Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17

you uo'' ge' II Wien the 0oys 60 out.
Giles don't stand straight" cries out
some -natured boy at the foot of the class.
Poor Giles had advanced in front of the line
in order 10 avoid crispIrg. 1, was an ex-
celEnt rule of the school, that each one
should keep the place he took a, first.
"Ges stand back in your place." says
The inf xble magster. There is no alter.
native, he must toast till the last lazy boy
has blundercd through.
The time to take seats at length arrives,
and on their way Giles falls in The rear and
adds 10 the momentum Of his neghbou, by
the application of his foot, s weight being
increased by horse points innunerable.
"Giles' been kickIn' me.'
"Ha'n't been kickin' him Mother"
VINO saw Giles kick Ben %
The p rites were about equally divided
in popularity, and amid the cries of''l did"
and didn':," the poor pedagogue found it
d fficull to discover the truth. At lergh,
all was rsconcil d and made plain by tho
tes mony ofone who cries out. "Mastcr, |
ser all how il was. Ben just kicked hun.
self, and then tried 10 lay it TO Giles" This
lexplanaiion SEEMED satisfactory 10 all par.
ries; tt1cy taughed -heaftity and were LEFT
with an admonilon TO behave themselves.
There is less incident in the reading Of
the second and third classes, the first class
"icnding to writen' in the mean time
Scribbe, srribblc it goes, with occasional
shou;s of "mend my pm" ':John's jog.
Cling" &c. In about half an hour one
makes Il discovery, and cries, "Haster, my
INKS (roze," and away he goes to the fire 10
thaw it. Pleased with the warmth and con.
spicuousness Of his station, he, with great
composure, suffers his INK to boil anoher
half hour. Not daring to delay longer for
fear oflhe frown of his masel, who has by
this time completed the cop es of he day,
and'regins to look around he guards his face
from the flaming embrrs with one hand, and
| seizes with the ohcr the inkstand, which IS
now at a temperature equal TO boiling wa'er.
"Gaul darnhe inkstaEd," is the involun.
tary exclamation ofthe Younger writer.
"What is that you said7"
81 said Us how the inkstand is hot.
tina, is uu what you said-comc here,
! give me your hand :" crack, crack, crack
goes the terul'., "rhere that vas for swear.
ing:" Crack. crack, crack again, "lhat
was for y ing /; 60 to your seat"
! After this exploit there is silence for near.
ly half IN hour. AT length some urch'n
breaks the mono'ony by a dexierous dIa.
charge of bulie, OF soaked and chcwes
paper, which takes effect on the nose of one
of the opposite side of the house. This is
signal to recommrnce operations. The
I whispering becomes louder the comp laints
of ''crowdin'' tlIckcn; ull al last an open
explosion, it should Sc. m, is prevented BY
,nly. "boys M ~ 60 oui, bursting from the
/ lips of the mas er. Books are closed, Ink.
stlns over,urn d. toes trodden upon, cur.
no, loud bu deep, uttered; at last, there
is s.lrnre in the house and peace for the mas.
Ter; for girls, for llr mosl part, as every
pedagogue will ycsify. are peaceable. qui.
el race. By and by the boys must come in,
and tien there IS a glorious inc Of crowd
ny round the fire. AT l"ngth here is-a De.
gree OF quiet ill some long. uecked fellow 10
curious to know how j, looks up chimney,
aud wnie taking the POSITION necessary 10
d. t"rmtne tat important fact, his neighbour
gsv"s h,m TIL that brings the line OF gravi.
y wilhoul the base, and to avoid falling on
! the now quiet einbers. n. Se'Zrs on the coat
of is neighbour. yisen 'darp you. let go,"
and a rk N the opposite direction, restores
him 10 his pernend'cular',y, aud at the ex.
panse Of iIe coat
"JIm's been iear,n' my coat"
"Mastcr, he tore it himself. just took
hold on HIM and he tpiched and tore it,"
Take your seats, all Of you" thunders
the magister.
"WeIl, the Urls 10, and all seated, again
The process Of instruction recommences. In
the first case, the course was from the eldest
even un:o the least, now the beginning is
with he least, and SO working upwards to
the greatest, spelling only being substituted
for reading in the first and second classes.
The younges, fodder comes 10 read:
"What is that" No answer.
It's A--say A."
"A--y," says the toddler, looking at the
four points Of the compass, and so on 10 the
end of,he al lphabet.
The remaining exercises are in consider.
able more order, for when the command,
"First class take your places to SPELL" is
uttered, the master is seated, or sanding in
full view, and there is no opportunity for
repetition of!he exploits of the morning.
By and by, The joyful sentence schools is.
missed" is heard, and then perfect happi-
ness is felt if there is any such thing on
earth. Now, as | said before, | grieve at
the extinction ofthose schools, for it will be
seen that they were The very nurseries OF
ihappiness. 1t was there acquired my ir.
resisuble propensity to laugh al every thing