Below is given the list of forty subjects, and also the answers. From the latter you will know what objects to collect and place upon the table. It is better not to arrange them in exact order.
The House the Colonel Lived in Corn Cob without the Corn
Cause of the American Revolution Tacks on a Letter T
A Drive Through the Wood Block of Wood with Nail Driven Through
The Four Seasons Mustard, Vinegar, Salt and Pepper
Assorted Liquors Whip, Switch and Slipper
Nothing But Leaves Block of Blank Writing Paper
3. Cape Cod fruit and impudence Cranberry Sauce
4. A river in Italy, an Irish woman's beverage, and "the five little pigs that went to market" Potatoes
8. An Indian's wife and an interjection of silence Squash
12. A crowd of people in a small place Jam
15. A receptacle for fluids and a letter Candy
16. A crow's call and a doctor's payment Coffee
"_The Red Schoolhouse will open for the fall term on September fifteenth. As a goodly number of pupils is desired, all receiving this are urged to search the highways and byways for others who may wish to attend. School will begin promptly at eight. As there will be a recess, all pupils should bring their dinners._
The coming of school-days, usually so much dreaded by young folks, was hailed with much delight by recipients of the above notice. On the appointed evening not only were there present the members of the society, but each one, heeding the injunction regarding the highways and byways, brought with him a friend. As the teacher had also found an extra pupil, there were just twenty-four in the party. The boys wore knee-trousers and the girls short skirts and pinafores, with their hair hanging down their backs in long braids or curls. All brought with them their dinners, packed in tin pails, in imitation of their country cousins.
The schoolhouse was a large new barn, the schoolroom being up-stairs in the hay-loft. Here were arranged two rows of benches, one for the girls and one for the boys; blackboards hung on the walls, and there was a plain wooden table in front for the teacher's desk. Standing behind this, the schoolmaster, birch rod in hand, and looking very wise in a pair of huge spectacles, received his pupils and registered their names in a large book before him. Among those enrolled were Alvira Sophronia Simmons, Malvina Jane Leggett, Serena Ann Wilkins, Patience Charity Gray, Nathan Bartholomew Brown, Ichabod Thompson and Abijah Larkins.