schules

Updated: May 26, 2025

'Noo, I'll confess, said the Scotchman, 'that the municipal elections hae an interest for me far aboon thae ithers. The council in my township can tax me for roads, an' bridges, an' schules: that's what I call a personal and practical concern. Sae I made nae manner of objection to bein' one of the five councillors mysel'; and they talk of electin' you too, Maister Robert.

Elizabeth Hely Walshe - Cedar Creek: From the Shanty to the Settlement