The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-02-28
TIE soHooLMAsrER ABRoAD.-As a

ton than any other professloial mali.-
Secondly-after bringing an urchin thro'
a long course of alb, alb, primary reader,
Biography, grammar, etc., up to double
rule of three or complex fractions, he
stands fair chance OF being stalled by
the progressive principles Of his scholar.
In which case his services are respectfully
declined for the time being and to be.
And so on down to Thirteenthly and last
ly-the schoolmastcr occasionally gets
abroad Not on high, exactly-thouSh
that would be excusabIe after all the eros
ses and troubles he is subject to,-but on
high horse, by which conveyance he is
occasionally carried into water beyond his
depth Thus bringing much unmerited
reproach and sarcasm on the entire corps
oc EDUCATIONAL journeyman.
One story as regards this latter dilem-
ma however, is too juicy to be lost, SO we
embrace this opportunity to give it an
airing
Some time since, friend of OURS, who
is fond of examining into the various
modes By which the young idea is taught
to shoot, happened in q school-house in a
neighboring county. The learned peda-
gogue, wishing to show to advantage the
superior attaihments of his pupils-and,
perhaps, not being wholly destitute of
pride in his OWE accomplishmcnts-called
up to the floor the first class in spelling.
rhe tow-headed youngsters, abashcd at
the presence Of stranger, came forward
with avcrtcd faces and tocd the chalk-line.
Things went on swimmiugly enough
for time, and our friend was in raptures.
Now" said the pedagogue, ''spell and
give the derivation Of the word {,natic.'
,SnuR Jrchia-"L-u IN IA ia tic tic,
l.taatic"
Psdogaguc-"Right; now give the der
ivation"
J.rc1.i.;,-'SCarnt =
Pedagoga.e-"Nezt.' y
But the next could not give the deriva-
ton, nor the next nor the next, and the
question was unanswered when it had
gone the round of the class.
attention ~ thundered the somewhat
enragcd schoolmaster "hearken to the
derivation: Lima is Greek word sign-
flying ttght; tic is the Latin for J,g that
is to say, light or luminous bug hence,
a frefy i"
Oar friend rushed wildly from the door
and has never been heard of since.
An UNNATURAL MoTHER-A few
days since, as the mail train was going
east, a young woman with small babe in
her arms entered the cars at Tyrone
After the train left Huntingdon, 1t was
discovered that the woman had left the
cars, and that the babe was safely slowed
away in the ladies' saloon, to which the
attention OF the conductor was directed by
its cries. The conductor was, Of course,
nonplussed by the unexpected visitor
which had been placed in his charge. The
babe, a blooming healthy boy, about two
weeks old, was an object of great curiosity
among the passengers. Atlensth, gen
teel locking lady from Fottsyilie stepped
forward and proposed to take charge of
the little stranger. She stated, that not
being blessed with children, after mar
riage CT eight years, she would take it
home, surprise her husband, and bring
up the child as her own. The proposition
WAS gladly accepted by the confused CON
ductor, aud the lady took the little outcast
under her kind care and protection. Be
fore the boy was handed over, however,
he was regularly christeaed abraham
Lincoln Lee and by that name Will here
after be recognized We leave the reader
to imagine the surprise" Of the husband
Of the benevolent lady on the first intro
duction Of Abraham l.. into the bosom of
his family.
0 YES, o YES Take notice, all men,
that Clinton r. Jones continues to sell
his stock Of boots and shoes, hats and
caps, ready made clothing, etc., at reduced