Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-03-21
quay. and hold out to them the bribe Of roast.

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ed potato, to induce them to come to school.
When the weather permitted he caused them
to take turns in sitting on the threshold Of his
front-door, and on little form on the outside,
for the benefit of fresh air. His modes Of tui.
tion were chiefly Of his own devsing. With.
out having ever heard of Pes,slozzi, necessity
led him into the interrogatory system. He
taught the children TO read from hand-bills and
such remains of old school books as he could
procure. States and pencils were the only i'm.
pements for writing, yet creGitsble degree Of
skill wss acquired; and in cyphering, the Rule
of Three and Practice were performed with
accuracy. With the very young especially, his
manner was particularly pleasant and iacctious.
He would ask them the names Of different parts
Of their body, make them spell the words, and
tell their uses. Taking child's hand, he would
say. what is this' Spell it, Then slapping
it, he would say, What do do! Spell that
So with the ear, and the act of pulling it; and
in like manner with other thinga lie found
it necessary to adopt a more strict discipline
as they grew bigger, and might have become
'u''o'en' ou' nc ,nva''ao'y pressed 'ne a''acn'
meht ofall. In this way some hundreds OF per.
sons have been indebted to him for all the school.
Jug '"ey nave ever ha'' wnicn has enabled ma
ny " "''' use'u' a"a c'eol'ao'e s'a''ons III i"e'
""o '''is"' o'"e'~'Se' owing 10 inc temptations
tendant on poverty and ignorance, have become
burdens m eorietv or eweltpd tho On landau oc
uau"' o.,. y" 'o''e''' " s"ei'su ''e 'a'e"''' u
W;u ,b. r.,a,, ,,a;, IL. e., ,.,, ,h;
ce,,en, ;,d;v;d,., noro, .,,h, an. ,n.
ton for these lobors. nor did bo cver ,ece,v.
auv. Ofno note or account. hi, weather. hoard.
ed tenement WINS like /, sta, rad;,,;nc ,;ch, ..
round !. h,, oe n. ,,,t +, - L., H.
SCARCELY o,,s, ,.d .oo.c;or. Tho .h;os ...,;
sc,,;on be fs,, w.. ,ha o.o,s;,,,, ,;.;, -.
manly so,d;s. ~ .,ao, ,. :. :. IN
membr.,ce rho ~o,,,d o.u - sh.,o h.,d. ..a
return ,b,nL. for what bo b,d d.no g, h;, = Ri.
infancy. Al ,;me. also be W.. encour,,;n,,v
noticed bx local ,n,ho,;,;.. h., ~. a;d ~,
hear ne .nv M. ,Loa ,o,,;,,onv ,c ,h.;. .,,oh.
tim Had he hoo, . ,o,o,., .,a ..,,...,a
orov;oce. he voula h.v. ho., h,,,,.. 49,.
nolv: beinu onIv N ,m,,su, .chooh,..,., md
4. reclaimer from vice Joh, y,. .,low.a - ,;.I
fill weight Of tho nrov.,h thu, v;,,us !. i. own
reward And ,hr. ohs.r,s,v Lnown n,;,.;,,,
" to hi, humble r,;chh,,. Ala mi. h.r.c,,
was he M, . he,o or IN. ,u,.., o,ao,, s,..a
,o,o md vor,he,, ax;,,o, - ..,s.
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more good to others. On the morning Of IN,
LIST of January, 1899. at the acc of scventv.two
years, when looking at the picture of his school.
which had been lately executed by Mr.. Sheaf.
he suddenly fell down and expired. His death
was felt severely. The abode of conten,ed and
peaceful frsgali,y became a, once scene ofde.
ISOLATION. He and his nephew had made provi.
sion on that day for what was to them luxuri.
Gus repast. On a little mantIepiece remained
uncooked mugtul of fresh sp,rts, on which
they were to have repaled themselves in bonor
ofthe new year The children were oyerwbeIm.
] ed with CONSERVATION and sorrow; some of
them came to the door next tlay. and cried be.
cause they could not be admitted and fo, 40.
veral succeeding DAYS, the Younger one, came
two or three together, looking about the room.
and not finding their friend, went away dscon.
solate. John Pound was, as he had wished.
called away, without bodily suffering from his
nseiul labora He is gone to await the reward
of Him who has said, .lnsomuch as We did it un.
TO The least OF these, ye did il unto me-
Gun AnApAo.-In Morocco. about the mid.
die Of November, tha. is, after the season, which
begins early in July. . cummy mice exudes