Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-02-17
AUNT KEZIAH'S SCHOOL MASTER.

tones. bv KeZlah Williams, the "lle ana
master of Edward Williams. sadder in
Allenborouuh, commonly called aunt lie.
z;,b-,bat Is. the woman was SO called, -
Mr.. Williams commonly enjoved the hon
n,,hlo cancellation of aunt Kesidh'S man
Tho above sentence was addressed to long
legged, intelligent and benevolent looking
Yankee named Job Champ|n, who had
heen convrrsinr for some time with the
,fnreso d aunt Kczlah. His object was 10
mar TO tho wrath of The dame. whose child
bod Noon nunished bv the schoOmaster for
,he offence Of profanity.
.And do YOU believe, continued she
chm, sboll let TIA, college rascal whip
nv ch,lds No. I'll warran'-ii| see It
such things are allowed Ana 'or'hw''h
she procccdcd TO array herself IN h"r req
cloa and hood for an "hlnga'''v TOUT
WHY sad Mr. Champl'n, you whip your
child yourself. don't you:
.Wcli, wha, # do? :,
.You whipped him last n!ght-mlght ]
ask YOU what !or'
.Ii's none of Your business--lt was be-
cause he told me lie, It YOU must know
We'll. then, how do you know but hat
he has told You lie IN tins AFFAIR." You
had better be certain before you set the
town in blaze
i saw know he hasn't, and that's
enouoh. and III see who is going to be
master
We'll, well, it's no use arguing and so
we must lose the best schuonas'er we
have had in five years all Tor 'hat--"e
don't know what epthet he was ABOUT l."
bes,ow, for he suppressed 1t. with ms ma
bitual caution. Aunt kczIah bad IN the
mean time begun her travels. Inc wlnH
was high and her motion against 1t RAPID
for n time her cloak 'strcamed like me-
toor I'M, ere long The hooks and eyes gave
wav and it was waited into an adjoining
swamp. An exclamation was uttered,
such as Kezlah Only might utter, or rather
q maled,c,ion on the head OF the poor ped
acorue, as ihough he bad been IN league
with the power of the ar Ia her c'Ino
inv tho fence To recover the cloak. certain
orhor di.nrrDnuemonts were made ~ he
ua,drohs which rendered it unnecessary
far her further to nurse her wra'h-- II Wa
h,il,n, Of Itself. Thc cloak was a. length
recovered, and the nredinl adJn"'men's
made, aud again the movement was on
wards. She soon reached lhe abode 81
Mrs ShuIcS. whr va the m'i''f "i tour
white headed, dirty faced, bad tempered
vounr ones, who un'iufWiy attended mdil-
f,renrlv well the winter >ch""l, "utIl some
of the number suffered some penalty OF
the law, when they were Spontaneously
Withdrawn for the season. lhclr educn
lion remained in s'atn quo I'LL the com
,nencement of another school. One school,
master who repned for a number OF years.
retlino knowledge Of tbs TACT. u'en TO
h,r some one of them the first day OF thelr
appearance, and so gained radiance Tor
the season.
Well SAID aunt Kczjah. its fine times
vben our children are beat and banged
nbout nv every body tina, comes along.
1T beats all, | do say responded Mrs
Sh,,cs nm, hudv can't help themselves
in this country. Isay to my chl'dren every
year. do you 90 20 school ahH learn BOOKS
but Jus, as soon rs the master to"ches YOU
do YOU come home. suppose you can
keen your children al home AS well IA l.
.Keepinr them al home ant the thing.
I'm no, a going to lose my part OF The
school money by keeping NV children at
home. and in the way too. | say we ought
TO have master that wont whip.
THAT is what I'VE always SAID, but NJ
body would join NE
Wont your husband vote to turn the
master away
Yes, indeed he will, if other folks do
III see to that
well, I'm going round tn see what |
can do. I'll let these starched coIlegers
know that they are not to whip my boys
for nothing
What dld the boy do'
Nothing at all. They said he swore'
but he said he didn't, and I'll believe him
before all the rest Of the young ones that
the master has set against him.
so | guess | would SAID Mrs. Shu'es,
but adding after aunt Ks departure, Sa-
tan never had servant hat would lie and
swear worse than that brat of hers. Bnt !
let her turn the master away say
Aunt Keziah was connected IN some way
of blood or marriage with halt the families
in the town. This affinity Of families is
often found IN yankee land. This, together
with certain qualities Of character, gave
her a great influence in the town, and es.
pecaly in the district. In consequences,
in the course of the day she had raised
powerful party against master Leach, snf-
ficent, in her op,nlon. to effect his over
throw. In her movements she followed
merely the impulse of her feelings, with
out any regular plan; still the wisdom or
cunning with which she moved was such
as led more than one To suspect that Ger
tain parsonage, of much experience in
mischief making, was on this, as on other
occasions. her counsellor and guide
Having thus learned her strength, aunl
Kezlah resolved to show her courage and
crafty her vengeance oy boarding The lion
in his den. Accordingly on the next NOR
ming she set GU, for the school house, with
her honefnl son before her The classes