Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1902 — FROM SCHOOL EXERCISES. [ARTICLE]

FROM SCHOOL EXERCISES.

Some Selections that May Be Easily —t_l Recognised. ~ “Apherbility,” she reads, “Is the state of being an apherbile.” “Afferblllty is the state of being insane on one subject only.” “Serenade, a greenness as of grass.” “Reverberation la when it is made again into a verb.” “The equator is a menagerie lion running around between the north and aouth pole.” “They celebrate the Fourth of JNily because Jesus bless us.” “Vengeance, Def’n a mean desire to pay back. Illus’n. ’Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.’ ’’ “Ingenious, a stupid person, from Tw,’ not, and ’genious,’ a smart person.” “Discretion, a difference of sex between animals.” “The early Briton wore a skin, ha tied it at the waist. He wore legions on his legs. He had eyes of a blue shade which plainly showed his seml-clvlllza-tlon. He wore on his feet moccasins or sandals.” “Grand Opera. The only Grand Opera known Is ‘Wang.’ ” “The Te Deum Is a Grand Opera.” “The British museum Is the principal building In Paris.” “Aristides was a god; he was the female god of Phoenicia.” “Hannibal was an early Greek explorer who write a book called Herodltus.” “Virgil was a Vestal Virgin.” “As I roamed In the deep woods I saw a herd of greyhounds bunting for prey.” “Julius Caesar was the mother of the Gracchi.”—World’s Work.