BUCK'S GROVE SCHOOL
Sept. 2, 1895 - March 20, 1896
C. W. Montgomery, Teacher
Line Albin Ella Albin Henry Albin Kattie Bahrett Elsie Bahret Nannie Bahret Bertie Bottom Frank Bottom Rosa Clements Ina Clements Ivan Clements Clare Clements Lena Huffman Quim Huffman Bertha Kroth Effie Kroth Harlie Kroth Esther Kroth Laura Loughmiller May Loughmiller Clara Loughmiller Elsie Marts Maud Loughmiller Ethel Loughmiller Willie Loughmiller Katie Marts Florence Loughmiller Ross Loughmiller Effie Marts May Marts Charles Murry Scott Murry Ross Morford Arthur Morford Della Osborn Dora Osborn Mary Osborn Stella Peasley Matty Peasley Joe Peasley Ross Peasley Laura Senner Loyd Segrist Arthur Venneberg Willie Van Buskirk Anna Kottmann Clara Fuller Frank Lash Irene Lash Nellie Murry David Osborn Fred Osborn Rhoda Bottom Thomas Bottom Archie Kroth Rachel Albin
BE OF CHEER All sunny skies would be too bright
All morning hours mean too much light
All laughing days too gay a strain.
There must be clouds, and night and rain
And shut-in days to make us see
The beauty of life's tapestry.
"A century ago our forefathers moved westward in covered wagons. There were only a couple things in those wagons which differed markedly from what the Old Testament patriarchs possessed - the printed word and gunpowder."
THEY SAID THESE Quick as a wink Sour as a lemon Tight as a drum Wrinkled as a prune Blind as a bat Hard as a rock Sore as a boil Soft as a marshmallow Wise as a owl Slow as molasses in January Limp as a rag Clear as a bell Thin as a rail Bald as an eagle Higher than a kite Sharp as a tack Slippery as an eel Round as a butterball Busy as a bee Crooked as a dog's hind leg Fresh as a daisy Straight as a string Slick as a whistle Sober as a judge Mad as a hornet Cute as a kitten Brave as a lion Crazy as a bedbug Plump as a partridge Thick as fleas on a dog Straight as an arrow Sound as a dollar Quiet as a mouse Straight as a die Light as a feather Black as a crow Dry as a bone Brown as a berry Drunk as a lord Sweet as sugar Proud as a peacock Nimble as a cat Strong as an ox Knee high to a grasshopper Cross as a bear Fit to be tied Neat as a pin Dead as a doornail Dirty as a pig One foot in the grave Pretty as a picture Sweating like a nigger at election Sick as a horse Don't look a gift horse in the mouth Spry as a cricket Came in like a whirlwind in a cloud of dust Flat as a pancake For the love of Mike (Pete) Bright as a dollar Busy as a one-armed man with the itch Dead as a gnat Are you sitting pretty Sly as a fox Truth is stranger than fiction Fit as a fiddle Flying around like a chicken with its head out off Pale as a ghost Green as a gourd Tired as a dog Hopping around like a flea on a hot griddle Smart as a whip Crazy as a loon Black as the ace of spades Go to bed with the chickens Poor as a church mouse Old as the hills Busy as a screen door Jumping around like a cat on a tin roof Nervous as a cat Crazy as a loon Nutty as a fruit cake Ah, shucks, that ain't so Heavenly days For the sake of everything that's good Go jump in the lake Spring your stuff Be there in a whip stitch Don't know as much as Thompson's colt (D. Osborn) Got there in the stitch of time By the skin of your teeth The spittin image of his Pa Can do that at the drop of a hat Sold it for a song Eat us out of house and home Poorer that Job's turkey Sat spinning yarns (tall tales) Better late than never Things are in a hub-bub In this neck of the woods Don't get your tail over the dash board Barking up the wrong tree Never turned a tap A start is over half the way He always stayed until the last dog was hung Jack of all trades and master of none Out of kelter Throw a whing ding Like a bat out of birmingham Don't spare the horses At a snail's pace Mad as a wet hen More than you can shake your fist at Let sleeping dogs lie Quicker than you can say Jack Robison (scat) Stop beating around the bush "Twill never be noticed on a galloping horse There are more ways to kill a cat than to choke it on butter Went to see a man about a horse
THEN AND NOW
Use this reeceet for washin cloes:
Bild fire in back yard to het kettle of rain water
Set tubs so smoke won't blow in eyes if wind is pert
Shave one hole cake of lie sope in bilin water
Sort things make three piles, one white pile, one cullored pile, one pile werk briches and rags.
Stur flour in cold water to smooth then thin with bilin water
Rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard then bile; rub cullord but don't bile, just rench and starch.
Take white things out of kettle with broom stick handle then blew and starch
Spred tee towels on grass, hang rags on fense, poor rench water on flower
Scrub porch with hot sopy water, turn tubs upside down.
Go put on clean dress, smooth hair with side combs, brew cup of tee, set and rest a spell and count bleasins.
(Found in front of old cookbook in secondhand store.)
THINGS THEY DID NOT HAVE Lawn Mower Self-winding wrist watches Plastic artificial flowers Pure bred dog shows Permanent waves Thongs (one strap sandels) Soft drinks as Pepsi Cola Fly spray Root Beer Drive-ins Plant sprays Laundry-mats Florescent lights Commercial fertilizers Four lane highways Electronic "Brain" Machines Interstate highways Electric milker Automatic shifts for cars Electric fans Zippers Traverse curtain rods Contour sheets Teflon skillets (Plastic) Rubberized paint Hot dogs and hot dog buns Hair spray Black-top roads Merthiolate Hypodermics Band-aids Miracle Drugs Church weddings Anaesthetics Beauty parlors Frozen foods Traffic jams Cake mixes Shampoo Scotch tape Brown and serve rolls Juvenile delinquents Weekly allowances Talking and moving pictures Divorces Kodak color film Hybrid corn and other crops Alfalfa Chlorinated water Electric skillets Therapy Coffee breaks Bobby pins Cokes Runners in your hose Ready ground coffee Baby sitters Grocery shelves of low calorie foods Retired workers Natural gas Homes for the aged Low calorie diets Medical doctor specialists Water Hydrants Compact cars Income taxes Side delivery rakes Age of retirement Tubeless tires Parking meters Sport shirts Blue jeans Pinking sheers Bermuda grass Milo Natural gas Butane gas A.A.A. R.E.A. W.P.A.
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