Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-07-06

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The hopeful Noses, the worst big in
school Prejudiciol remarks. rot to be
heeded-IHe jack Growers are slight
ed-7he Tom Bosses are enried- The
Bill SOkeses may be trained to better
acags.
Esq. NJ, the committee man of Bucks
town village, felt anxious to have
good school, not only for the benefit of
the rising generation but for his own rep
utation as man worthy to be trusted
with the responsibilities of employing
teacher. In order to secure this, he
thought it best to forewarn meas
was stranger in the district-of certain
hard customers that / would have to deal
with, and hint the proper mode of deal
ing with them. Accordingly, as we were
seated around the cheerful fireplace on
Saturday evening, he began conversation
thus: You never have taught school
before, have you?" "No," ! replied,
This is my first trial, but mean to do
the best / can, and hope that shall not
make perfect failure" Well, / have
no doubt you will do pretty well; our
school is not, on the whole, very hard
one to manage, and we think it is the
best in town; but then, there will be
three or four boys, who are pest to the
district, and you will need to look after
them pretty closely, and it wouldn't be
strange at all if you bad to lick them the
first day. There's Jack Grover, great
stout greenhorn, who never liked his
books and is always making ludicrous
blunders; his father wants him to learn
to be somebody, and to send him to
school, but he might just as well keep
him at home, for he never can be any,
thing, and / think teacher does wrong
to the other brighter scholars to devote
to him much time. IF you can make him
sit still and not disturb others that is all
you had better try to do. Let him know
in the first place, that you mean to be de-
cided with him, and that you will give
him good licking if he don't mind his
own business, and 1 guess you will get
along. There's Tom Boss, proud con-
ceited puppy, his father thinks he's smart,
and his mother thinks he's the brightest
boy in the district, but he ought not to be
INDUCED at all, and he should be put
down where he belongs, He is always
picking fuss with nv Moses, who, il /
do say it, is one of the best boys in school.
l think you had better tell him not to
feel so big, and that he doesn't know as
much as he thinks he does the best way
to manage him is to tarn him a cold
shoulder, and if you can get chance TO
lick him for idleness or subborness OF
something else, do it SOatndly and think
he will learn his place. Hen Sleeper is
another boy that you win have to watch !;
he is up TO all sorts of mischief, putting
bent-up pins on the seat, throwing paper
balls, &c; a good licking, pretty often,
wont hurt him, and may do him good"
r. Now you are too bad, father, to talk so
about Henry" interrupted Mrs. NJ.
6 he is bright good fellow, Moses says,
and is not any more rogueish than other
boys; he likes little fun once in a while,
and so does Moses, and ] don't want
Noses licked" " WE'LL" continued ESQ.
NJ. perhaps l ought not to have
spoken so; do you like Hen, Moses e.
g Yes | d." says the hopeful Moses, Il
think he is tip-topest fellow, and mean
to sit with him." "Oh, well, | thought
you didn't like him, / guess Mr.. K, you
wont have any trouble with Hen Sleeper,
Moses will keep him pretty straight. -
But Bill Stokes is hard customer, his
father is poor shiftless dog, AMI Bill
aint much better; he has been turned out
of school two or three times and / guess
will have to be this winter" So the
Esq. went on filling my mind with preju-
dicies against certain pupils of the school,
and seeking TO awaken favorable impress
sions of others. His god wife said but
little, except when she thought her hope
full Moses was involved, and then she
would screen him and impress it on my
mind that whoever else was licked, "
Moses must not be. From talking about
these they went into general description
of their neighbors, and retailed scandal
till / was perfectly disguised. At length
| expressed the desire to retire and did
so with the last remark of Mrs. NJ, ring
ing in my ears, "0f course, Mr.. K, as
you are going to board around, you will
find out all these families, but you must
not let any of them know what we have
told you"