Mr. Minor's friends took sweet revenge, and swore they had a right to to murder any man who murders En glish. 80 Mr. A. J. Hatfield was put in nomination and won the race, on his ability to speak English, and his firm adherence to those beautiful lines which he learned in boy boo l and which declare“Thin world is round and like a ball,Seems swioginu iti the air.The sky extends around it all.And stars are glirit'mng there.”Mr. Hatfield will opeu the campaign by a lecture on this subject, viz: “A roand world and a levelhead.”
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Cannelton Reporter
Cannelton, Indiana, US
Sat, Jun 24, 1876
Page 5
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