Deseret Evening News | 1891-09-02 | Page 6 | The Case of Sixty Years Ages

Tli an4 t ! .f tdilf Vt Ka 8n.y year ago I tauht thn nd rtau In tho school of tint ritylnth) grAnl Jory room of the oil fiirt lion ' hM a gentleman tu a -prter The eand cbi1 What In the naaie of ftoeratet It a Pan lcbur And then the nncleut pohigfi((uo proceled to nay SUty yean og tho echofl of tho tou occupied thtrttd ecxirt hun, and I wa oim of tho PelwUrt, In tU grand Jury room thrra wn a long table nhout dfildeeii Inehe high, with o otrlp ( btvJ ftenitl on top all around tin pldr, thu making the renter lower than tho side. IhUcrnter wis fll.otl with duo siud an inch deeji. "At the end of the table wa a nherl on which tho letter of the alphibtt ' were printel po that but one tatter would Appear At a time, around tlw table tho smallest children of the irltonl were gathered Aid each furnhhetl with n ktlek. I, a the txMAgoguo Bppolntrd by tho head teacher, would take my stand ntttraend of tlio tabtennd nlong fide of tho wheel, ami u I litovcd It would announro tlio letter tlmt wa brought tu view, whMi vJ- rhlllnn wtmld proceed toinako l tho Miid with their Mirk. "When all had made thatMhr, I woul I le (he sand with n am and the wlmlwuuld bo moved on men other letter Ami thwi httte one wero called tho 'nd cli.' It wat an lnterrllng sight Tho pyttcm wo potuowhat llko the kindergarten of the present day, and It wa certainly aii economical tuotloof supplying writing material '' Thit was the sand cIah ol sixty years ago lUrrUburg (I'o,) Til Vam,