The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-02-11


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40 - go peUteseA Gifls IN the village, called in
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vill eepsoocn1 &. A1mlny Cntterr, and Arvilly
1roou1e. shonla feel and expreo an intesssE In
De eoodlea1dag sssangef, and that, when their
lastessng eoos1sa werc repeated In The hearing
Of shelr Indigenous adnissss, among whom wert
come u ~ Ga s'bOySp u de school, Il should
mot ~ 70 the a1iAble DISPOSITION Of the turbu-
lsns yeaGh a aFf
xonday caMo, and tie new scheOlmAster Vas
n hla chair 6 lie upper end Of the school house.
on ~ raissa platform. The rustics looked q
his handsome face, thouShtful peaceful, pleasant,
cheeffdl, but sharply cut round the lips and
p-oudly lighted about the eyes, The r3ngleadei
Of ths mischiefmakerA, the young butcher, look
cd It him ssesdily, whenever Re GOT chance to
study him unobecrved; f0F the truth was he felt
uncomfortable whenever he found the large, dark
eyes axed on his own little, sharp, deepest, gray
oaea Bat he found means 70 study him prett..
well-61st, his f.cc, then hin neck and shouldeis
the Get Of his arms, the narrowing 1t the Dins,
the make Of his legs, aud the way be moved. L..
short, he examined MIN - he would have exaM-
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would cut up, II he could only have gone ~
him and felt Of his muscles, he would have been
entirely satisfied He was nut very wise youth,
but he did know well enough that, though big
arms and legs are very good things, there is s0ut
thing besides sire that Coca to make a man; and
he mad heard stories Of &ghting-man called
s'The Spider" from his attennated proportions,
who was vet terrible hitter in the ring, and had
whipped many big-limbed fellow in and out Of
the reped arena. 1.a9
Nothing could be smoother than the way which
everything went on for the first day or two. the
new master was 90 kind and courteous. ne seem
Cd to eake. everything in such natural, easy
way. that there was no chance 70 pick quarrel
with him. He in the meantime thought It best
to watch tine boys and Young men for DAY or TWO
with % little show Of authority ne possible.
was easy enough to see that be would have occa
sion for 1t before long
The school house was grim, old, red, one
story building, perched on a bare rock At the toi
OF ahiii-partiy because this was very consplc
uOus ate for the temple OF learning, and partt.
because land IL cheap where there is no chane
even Tor rye or buckwheat and the very shee]
find nothing TO nibble. About the little pore
were carved initials and dates at various heights
from the stature Of nine to that Of eighteen. In
side were old Imprinted desks-unpainted, blu
Drowned with the amber OF human contact-ant
hacked by iunumerable jack II was Ion
be con)ectured BY the various traces left upo
them, wherever idle hands or sleepy heads cou!'
reach them. A curious appearance was noticabl
on various higher parts OF the wall, namely,
wart-like eruption, as one would be tempted u
call il, being in reality crop OF the soft missile
before mentioned, which adhering in cOnsidera
BILE numbers, and hardening after the usual fish
ion o. paper mache, formed at last permanen
ornAmenss Of the edi6ce. i1f
Toe young masters Quick eye soon noticed tina
Q peculiar mart Of the wall was most favored wit
these ornamental appeudages. Their position
pointed eufsciently clearly 70 the part of tn
loom thew came from In fact. there va
a nest Of Young mutineers inst there. which mus
be broken nm 6y a eo,p d. etoe Tnis was exsl
effected by redlssributine the seats and ARRANGING
the scholars according to classes. SO that mis-
chievous chareed full Of rebellions uncomfortable
should and hi,nself between two nun-coductors
in tine shspe of two snal boys Of stud,ous habits
1t waa managed quietly enough in such a plaas
BILE sort Of way that its motives were not though
Of But its eff.cts were soon felt: and then be
gan system of correspondence by signs, and tn
THROWING Of little scravls done up in pellets. an
announced by preliminary aVa'mG to ell tn
attention Of the distant youth addressed. Som
of these were incerdiary documents deyoting tn
schoolnaster to the lower diyiuities. a. q -
stuck up dandy" asa purse-proud aristo
craft e. a. siaht too biz for his, etc. an,
holding him ND in . variety Of equally forcibl
phases to the indignation of the youthful comsnu
nifty Of School District No. 1. Pigwaeket Centre
Presently the dranQhtsman Of the school set ,
caricaturc in circulstion. labelled, to proven
mistakes. with the schoolmasser,s name. An inn
mense bell-crowned hat. and long. pointed
swallow.tsiled coat, showed that the artist has
in his mind the conventional dandy, as shown i,
prints Of thi.ty or forty years ago, rather cha,
the actual human aspect OF tn. time. But it wa
passed round among the bows and made its laugh
helping Of course to undermine tn. masters ~
thority, q Punch or the Chnrisari takes til,
dignity out Of . an obnoxious minister. On
NOR ..ing, on going to the s,hool-room, Master
Langdon found IN enlarged copy Of this sketch