East Liverpool High School - Keramos Yearbook (East Liverpool, OH)

Page 10 text:

8 ilirrauinz piesident of the Republic of Bolivia. Then there is that second class-the kicky mules. Wlienever there is a motion before the house to exercise the instruments of propulsion known as the hind legs, these kicky mules prompt- ly second the motion, and after the motion is passed, they immediately turn into a national executive department to see that everything is properly car- ried out. A mule of this class is one of the most pacific animals to be found on the face of the globe. If a person happens to be around its hind quarters, it grinningly tickles the end of its nose with the tip of its left ear, and caress- ingly lifts out its hind legs toward the person. After landing in the ash heap, or some other soft place, he quietly re- covers himself and invariably goes up and strokes the mule under the chin and while so doing he usually recites texts from the Bible. A kicky mule will absolutely refuse to listen to any- thing but gentlemanly language. It de- mands that when addressed the title, Your Majesty, shall always be used. The third general division, that of the stubborn mules-includes all other divisions that have ever been made. These mules insist that their own opin- ions of certain important questions are always corect. Mules of this class are frequently met with in Wall Street. They are great balkers and sometimes absolutely refuse to move from their tracks, until an escort of the mayor, four lawyers, three policemen and a tire chief has been formed to accom- pany them on their triumphal march. A stubborn mule is the contradiction of a command, for it generally prefers to do that which is directly opposite to what you desire. If stubbornness makes a mule, then a great many peo- ple belong to the mule family. If a mule constantly contradicts what you tell it, that mule is a stubborn mule. Now, mules are of two genders-note the distinctly scientific classification- lirst, those who sing solos, and second, those who bray. Any mule can belong to both genders. For, if a mule exer- cises its voice at night, the vibrations which reach the ear are in the form of a solo-5 and, if a mule takes his voice culture between sunrise and sun- set, the noise thus caused is called a bray. Some mules have the, acquire- ment of the hee-haw, which is a mod- ified form of the so-called horse laugh. But in spite of all that can be said about this animal, the fact which each one of us ought to remember is that a mule is-nothing but a mule.- M. F. C., liz. Hill Here is a story that was keenly enjoyed today by members of both parties in the House and Senate cloakrooms: A man called on his neighbor armed with an imposing-looking document. Bill, said the caller, I want you to sign this petition. Wl1at is it? his friend asked. Well, was the reply, it now looks as if Roosevelt would be nominated in Chicago, and Bryan in Baltimore. This is a petition praying that the country be restored to the Indians. Teacher-Who wrote PiIgrim's Progress? Pupil-DeFoe. Teacher-U child! VVell, what was it about? Pupil-About a Pilgrim who came to America and his progress here. Dentist tto old lady who wants her tooth pulledj- Do you want gas, madam? Old lady-'WVell, I should say so. I don't propose to stay in the dark with you or any other man. --K. Lowry.

Page 9 text:

