Gettysburg Academy - Osoga Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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bus stood on the deck lookmg thru a mlcroscope after a hun dred years he slghted land We passed beneath the Statue of Llberty and at last landed at Coney Island ln 1865 After a r1de on the merry ,go round the sallors got sea slck Whlle on shore I shook hands wlth in Irlshman named Doyle I zsked hlm how he llked the country and he replled Q0 much lndade that I lntend to become a natlve at once An I11sh hackm ln drove Flchtner and myself a long dlstance up Flfth Avenue ln a peltlng ram Flchtner finally asked Are you not terrlbly wet Pat? Ah shure was the quick replx It s not the wet that s troublm me but lndade I m so horr1ble FY Most of the crew after a short stay IH New York Clty came to Cettysburg to hear LIHCOIHQ Gettysburg Address We be came settled and Vou w1ll stxll find most of us here C A K Ruthle made an angel Q 1ke Cha1les ate It GVGIQ crumb 'Ihen he heard the mgels drum Callmg softlv Charles come And he went' fCood byej Prof Zerbe Martz whx weren t you at church Sundax lllgllto lVIa1tz I was at church Prof Zerbe You werent at the College Church I dldn t see you on the left sxde where you ue supposed to Slt Marta No I w ent to bt James Church and sat on the left 1de Karnak If you would marry a Widow w1th two chlldren w hat would you have? Dos le I glve up Karnak A second hand l1zz1e and two runabouts Owen Klng Say Sh1elds how old are v0u'7 Shlelds Twenty Why? O Klng Goodness graclous I dldn t know one could get that ugly 1n twenty years Pa 12 1 . . C 5 - K I , L ' I Y K L 'L 1 1 1 . I . Y I 1 LI C L 1 L C c C L . . . l H . 7 I c , sr I c , - , ' , , an C n fu. 'W I ' I 1 ' C C . Y . . . . I H . c . , - H u . ra ' 1 , 9 ' Y A ' Q, l za' 9, 9 - y - 9 , - . c I , , . d ,Y 1 . l V 1 7 K Y v ' 7 1 L L- ' L L v L 9 . If C 1 . , N For her darllng Charles sake. A Q . 4 v C 1 W I V9 C L ' cc , , n 1 '- . v f -v v . 1 - ' . v y v V Y ' n 9 , U C U 1 L c ' I ' I . u v , . , Y 1. v 4 1 w . L C L L n r I v ' I' N 1. : . , . I c b . 0 , ' v l . v ' Y 7 ' . , . . C C o L L. V . n I V . , I, V . ' I Y . , . J I . 1 0 . , v . . , I , .. jll' Q

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Nonsense It xx as a summer day 1n winter and the sun was shlnlng snow when the good seamen Hasenfuss Hunger Ream Leach Hutchison set sa1l wlth Columbus ln 1492 on the Good Shlp Rock and Rye and on the other shlps xx hlch made up the squadron They set 9311 across the mlserable 11X er whlch at that tlme was called the Atlantlc Ocean As they left the people stood on the shole under thelr ramcoats and umbrellas ln the scorchlng sun cheerlng these brave men who set out for a definlte polnt but who dld not know where they were golng I went along as the prlvate secretary for Doctor Flchtner who was a very rlch man and who had a very extenslve tradlng bus1 ness wlth the natlves of South Amerlca He recelved a great demand for Afrlcan golf balls and sold qulte a few Fords We salled along for days and nlghts and weeks and ln fact for WQHIS The weather was wonderful The sun was shmmg brlghtlx and It ralned all the tlme The waxes rolled hlgh and smooth and tossed the shlp about nolselessly as the wlnd blew us Many notable people were on thls trlp There was hls thele was llenrx P Smlth a noted eng1nee1 who d1d all the plumblng wo1k 1n the Woolwolth blllldlllg there was Allen Ixershnel who was so brlght people had to look at h1m thru smoked gl xss the1e was Moses Studholm who lead the Israelltes out of Egypt mto the Promlsed Land and othels too numelous to mentlon It xx as mldnlght on the ocean not a stleet car was ln Qlght when out walked a drunken S31l01 on the deck and addressed the full moon thus You needn t take on and look so proud Guess you re full only once a month and I m full exely nlght On the same ex enlng Captaln Crlder walked mto the ballroom He was about to dance w1th a fastldlous lady who suggested that he put on his gloves before proceedmg to dance Whereupon Capt Cr1de1 replled bruflly Never mlnd me Ill wash up when Im thru danclng It was m1d day and the I'1QlI'lg sun was settlng 1n the west the llttle fishes 1n the trees were cuddled ln thelr nest whlle Colum I 10 Y . y. . . , V 9 Y ! l 7 , . 7 . . 7 , D , . Y L . . y V . 7 . . y . . . . . , Y 1 a 7 Y n D. L l l . v . . . F 7 . on. - 1 ' T ' . 1 Majesty, Owen H. King, the president of the African Republic: -1 v - uv I D , l 1, . . v 1 . v 1 . . S y .' zssg ' fr . , . ' L , 4. 1 V S . . v L 1 Y . K. Y ' 1 I , sn 7 . , . . r , 9 , , ' ar , . 3 ' ,, ' , H ' 9. 7 ' 3 Y ' ' 77 V v . Y . . Y . I K . Y . . .

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In iallroad station on way to Gettysburg Kainak to ticket Agent Can I take this t1a1n to Gettysbu1g Agent No it belongs to the P D R Co I diem the line on kissing She S'llCl in accents fine lie xx as A tootbeill play 81 And so he hit the line I put this queetlon hopelessly To ex erv one I knevs What X ould xou do if sou vseie m To pioxe that you vsele xou'7 Fichtner Doctoi s bills Oh my fathei IS a doctoi eo I can be 1ll fO1 nothing Kellai My fathei IS a puson eo I can be good fO1 nothing -X B ikel IS the h ippiest min on euth Exelythlng he stus p ins up xx ell -Xll he lxneids IS hle He has p entx of dough and chap and does things up blovsn He IS usuallx vs ell b1e'1d and sometimes 61 high iollei Ile mixes xsell Besldee he is pious and cheertullx ices his fax ois foi eweig body The bake1 1s the Ollglfldl wise man ot the Yeast Theie was 1 xoung man named Simon Swd Who kiesed fx glll on the eye 15 d Sfud Qhe to the lad Xoui aim is xeu bid You should pl lttlte 1 bit Q0 he dvd D1 Iluber 1n Cicero Yes the Romqne vseie superstitious about mirrlage and everything Pairy Ewen now some people are superstitious You can find some people xx ho are dfiaid to get mallled on Friday be cause they think it will mean bad luck D1 Huber Well It 15 a dangeious thing to get ma1r1ed any dav in the week I I I I : , ' . . . . . I V . . K. , fc I . x u v w 4 I I V 1 9 ' T 1, 7 ly' 1 ' Y 1 ' 9 ' ' 7 V ' 7 ' ' . .1 ' , . '. . . . . . .. , A . , , . 2 1 C z'. . . V V . . ' . ' 1 . s I 1 I I L . A I n n Q x I .1 his stock is rising. lle certainly takes the cake. He's a stirring 1 I , ' 5 I ni ' v . .ni A1 V7 v 1 K. y I 4 I 7 I 1 - 1 v aw 1 v 1 V 1 .1 ,. ' ' J z j K , vtxxw C . 4 v - Y S c . .V , 1 Y 'LY C 3 ' . 'z ' z ' V. t , . '. f ' ' : . ' f ' . : ' s C . . I a o v 7 1 A D ' I 1. I , . .L Q . Q .