The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-01-14

,I;,ln', mean TO-" and that Wi, true and that
wye. wouldn't 10 az any more. aud that WIS
:, IT,. however unintrntiona!: for We never
t,i.,r! to do Just 50 a.aiu. and that about oh'e
al hour all day lon".
Besides this. our principal! business was to
shake and silver at the beginning OF school
,;,r very cod: and 10 sweat and stew for the
r.,, o. tn, tin b fore the icryd chances o! 4
.-r,.,. box IRON stove rc'!-h"t. There WIS
o,,. treat event o. horror and two OF pleasure.
the. first wa, the art of goinJ +, S'hoo'. COM
rr,.h.p.!inr the Iravin. spell before the mas
,,.rrom.. the nut-trv there he Is: the mas
e., :, corninc." the hurry hury rush. and the
rni.v ,Iattcriur ~ our seats. The other tw"
events of pleasure. were the v'ay.>prl! and
,L,. ,I;.m;s.inn. Oh dear. can there De any
,h;uy wor,,. for lively. muscular. nr'il!ul'
4, tive little bow than nonr To Il winter DIS
,.:., >,hool? Yes. Coin. to Il simmer DIS
tr;ri 81 COL, There is no comparison. The
one i the Mil;onic depth, below the deepest
I,rth.
\ woman kept The school, sharp. precise
u,.-vmpat!r,ic. keen and untirn".-c a!
inr,,i,n> wav> of frr'tin. little boy. d"nb,
les. her WAYS were. III. most expert. H"t ;
tree to shelter thu. hou>t. the sun beat dowr
on the shingles and c!aphoar'i> till the pin,
hno's sled ri,r!,v tears and III" ar w;:> rcd
client of hot pine wood smell. Tie benches
wcrc slabs with icr, in them. The desks
were slabs set at an an-c, cut hacked. scratch
c.I: each wears edition Of Jack knit. litcra-
.urc ovcrlavinr its predecessor. until it then
wore cuttings an! carvings two or three inch
"a deep. Bu, If ire cut morsci. or stuck in
pins. or pincIcd OFF si'Iintcrs. the l:t!c sharp
,.y,, mistress Was on hand. and one look of her
..v. wa worse than silver III orr foot. and
o-.r r,:p Of her .in.r; was equal 10 i .jah Of
pin: for ". hal trir! both.
We cn,;,,l t." IL; tl;,:-r,crrv fellows:
!orn,rr about. tasting that apple skin. pat
t;utaw,v At tn T. rruih Of hrrai: now on
III, window t!i.n in ~ ,n on vour nose. on
,,,.i.-h!c~~ c!."-a. Of 70 the very school
,,,.,ns lir.: ln:.ir- l:"r >,ar. and then Ir:-
TN. g real rn:nl and round buzz. UP.
.Io,,n. IT, wlv. thu; WY. and every way
,.x.,.,t ti,,. 'r,;.. r.. windows were so iIh
Tint W" ,.o,li.l not Sc III" "Tr><v meadows:
I';. ~. .i..o. InI:,i,.,-- Live ,kv There few
,i;,. r,.,;...: the. vent thu blue hir'l- ana
'.,.:.. went we We followed tint o'd Fo,v-
,Io;t. t';e s,inh bl;.yh-i,irl and heard him
H.. ri. the way they tailr'lat the WHY linr
NJ o' .l tower of Babel We thanked cvr-
" m..low-!iFk ;ha: s:inr on. rcIoicinr a Ii
Few. Nov ant then '.chipI,in. bird" would
n.-er on the very window sill. turn is It'll"
~. ,idr-wisc. and peer in on The medley Of
,nve .-.t. riris Lon, before We knrw !; wa
Il the : rirt7irr. we s,Ghc!: ''Ch that VIZ
+ >. tn. ' its.-.s ri a i.irli-xc wouiI iv a.
y;v. an; u. o,;t of tiiS hateful school. y
'nr learning. the sum o. al ;i:,t VIC eva GOT
NJ ,istri-. school. wou,d not cover ti,c first
'rn letters cf The alphabet Ore ~ool
kind. STORYTELLING. Biblc-rchear>inS aunt at
horne. with apples and ginger bread premiums
= worth al the school ma'am's that ever STOOL
y to see poor little fellows roast in those boy
: ms called district schools.
n,,t this was ,hrtv-five years ago.--Douht-
-. i, !. all changed long since them
70 u.e.n inside for certainly there are but
-. s..I,col houses that we have seen in New
:.n.,and. whose outside was much change!
;.t.rc i . ,..auti;,l house in Salisbury. Conn
~. II me c,i-c 81 the woods. 1t is WORTH
!. ~. SALE, to- see how school-hou>c orG''
81 ir,.. *. generally tire 'arrcncst spot !,
,'..s,.., he most utterly homc.y building i:
.rc..tci without tree or shrub: and thcr
.'.o., liza: can't do better. pass their pilgrim
ACE Of childhood c,lnrai:on there.
We are prciulicc,i of course. Oar view
anil feelings are not 20 I've trusted. They ar
good ior nothiny except to show what an in
.'r"nc" our school days left upon us. W
,:,'.rr the Thought of a school. We do nc
a.. ;.,.o them if We can avoid it, Our loy
hc.i cxpcren"" has ncrvad"d our mcnor
Wit, sal, :na.scs. rs breed a rcpucnancc
district :"i,oa!>. un,il we lav aside cvcrvthin
i'll the grave. We al" sincerely glad! that
i. no. witt, rvervho'lv. There arc tlo'
saul, who revert will: .,"asurc to those day
We ar. cla,! Off !,ut We lao, O., euch wit
as:nni>.mc;t.