| Show RILEY HAD TO WRITE JINGLES former school teacher recalls daya days when the loved poet was we her pupil jingles and not regular studies oc oo copied the school hours of at jamea james riley the noted hoosier 1 poet post according recording to mrs hire tibby ulrey seventy three yeara years old of athene athens tenn who la Is visiting with biro 3 S A rice RICO of covington ky the cincinnati commercial tribune states in the year 1860 61 when I 1 taught in the subscription school at greenfield ind riley was one ot of rn pupils and although he was a good etude student etu dent nt he never carried off the honors ot of his class his ilia chief delight waa was to hide bids be bo bird hird somo other pupil and compose jingles as he be called them and when CA caught aught in tle tl act always explained that ho he had to write as the verses were always on through bis his mind composition came cime tia natural tural to bim him and a nd be he would atop stop in the midst of a task to jet down some little verse when he was about eighteen years old ho be ran away with a traveling medicine show and inter later painted signs on fences but would stop work auddel suddenly aly to sprawl out on the grass by the road side and jingle mrs airs ulrey attended the celebration in honor of the poet post which was recent ly IY held in indianapolis and ehe she and her former pupil spent several hours together recalling the old schooldays school days daYL |
