Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-06-15

Holds up aeih announcing meet chap
ter.
l am not an old school teacher. i
have not " hoary head Of wisdom )"
and cannot claim that 81 have moulded
the character of thousands of pupils, who
now fll stations Of usefulness in all parts
of the globe,-a great family of whom /
am the head" These three negative
facts would seem TO render it positively
prcsumptuous in me, to start series of
papers with the above heading, and /
confess that, in my "night Visions" /
have seen the ghost of venerable pater
frowning upon me for an attempt to
write thus, before, in regular course, l
arrive at venerable age and complete the
usual routine of venerable fathers. But,
in my day wakings," friend Earle came
to me insisting that as l have kept school,
and can therefore tell something of ex-
periences, and have been familiar with
the labors Of others, and can therefore
tell something of observations, ought
not to hide my candle under bushel be-
cause it is not Kerosene lamp, nor bury
my talent in a napkin because / have
not four others. He kindly offers the
Standard as a medium of communication
and says that "all unseen" ] may speak
through the paper. Though a nun
dane spirit have concluded 10 accedt
to Earle's request, only hoping that my
manifestations" may not be any more
puerile than some that are purportet
TO come from "'tother world"
1t will be my aim to throw out directly
and indirectly, hints which may be usefu
TO parents, teachers and pupils in secu
! ring good schools. Sometimes l shall
narrate experiences" leaving it to m,
t readers to draw the differences. Some
times l shall give myself up to philo
J sophie reflections and practical exhorta
tons, while my experiences lay behind
t l shall not only record successes bu
S failures, for the latter are quite as usefu
= as the former, as quaint clergyma
] once remarked, "we may make til
o devil, mot the printers devil. but oil
0 Apollyon himself) guide to Heaven b
y just taking the opposite course" In th
: outset, disclaim any intention of a
tempting display of profundity or ACT
men, for two very good reasons,-th
r. one, that the attempt would doubles
: only tend to make myself ridiculous, ii
II other, that have neither time nor incl
e nation to devote to this purpose.
to How long time this series of pape
IN will continue is slightly undetermined,
he for, from the necessities of my vocatio
a l can only give hasty sketches, whic
sr may, sometimes consist OF "yarn lor
es spun out" at other times, of condenst
re details with practical observations, just
is the fit is at the time of writing. But
ct can promise my readers that the pape
" will not be interminable. When frier
at Earle cries on: Enough, enough"
OF the "Man on horseback" approaches,
Eli get tired of writing or my readers tir
e. of reading, at some one or more of the
a periods these papers will doubtless t.
o. inmate.
d. Having sufficiently introduced mys'
&c and papers l will hold up for this tin
r. with the announcement that my ne
IT. chapter will record the trials of my Fl
ay examination for appreciation, togeth
nd with some observations on the prop
IN mode of conducting such examinations.
OF KARLMARo.