Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-01-14

would not obey. Oliver was of great assist
ance to me- When | wished TO leave tho
room for short time, felt perfectly conf
dent Of order in leaving him in charge. He
studied hard, and ere long he became really
athirst for knowledge. He spent many even
ings with me, and they we're profitable To both.
! had kept the school three weeks. On the
Sabbath evening following the third Saturday,
as | sat with Mr.. Bonnoy and family, some
one knocked at the door. One Of the children
answered the summons, and returned, follow
ed by John Putney. He said he wanted to
speak to me. ! led the way to my ROOM
where good fire was burning.
bade the young man good evening, and
told him he had taken a stormy season for
walk.
eyes. sir he returned, in half-choking
tone. "it docs storm hard, very hard. But
sir, don't mind that, I'm used to it. want
ed to sec you, sir. IL
He stopped and gazed down upon the floor.
Don't be afraid to speak plainly, John, !
said. "for | assure you that you are speaking
to one who would be your friend under all
circums tanccs
II want to come to school .' burst Gom his
lips spasmodically.
81 thank you. john thank YOU cried,
extending my hand, which he took at once
"Since | came TO this place. nothing has oc-
CURED to afford me more pleasure than this.
Come tomorrow morning. and you will find
one Of the best schools in the country We
won't think of the past--we'll only try for
improvement in the future"
The stout, hard youth cried like a child.
Mr.. Bonney said, alt beat all.
"Why," said he, heres a school that's
been going to rack aud ruin for years, because
they couldn't find a master strong enough to
conquer the big boys, and now they're all
conquered without even so much as a blow.
And vet he added, after rejecting awhile,
"'taint the nature Of man to be very good un-
der blows, and / s'pose children have all the
feeling Of men. The lash may keep EN- un-
der while it's over EN- but it don't produce
an effort that you can depend upon.
THAT it, replied. The obedience pro-
duced by the lash is only obedience TO the
lash. 1t can never beget one iota Of respect
for the one who wields it, ] am not prepar-
ed to say that the lash is never, under any cir
cumstanccs. necessary, society is in such
terribly warped and unchristian state; but
there is one thing can say, will never keep
another school that cannot govern without
the rod. If there chances 70 be boy who
will not behave, then the school shall not sui-
fer by his presence. | will send him back TO
those whose duty it is to teach him the first
rudiments Of behavior.
People were astonished at the result of my
efforts The Committee were forced to re-
port. "the school kept in the district known
as 'Rawbone Hollow, to be "the best in
their town
So much for the Hard School
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RoMAvrsM IN THE UNITED SrATEs.-Ac-
cording to the Metropolitan Almanac for $50,
it appears that there are in the United States
provinces, As dioccscs, 2 yicarates, As bsh-
ops, 2l0s priests. and 1884 churches. In
l774 there were only i priests in the United
States. During the last thirty years the num-
Der OF dioceses has increased from / to 43 /;
the number Of bishops from 10 to As; the
number of priests from 232 to 2l0S the num-
Der of churches from 230 to 1884 The most
rapid growth has been in the Western State, ::
the diocese Of Milwaukee. for instance. having
lS9 churches, while Now York has but 81.
Philadelphia ljS, Boston So, New Orleans
70. The diocese of Cincinnati, organized at
comparatively recent date, compared with
that Of Baltimore, has 1913 churches, while
Baltimore has only 6S. The diocese of Buff
falo, organized only some ten years ago, has
one of the finest cathodrals on the continent
and 1902 churches. In the archbishopric of
st. Louis, containing the diocese of st. Louis,
Alton, Chicago Dubuque, Milwaukee, Nash
vile, Santa Fc. st. Paul and Kansas, there
are 500 churches, while in the archbishopric
ofNew York, comprzing New York. Albany,
Boston, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Burlington. Hart
ford, Newark, and Portland, there are but
SIC.
TRIAL or AFFECTION "A day OF two since
in Cincinnati, rather "hard case" took it
into his head to frighten his wife, and see if
she cared as much she ought to about
him He accordingly purchased some ar
senic and threw it away, but retained the
paper which contained it, on which was prin-
/ ted the word 'arsenc" After he got home.
he went to bed. previously placing the paper
on a stand beside him, so that it would not
| fail to meet the eye of his wife, who shortly
noticed it, and asked him rather coolly if he
had swallowed the arsenic. He made reply
that he had, and that he didn't suppose he
could live half an hour. The wife smelling
a rat, merely remarked that she didn't sup
pose he was such big fool as to kill himself
but she reckoned it couldn't be helped now
/ it was no use in her getting her feet wet in
going for a doctor. as she didn't suppose he
could do any good if he came.
/ The husband jumped from the bed in a
rage, and told her he had only made believe
he had taken poison, to try her affection for
him, and he was now perfectly convinced that
grief for his death would never kill her So
enraged was he that he struck her, and raised
such a disturbance that the neighbors came in
and had him arrested and the result was
that he was taken before Judge Pruden, and
sentenced to term of Imprisonment for com
mitting an assault and battery upon his WIFE
who simply declined going into "hysterics"
] in expectation of his sudden death
THE POETRY OF MILTON. - Among Mil
tons critics, perhaps Addison has gained the
greatest fame by his series of admirable pa
pers upon Paradise Lost in the Spectator
But we think the great poet never had a finer
appreciator than Walter Savage Landor, who,
in his celebrated Imaginary Conversations,
says; after | have been reading the Para
disc Lost | can take up no other poet with
satisfaction. ! seem to have left the music of
Handel for the music of the streets, or, at
best, for drums and flies. recur to it inces-