KINDERGARTEN! [followed by 38 lines of text]
NP: np, nd. Broadside, 49 x 33 cm., on buff paper, printed in various sizes and styles of type, including the title in large boldface letters. Old fold lines, a small separation or two along a fold, else a very nice example. The "author" declares he has "become fully aware of the deficiences of our class, [and] I, the undersigned, brightest boy in the school, have formed a Kindergarten to help along the weaker children in their lessons. Parents having any doubt of the superiority of this school over like institutions are requested to make inquiry of the following. (For the character of the boys mentioned below, apply to the Faculty.)" Signed in type by John (the) Babtiste.
"Babtiste" then proceeds to list the boys by their nicknames, explaining the strange character of each. For example: "Cry-Baby Avery, the nephew of his uncle, who don't use a horse because his uncle helps him," or "Ferguson. He don't smoke but he does drink beer," or "Imaculate Laird. Our much-beloved and highly-interesting dunce. Everything he does has a green tinge. Look out, ladies, he is a masher!" or "Corbett Sullivan Taylor. A bad rascal from the west. Cheese it, cully, de cops," or "Economist Wood. Times is hard and paper is scarce, I can't spare you a sheet." A humorous broadside presumably published on a school press. Item #63064
Price: $250.00