Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-09-26


them.
With Luke Weston l was sorely perplexed.
He did not net his lessons well at all. When
he came to compound fractions he could do
nothing with them. Left to himself, with his
own time and method, he could worry the sums
out but he was behndhand in the recitations,
and always blundered upon the blackboard. In
grammar he was also remiss, though not so bad
as in arithmetic. When he came to parsing he
got along much better than | could have an
! ticipnted, since he had been so clumsy in COM
hitting the rules and exercises of Lindley Muir
ry to memory. In nnalyzing language, and
comprehending the powers Of words, and in
understanding the author, he betrayed Keen
ness of PERCEPTION for which did not give him
credit | remember once the class were parsing
passage in Milton. a relative pronoun came
to Luke, and he parsed it. ! corrected him in
matter of its relation. told him it related to
different person from the one he had named.
He read the sentence over again and objected
to my idea, maintaining that he was right; and
he was proceeding to show me wherein was in
error, when | interrupted him and made him
stand out on the floor an hour for his disobedi-
ence of my instruction. That night, when
alone in my room, read the passage over, and
at length became convinced that Luke had been
right. But would not own it to him. No,
no--that would have lowered me in my own
esteem. Yet | resolved to be more careful in
the future how | corrected him in his parsipg
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urea 3au enough 10 40 the PuHzuhS sums anu
TO spei' the long Worus' out ne couII not 40 It,
= 'oiu h'h 1t was an NONSENSE; ne eou'u uo
1t IL he h"u hilhu 10, Ile ulu ho' NY llo
was more iona OF pla! than oi study In snort
talked very severely to nm, and assured him
that 1t he ana not have h's lessons perfectly on
the following day, l should punish HIM. lie
went away with his head bowed and, thought
In sulky mood.
Inc toilowing day came, ana WIN IL came
the first class IN arithmetic: James Shule could
do every sum- Luke Weston had not done
half OF them WhGn the class came up TO
the definitions promptly. but Luke could not
remember them.
SO told Luke Weston must punish him
and stood HIM out upon the hoor, ana mace
a great iools cap ana put Il upon MS head' ana
there he stood until the school was done. lie
dld not cry, nor dhu ne looA particularly asham-
ed but he compressed his lips and looked very
ugly. Al an events, so thought at the ume'
| When relieved nm OF MS tools cap, at lhe
close OF the scnooi tolu MN hopeu ne "ouio
get his lessons better the mex time. lie made
me no reply out lett the room with qulck'
stern step ana went nome ",thouI stopping 10
Piaf WIN MS ni"'cS' VA ,ho iU"o"'nS ia!
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