The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-01-17


ratified on. with as much assurance as mar
!! could have, and in . lone Of self esteem, a
| head OF anything ever suspected from bis
looks. AYou see they have got The all fired
est pgly SCI Of boys over here in sPerdishun
Holler, ye ever hesra tell on WhyT-lhsy
1 licked the schswlmaster an lugged i'm aou.
Of the schewl'ouse every winter for six win,
ters, By sime:ky, | was mad, Sez !, jes let
me Keep iliat schewL",g ].
/ Ths kommitty hesrn Tell on me, an, they
sent for me at wonst. They 'zamined me,
an guv me sartifetkase rite OFF. An,Icom-
menced the schesi. Sum Of the big boys
1 commenced wonst OF twist to kick up row,
but apple sarse an greens! didn't wofup
'em. You never seed such schewl as
! twas. The folks said as haow there hadn't
been such schewl thar for forty years!
Tie "schewlmasier' waited few mo.
ments 10 see If would express any aslonish.
ment, but as did not he went on.
"pseemed 'at some of the folks down here
in Pordunx hev hean tell haowI succeeded,
I and they've sent for me 10 kun an Try my
l
| i remembered now TO haveheard. The agent
Of the school in the district which vas gems
J erally known as Paukunk, say that belhsd
sent to try and hirera q teacherw who kept q
school in b, the previous winierr and
suppose this mus, be The one. His fame
bad oply. reached our Town connected with a
lhrashing exploit, in which he had foored
some half dozen big boys. ~.
| "As was sayin,' squire, thar's no need
of your 'zaniin IN me. Here's the sartifer-
kale. pa5s-aal e Ii '9'sd as''Te r lsa4' Ai-
Aud as he thus spoke he handed me a soil
ed and crumbled paper, which ! found.to be
indeed q bona6de, certificate, and signed BY
Two of the school COMMITTEES, OF B------. d
@oy course you'll give us a rskomendssbun.
/ "Tbelieve'T must examine you "a lille,
frst,' SAID; for had a curiosity toTsee how
much the fellow really knew. y q aaasas 90
@"Wal, ov course YOU ken. But raaly,
squire, Idono but may be little miterusty.
Hain' bru shed dup any latelyl But rayther
reckon yeou'l find me some. Haow'i you
take ine2 What comes first
hHSuppose wetry abit OF Geography ftst,, =
said I. =
.'Wal,n he uttered, not quite so confident
ly as before. "Go ahead. But mind, Squire
LAS said afore, I may need little brush
ing g%ha, VI !. III. capita, Of ,si. Stat. p asked
first. Z grtsysW ss . - ~ r. te z
9Pori--!- Let's see--ya-as--PorIland.n
"No, no." said /. "Por,land used to be,
but Augusta is now the capital"
oval, naow didn't know that. I.'s been
changed sense studied iosraphy. Howsom-
ever, go ahead"
"Whal is the capital of Massachusetts
"Wal," he replied, slowly and solemnly,
at the same time counting his fingers, as tho
the solution wete to be arrived al malhemat-
icaliy, "naow, let me sec, that's clean way
daown sumwhar by The oshun. never was
thar, but Joe Popwhack, as we used to call
'im--he was thar BY thunder, squire, Joe'd
be rather as,onished eff he knew I was a
keepin schewl, wouldn't he. Ye see joe
Marlin, bis name is, but we cali him Pop
| whack cause he used to use that word. Bui
Joe dom know much, but, howsomever 60
ahead 'squire.p e'3 $40 ~ ~
"WelI,p returned, feeling that he would
net epliehten me on Geography, 'supposs
we Try English grammar" l.,
"Thaps yer sort. Yssee never took much
pains with iography, cause the master al.
lers has book, an' he can tell ies, whar all
Them places Is. But yeou'lI find me TO hum
in 'rithmeiick, naow tell ys. I've devoted
them ofmy time 10 fggers, for up in aouI
|, parts they want their boys 10 cypher."
"Bu. first," said /, holding in the laugh
tha, was trying to burst out, "lsll me wha
grammar is.n
"Saniu," he responded, with an energy
Y that led me to look for more understanding
of the matter than | had expected, "grainma
. is The study wo,s got naouns-a,l a,l'-vefbs
an'--au' sich sorts ov things in it, Yer see
han't quite forgot il yet"
e@"No, see not Can you tell me wha. q
/ noun is?, = .e4.4f ~ ~ E} :st1as.F
/, '.Wal, Pm afeard yeoure got me thar
/ But then you see, it's all in the book, an !
. ken tell when the schooIafs reci,s right. Bu
= yeou'Il fiad me TO hum iu rthmstck.n
u f"Ysry' vel, p said |, suppose we ity ill.,
In piece Of aiand ten rods lopg and foul
4 rods wide, how many square rods are there
4 Mr. Spfiggs, for so call h,m,, commenced
!, 10 count his fpgefs senerge,ically,ssa .
- "Wsl, !" he at length uttered slowly and
' thoughifplly, slen rod long an four .desp.--
/. fbess we'd better Try that BY squa.e rewt
= hadn't we isquire?u ~. +, IN
3 sAny Way 4 you PLEASE, ,"I replied, turning