April 16, 1869: The Union Flag regaled its readers with a funny story. âA little fellow had a dirty face and his teacher told him to go and wash it. He went out and stayed for a few minutes, and then came back with the lower half of his countenance tolerably clean and the upper half wet and dirty. âJohnny,â said the teacher, âwhy did you not wash your face?â âI did wash it,â said Johnny. âWhy did you not wipe it, then all over?â âI did wipe it as high as my shirt tail would reach,â was Johnnyâs conclusive reply.â