A facetious but clever correspondent, desiring to show that Lansingburgh owns the majority of Troy’s industries, sends the following account of a school examination in the ‘Burg:
Teacher—First female class in geographical location please take the front bench.
Ethel Estelle McLaughlin, where is the Troy pumping station located? In Lansingburgh. Correct.
Maud Granger Smith, where are the Troy carriage works located? In Lansingburgh. Correct.
Birdie Grace McGinty, where is the Troy Yacht club house located? In Lansingburgh. Correct.
Nelly Camp Simpson, where are the Troy knitting mills located? In Lansingburgh. Correct.
Florence Daisy O’Gallaghan, where are the Troy valve works located? In Lansingburgh. Correct.
Annie Rooney, stand up please. Turn your toes out; there, that is better. Now Annie, your name has never been mentioned in connection with blank-verse, poetry or music, and the whole world is before you and your answer to this question may influence your whole career, so be guarded.
Annie, Rooney, where is Troy located? In Lansingburgh. Correct.
First female class in geographical location will take a recess for one half hour. “And the band played Annie Rooney.”—Albany Press and Knickerbocker.
Lansingburgh Courier. October 16, 1890: 3 col 4.