Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-03-16
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In the Atlantic Monthly hr February i,
to be found a truthful description Of ono OF
the large INLAND village school. with it,
sixty inmates. among whom are six oreish'
Of each s-x who are nearly or quito men
ani women grown. and posses on the part
q! the boys that uncoali disposition 10 b.
dr,lrI,rly. noisy. and obstinate. which, IL
not uuquisfsi ~ the supsror capacity
Of the teacher, render, tho ,chool worse
than worthless.
Tais school ls located at pigwacset Con.
ter. ami there had been good deal of,rou.
he with teachers, Ihs Gr., one, Master
wc,k' had learning enough, bu, he was
rbysically timil and weak. ), when be
attempted 10 i,s A5u,r Briggs, Jr., agrelt
huukins. uila,nous fellow who bad a erca,
reputation a. rough ani tumble fighter.
he got logged aud driven oul Vi the house.
The mex, teacher kept two week', suffered
numhsrlr., insults, aud finding be- bal lost
seven pound. Of G,sh abdloatcd. The third
man hired wa'Mr. Bernard l.angdon whose
experience 10 we'll told in the columns OF
the Atlantic :--
The advent Of Master Lluslon 20 Pig.
vackei Center created much more lively
sensation than hal attended that Of either
Of hr- predecessors. Looks - a good way'
thcworld over, and though there we're several
good.lookins people IN the place. and Ma
,or Bash wa- what the natives Of tho town
called q - hand.ome man, tha, u, big,
"a, and rcd, yet the 'isht Ola really sle-
CANT young fellow. with the natural air
which grow. up with carefully bred youn:
persons, was novelty. The Brahmn
bood which came f.. ON his grandfather -
well ~ from III, mother, aud the frugal board
Of hi. ancestry. with bis own habits Of stu
dy. hal told upon hi. c,lnr, which Wa
.ubdued ,o something more Of delicacy than
one would care to sec in young fellow
viii rough work before him. This, hovey.
cr. made Tim look more interesting, or, Us
the young ladies at MaJJr Bu'h's said,
&" interesting"
when SIR. Bernard showed himself at
meeting. ON ihe iir.i Sunday after hi. lrri'
wi. It may be supposed thata good many
eve. were turned upon the young school
master. There va. sometLiu: heroic in
hi. coming forward :, readily TO take a
place which called tor strong hand, and a
prompt. steady will to guide it. In fact,
his position was that of a military chief
tain On tLe eve Of battle. Everybody
knew everything IN Pigwlcsct Confer and
It was an UNDERSTOOD thing that tue young
rebel. meant to pat down the new master
II they could. II vas natural that the
two prei,lost girls in the village, called In
the local dialect. a. nearly 10 our limited
alphabet will represent IL, Aiminy Gutter,
and Ar,illy Braownc. should feel aud oI'
press an interest in the good.lookinS siran'
ger, and that, when their la,,erins com.
men,s were repeated in the hearing OF their
indigenous admirers, among whom were
some OF tho older " boys oi the school. u
should no, add to the a,nisbls disposition Of
the turbulent youth.
Monday came. aud tho new schoolmaster
wa. in his chair at tie upper end OF the
school.house, raised platform. The rus
tics looked at hi. handsome face, thought
fol, pleasant. cheerful. but sharply co,
round the lips and proudly lighted about
the eyes. Tho rinslsader OF the mischief
makers. the young butcher, who has ba'
fore figured in this narrative. looked at hiIn
.,calthily, whenever he 60; chanes ia
study him uaohsgrsed; for the truth was
hs fslt uncomfortable when be found the
large. dark eyes fixed on hi. little. sharp,
deep.se,, gray ones. b, he found means
to study hia pretty well-iir.t hi. face,
then his neck aud shoulders. the set Of his
arms, the narrowing at the loins, tie make
Of his leg., and the way he moved. Ia
short. he examined him Us he would have