The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-10-17
COME ToaWARD AND BE WHIPPED

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? s & OGDoN, September o, 1856.
aJas.es Gatkries EsQ:n !9es e-esi .as
Dean SIN @I Will tske me sitaatfsH yiO0a
offered me on the terms proposed. As you
know it will be my first ex periencc in a public
school; but vii do what can. 094
"Yours, truly. FRANK BLAGDEN."
The letter would have gone to the long home
of business epistles many months ago, but for
4 circumstance which occurred in the course
of the fourth week. An event having mo
wearing upon the letter as such, but upon the
engagement of which it Vas the elincher.
The school proved to be q turbulent ONT, =
The district formed part of q rough country
town in Western Pennsylvania, where the
Dutch bpphfatioh We're. being perpetuated in
genuine Dutch boys and girls of ali sizes.
AT first Mr. Blagden tried the milder meth
DDS. Carrying himsef with composure and
dignity, he oVer4coked eecES efense which it
was possible to ignore, substituting remon-
STRANGE for correction and trusting to his own
equanimity and the letter sense of his pupils,
to bring about gradual change in the temper
of his school.
: At the end Of the second week he became
conscious of rather brief SIMPLY of patience
The fact is the fullest reservoir will run dry
at length, under Bever-ending leakages.
aI think I viii have 10 take some of the
larger boys down notch or two before long. :"
This was said at the break fast table, a.
"You don't look much like doing it." said
the head of the family. r
t.Why not 2'
al should say you didn't weigh more'n a
hundrd an twenty to Bill Stokes huudr'd an
sixty" replied the statistical host.
Mr. Biagden expressed the opinion that
some things were better than weight
What" 80
~Why science aud stimulus"
"Science is good thing, allow; but as for
stimulus, the less you drink the better. Whis
KEY makes man think that he can whip all
creation; but be cannot do half fs much with
it as he can without it. Better let your stim-
ulus alone. ;"
"I mean the stimulus of determination
the stimulus a mans brains puts into his
muscles" ..s5.srs,r5sy
Mr. Corruthers shook his head dubiously.
ssDon't know anything about that; but you had
better look out for them big boys They are
desperate fellows ~
..Afterwards sIr c.. happened to look up,
noticed certain sonething in Blagdens eye
and about his eye that made him think that
he might have enderrated the prowess OF the
young master. The fact is Blagden had for
Fight in imagination- -s3 .zqH hga 'ss,1e. Z
< The third week we went BY without any de-
eided rupture. The midler methods were
falling in their effect upon certain portion of
The school. While the majority were catching
the spirit of self respect, were being made
better and self governing, few were left up
on whom these influences were quite power
less. They must be met with other Influences.
It was now the fourth week. In the mid
die of the forenoon, when the tap of the bell
had suggested the fi7t movement. of the first
class in practical arithmetic Bill Stokes sat
dogedly in his seat, looking up under his eye
brows with pair of eyes containing large
quantity of devil. a.ss...g ,ss.is.s ..i
Take your place in order, William
The master saw that this was the point of
coufict between himself and two o. three
rather desperate and powerful characters.
The unrniy boys began TO wink and nudge
each other. The girls turned pale. The
smaller scholars began 30 cry.
/ A wave of his hand seated the class which
had risen TO advance. 9.a. tsys' =.
a4Come forward, William, ~ "a - 4.-.. &
The stout fellow came out upon the floor. d
"Did you intend to disobey me"
Z "Yes ssSasssE sez418
l"Will you not be governed by the rules OF
the school ?" ------
nNot by darned sight" The other boys
laughed az this brilliant specimen of insclent
Wit. = "a 9 an ,z..l -,f,t y,a.H 10
teTbere 4 the door, Sir"
( t'No you don't. / am going to pound you
into q Jelly frst," and Bill Stokes turned up
Ais sleeFe es about his brawny wrists.n -. ~
: The young master remembered where he
was; and 50 turning to the big boys of the
school, he asked 80