Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-12-18

altes OF delinquency and disorder. and clos
ed by introducing Mr.. Daboll as our new
teacher He then gave the school into bis
charge, and the two trustees withdrew.
"Mr Dabol was pleasant-looking man.
and seemed to be at home almost from the
first He listened to all that was said
looked very sober duriug the lecture, and
seemed to feel quite easy when it was done
Then politely bowing the trustees out of
the school, he waited q little to see that
they were well out of the way, and return
ed to the desk
BoysP said he in kind and familiar
tone of voice.
1t was the FIRST word he had said to us.
Every eye was fixed on him in a moment.
Every ear was quick to catch really
friendly sound from the teacher A pin
could be heard dropping on the floor.
'BoysP said he i am glad to see you all
looking so well, and in such excellent order
and attention. am to be your teacher for
a time, and hope we shall be good friends
and find the school a pleasant place. Your
friend Mr.. Wiseman has given you some
good advice. and as it is kind of rare oc-
cusion to have a new teacher come in, and
the time is already pretty well along, |
think we may as well have q little talk to-
gether before we begin work It's right
to work, boys. Everything around us works
in some way or other. The bees at the
flowers are storing up their golden honey
for winter. The bill aRts are at work at
the school.door. The birds are doing the
will of the Creator in making music over
our heads in the trees The sunbeam is
silently drawing vupors from the earth and
the rivers, to form clouds to bring the rain
which makes the earth itself labor in bring
ing forth grass, and flowers, and fruit trees
for our happiness and enjoyment 1t is
right TO work, boys, and hope you and |
will all do our work wel'
You can easily imagine that our eyes
| opened wide, and that we could hardly be-
| leve our ears, to hear such an address fro
our new teacher. He had taken the citadel
at the start. The boys all said that they
had never before felt to any teacher as they
did to Mr.. Daboll when he spoke to them
in that way. But to go on
Now, boys said he L shall read some
thing to YOU and taking a book out of
his pocket he opened it and commenced
reading a very interesting story, which on
ly added new wonder and admiration on
the part of the boys. After he had read
two or three pages, and had secured our
close attention, he stopped shert and said,
BY the way, boys, there are two or three
things ought to say to you, and | will
stop and say them now
i have all idea that a school should be
made pleasant and happy for children, and
| am going to do all that can to make il
so for you. want you to feel that am
your friend Not only that, but l want
you to feel that am your older brother,
and that | have lived longer than you, have
learned more, and that l can teach you
something that will be useful to you all
your lives.
Whenever you have anything difficult
that you do not understand come to me, 4
l will help you out of it. Do not try tc
get round your lessons with them halflearn.
ed, and make show of knowing them, but
come up and honestly tell me you are in
difficulty | shall gladly help you, and we
will see whether it is hard thing to learn
or not
Then, again, want you to help each
other. We live in the world with people
around us to do good to one another. 1t
makes life pleasant to make others happy
| find it So There are some who think
they can get along best by living for them
selves. But it is "a mistake. When they
die no one misses them, on account of any
good or kind actions they have done. They
might as well be thorn bush on Il rocky
hillside, as to live without doing good to
others. But said Mr. Daboll, L suppose
you would rather hear the story
He read several pages further, and then
stopped, and said:
There are or three other things want
to say to You, boys, before l forget them
spoke Just now about honesty IN your
conduct to me. But | want you to be hon
est in your conduct to each other. Hon
eSty and virtue can be exhibited in your
sports and plays as well as in your dealings
Avoid all unkiHd and ungenerons tricks,
that will annoy playmate, Be careful not
to break this rule in anythingj for you dc
break it whenever you do TO Others what
you would not like to have them do to you
Avoid angry words and improper Ian
guage. If possible, | do not want to heal
an unkiud word spoken while | am in thi
school The Bible says, "He that ruIetl
his spirit is greater than he that taketh ,
city" If you want to be true heroes, try
hard to rule your temper aud your tongue
for little words often lead to great and Sc
rious results
In this way, said my friend, Mr.. Dabol
confined with his story, occasionally stopp
ing to make a remark of his own, or to tel
us Of thing or two he wanted us to re
member. After while he looked at hi
) watch, and said that it was noon, he wonlC
dismiss the school, and we would go t
work ia the afternoon. Noon, indeed!-
,, Twelve o'clock already That could no
bel The time had passed so happily, anf
the boys had Leen so much interested, tina
the hours passed by unLeeded, aud all wer
surprised when Mr.. Daboll told us th
time"
And You had q rsry disorderly schoC
D with such a teacherr ! asked
I 1T put new life into us all, said m
e friend. The advanced scholars actual
i. jumped ahead in their lessons The du
fellows woke up and surprised everybod
0 with their progress; aud Thea, myself be
NamNaN