Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-11-29
Doings in our school House.

Doings i'm our school House.
Under this head, we find in The N Y Spir.
IL some humorous "reminiscences by Nix, Of
Gowanus, from which We extract the follow
ing spicy paragraphs
First class of vagabones, riser y Numbered
our schoolmaster. Well, the sagabo mes rose.
Now answer every question correctly, or I'll
break every bore in your bodies,' was the next
pronunclamen,o of the old autocrat OF our red
school house
John Brown, what do you understand by
acoustics 2
why, stick to drive cows with | spose'
Get out. you young vagabone did | not
jus, see you reading abou, the science Of soundp
Guess not-that was about Sylvester Sound,
the Somnamhulisl.'
1t was, Ell! Sarah, you are Johns young
er sister? I?
eth ihir'
What is acoustics
] know Thrift ilh. it i,h the art Of making
Moth. and hearing noilh.'
You are right-expain it,
Yeth lhr. If you stick your finger into
your mouth, and then pull it out ,huddeny, the
cold air ruheih into The vakkum and produlheih
thound ,ha, strike,h on the ,ympan of the ear,
which makeh the lhound audible, and h called
The thience of couih,ixrh' ..s.
You are quite right, Sarah. John, can you
now tell me what is meant by acoustics Be
careful, sir; or you'll feel my stick
Yes, sir. A cow sticks your finger in her
mouth kicks over the tin pan, which sounds
awful. and is called the science of cows
kick
Well John-you do credit to you teacher.
You may take your books and Iun home. Will
ly Chase, what is The currency of the United
States
Cash and money
What are lis denominations .-.
Coppers, bogus, and Bunglown cents. PEN
nies, fps, pics, four-pence, ha'penys, levys,
ninepences, Spanish quarters, pisareens and
shinplaslers.'
Thai will do. Jones, what is the standard
weight Of the U. s.
Scale weight, and wal, a lule longer
Samuel, how many Kingdoms are there in the
material world =
Four
Three, only three
-Four, think, sir
Well, name them-what are they 2
Mineral kingdom, animal kingdom, vege,a.
bic kingdom, and kingdom come
Now, how many kinds Of motion are there?
-Four
No, only two; voluntary and involuntary
| Simon says there's four
'Wha. does Simon say they are 2
Point, point up, point down, and wigwag.'
you rascal I've mind to wigwag your
jacket Hadn't you better describe the motion
of my sick?
| can sir
And its effect!
Yes, sir Up stroke, and down stroke-she
up stroke, regular and easyi the down stroke,
spasmodicaly electrlfying, and its effects sIr-
| klngly ndescribable.'
/ You understand that, | see.
/ George Smith, do you recolIeet the story Of
David and GoIiah 2 -.~r
Yes, sir-David was tavern keeper, and
Goliah was an Incorporate man.
Who told you that?
Nobody | read il, and it said lha, David
fixed a sling for Goliah, and Goliah go, slowed
with it,
Wasn't Goah giant, strong man
Yes, he was giant, bu, he had a weak
head
How so ?
why to ge, so easily slewed.'
Yes. George; lha, was undoubtedly owing
TO the strength of the sling. WASN'T David a
musician 2 .-.
Yes, sir-he played psalms on The harp a
favorte instrument with The Jews, and at the
presen, day il is called Jewsharp. | have
one in my pockel-here 1t is. Place it in your
mouth, ,hus-brealhe on the tongue gently then
strike with your finger, this way-and the
psalms, in harmonious corncob, fructify on the
ear as natural as thunder
That's sufficien,--yoa can pocket your
harp
Jane, what is time 2
Something that flies. any how
How do you make that ou. 7
Why, tempus fugIl.'
What's that ?
Latin il means that time flies, and how
can time if il flies, be anything else than some
thing that flies 7
Excellent. What is the meaning Of resqni-
esca. in pace z
Rest quiet cats in peace
Wel Jane, at Latin you are perfectly au
fait--which translated means perfectly awful
il is great phrase. from the classics. and ap-
pIicable TO this class particularly. Now lake
off your jackets, and will give rewards of
merit Those who ge, more than they merit.
can keen The overplus "a token of my special