Smyrna times., 1854-08-16
Original 3rtitlts.
Written for tbs Smyrna Times.
VSIDE FLOW ERS.
No 3
No. 3.
BY PAUL PEMBERToS.

I" That dear. old school house, there among the hills
Where mise and l.lmult never yet were known
With gray old muss the roof was all oergrown,
And many a wins around the windows low,
In wild lGxuriamce wont 10 grow.
And voleis blue, and golden daI5dis
The joys and imaginary cares of school days
are all, all overpow, and memory is frcighted
with the many incidents connected herewith.
retrospect my school days with pleasure--in-
finite pleasure; though with the retrospection
como feelings Of sorrow-deep, abiding sorrow!
/ shall never forget the old frame school house,
where my young ideas were taught to shoot;
nor the prim dame, Martha Owen, with her
Quaker cap and Bobnet neckcrchief; nor Nep,
a tall boy, with green coat and bell buttons,
who was my formidable rival in that stupendous
branch of Mathematics-the multiplication
table! Nep and fought ducl-the result Of
an affirmation that | had committed the table
in less time than he. We recovered Of our
wounds rapidly, but were sworn enemies for
too dGys--at the end of which, we Z" made up
went skating together, and were ever alter
wards indissoluble friends. | remember the
huge weeping willows under whose foliage we
used to sit and manufacture .fuSilS dc 5oiS, and
bayonets, for our juvenile military parade and
the wigwam, down in the woods by pebbly
stream, where We were accustomed to con our
lessons at noon times. Who does not love tn
recur to similar scenes in his early history!
After had passed my twelfth year rerolu-
ton occurred among my apparel, in which
observed a liberal dfinsing of indehble ink
About the same time, new trunk arrived
having p. p. engraved on either end. was
in raptures at first, but soon began to fear these
were ominous preliminaries. Twas right--this
beautiful new affair and were to be Forwarded
by car and coach, to p Seminary. | hat
deyoured and digested Smiths Grammar
Browns Arithmetic and Jones' Geography, bu
Rhetoric, Logic, Elocution and Metaphysics
were yiands of which ! had never tasted, or
indeed, ever before heard. The novelty o
travel and new associations were administers
as stimulants to melancholy spirit, and lde
parted the paternal roof, showing symptoms 0
perfectly tranquil mind. a 'a.-
II was relaxation hour whenI arrived al th
institutions Of which ] was to be an inmate
nv baggage was conveyed into the main hall
from psrlor near which, i overheard surrnise
upon my initials. by party of the "sma
fry"
eThis must be the original Peter Piper,
said one - he who picked a peck of pickle
pePpers.
aNo, no." said second; "those iette
stand for Proverbial Philosophy. This is Ma
tin Tuppsr's son who is taking tour through Il
United States, and vending his fathers eel
bratod work to pay expenses"
Pshslw.' joined in third, " he is an It'll
Grant baker, and this is wherein he conveys Il
Plum Prldiings and Pumpkin Pies. I move '
carry to number IL, and commit piracy on
contents" fk s4t
.Ail absurdityr' added a fourth voice.
..Th;a arrival is Protestant 'Piscopalian, a
he wishes to inform US in the outset that
doesn't intend to associate with scceders
A roar Of laughter concluded TINS d'ase'
tion, and the wild, young Creatures wea'
from home and friends, went capering dow
shaded avenue toward the gymnasium III
little thought each lightly spoken word we we
needle pxioking in the heart Of . iell0w.Dei PEI
! found the society Of indifferent stranger X !
half of whom were devoted to study 'ai
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