Keramnn 7 probably least expected it, for he never seemed to think it amiss to work for the good of his school and class with- out thought of reward. He was a fine athlete, yet he played on the second football team in order to hold it to- gether so the regulars could have scrim- mage practice. He was a fine speaker and qualified for his class debating team, yet it was discovered that he virtually stepped aside to give another lad a place on the team that met the other schools. It seemed that his un- expressed motto was, Team work for the good of the school. No one wondered at the choice, and neither did we. VVere we to take any half dozen boys and girls and let them be subjected to the analytical process by a number of unprejudiced peopleg we would find that the majority of them would favor the type of boy who won the prize because he most nearly came up to the measure of a man. LContributed by Thomas Berrymand A Study in ules O A ALMOST every discussion M g there is a conclusion, and so tllii-im' unwilling to be exceptional, I will also have a conclusiong but I think it will be proper to advance it at the beginning and thus do away with all unnecessary suspense. The conclusion is this-a mule is a queer kind of an animal, the principal parts of which are analagous to those of a Latin verb-present indicative, mouthg present inhnitive, earsg perfect indica- tive and also perfectly indicative of its strength, hind legsg perfect passive participle, tail. Now for the introduc- tion, Although a High School paper is taken as the literary measure of a High School, yet this thing about which we are now concerned is far from being a literary production. After looking over-but by no means in- the Americana, the library of the world's best literature, several works on art and architecture, and some late musical selections, I have been success- ful in gathering the following marvel- ous scientific facts concerning the characteristics and qualities of the quad- rnped commonly known as the mule. Mules may be divided into three gene eral divisions: first, lean mules: sec- ond, kicky mules, and third, stubborn mules. The first class-that composed of lean mules, is a very important divi- sion of the mule family, for almost all mules are lean. A lean mule is never a fat one, and may seldom become fat: while a fat mule fed on a diet of des- sicated sawdust and orange marmalade. auministered in installments of one-half pint per day, will rapidly grow so thin that it will be greatly similar in ap- pearance to what were known during the 60's as razor-backs, although sorties what larger. Lean mules are addictel to the habit of showing their teeth and occasionally snapping at persons. The cause of this is that their stomachs are connected to their lower jaws by a set of involuntary muscles, which no one has yet dared to discover. These mus- cles cause the mule's lower jaw to drop, whenever he begins to ponder in his stomach, as to who will be the next

Page 11 text:

Krramna 9 Historical Sketch 0 East Liverpool Its Schools and Pioneers ' l BY C. W. RoB1NsoN, '12 ILLUSTRATIONS AND DATA 1 COURTESY J. H. SIMMS BOUT 1797, the Fawcetts. www! Smiths, Boyces, Mcliinnons and l-Iickmans came from Washing- ton county, Pa., and settled in and about what is now East Liverpool. It is said that some of the families, at least some of the male members, came over into the Northwest Territory a few years earlier. during the Whiskey Rebellion, with which they were more or less promi- nently identified. The wilderness on the north side of the Ohio was found to be a good hiding place from the troops lfVashington sent to suppress and subdue the insurrection. The Indian occupants had nearly all moved westward beyond the Maumee. They found the land splendid, the timber IH21g'llllICCllt,VVCll watered, with game of all kinds in abun- dance. Thomas Fawcett and joseph Smith, who married Abigail Fawcett, purchased about 1100 acres fronting on the Ohio river from l3abb's Island to the mouth ot jethro Run. joseph Smith built a cabin on the banks of the Ohio River, a little east of what is now Union street, while Thomas Fawcett built quite a good sized cabin on the high ground immediately west of the present XVest End ball park. commanding a grand view down the river as far as Wellsville. and up the river as far as the famous Indian resort, now beautiful and legend? ary Rock Springs Park, at the north end of the old Indian Catawba Trail. Thomas Fawcett, with the assistanceiof the pioneer surveyor, Terra Jones, laid out a village in 1798, which was called Fawcettstown. Prior to the coming of the pioneers named above, there was a block house and a small settlement near the foot of Broadway and Union streets, which was called St, Clair. The old state road from the mouth of the Little Beaver to the mouth of Big Yellow Creek, was just ai bridle path along the bank of the north shore of the Ohio, and was traveled between the block house and the river. ln 1824, Thomas Fawcett and his partner, james Pemberton, sold all their holdings of lots in Liverpool, as well as Fawcett's homestead and farm, to Claiborne Simms, Sr. This tract ol lanl embraced all the territory from the west side of Market street, beginning at the Ohio River to a point along the old Calcutta Roal as far as Gardendale, thence on a line west crossing Carpen- ter's Run at the Stone Ilridge, and up to the crest of Croft's Hill, thence south to the mouth of Jethro Run and up the river to the place of beginning. Claiborne Simms took possession in 1824 and erected a grist mill on the west bank of Carpenters Run, opposite West End l.'ottery, where he built a large log house as a home for himself, his wife and numerous children. The First School House. The first school house was of a log construction, and was erected on land