PART III--MUSICAL

BY

JOHN G. ELLENBECKER

MARYSVILLE, KANSAS

H. M. & L. R. BRODRICK, PRINTERS MARYSVILLE, KANSAS 1922

Copyrighted, 1922, by JOHN G. ELLENBECKER Marysville, Kansas

Dedication

This little volume is respectfully inscribed to the schools of Marshall County, Kansas--its patrons, teachers and pupils--in humble acknowledgment of the great good these schools have done for our citizenship and our government.

Preface

This poem was not written to bring fame, nor to waft a fortune; for, fame and fortune are but small incidents when compared with the higher things in life. It was composed more for pleasure--the pleasure of meditating on, and the commemorating of, the splendid people who were among the many fine early settlers of this state; and likewise to impart this joy to the readers who may peruse this little story of pioneer days.

Then the old “Spelling Down”--once so common in schools and so brilliant for its academic value, and keen social enjoyment--should be rescued from oblivion; yea even revived.

If the sending forth of these simple stanzas should bear any fruit, may some of these be the happy harvest.

--The Author.

Sylvan Heights, Marysville, Kansas Dec. 24, 1921.

THE OLD TIME SPELLING SCHOOL