Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-06-27
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From tile DeIaware Gazette.
THE SCHOOL TEACHER.
BY MRS. Il. STONE,


The school in the Lowville district
was engaged, and Jane Woods was about
to enter upon the new, and, to her,
dreaded duties of teacher. The i'm
portant fact was duly announced by the
committee, and caused as much COM
ment as il lit were an unusua Occurrence, !,
instead of a semi annual affair.
Mrs. Wilkins had % tea party a few
days previous to the commencement of
school, where the school ma am, her fam :
| lily, her merits and faults, her "edica-
tlon.'' aud government, We're fully dis
cussed.
I've heard say them Woodses is a
PROUD set," said Mrs. Jones, drawing
her thread through the cloth with such
vehemence that it broke. ''How pro-
vokin'; broke my thread right in the
middle Of buttenhols.'
Like as not, said Mrs. Wilkins, who
always. assen.ed to every opinion adj
vaneed. sI used to know her mother;
she always carried her head pretty
high
81 don't think she'll do much" re-
sumed. Mrs. Jones; .''she never KEEP
school sfore, So ''taint likely sell keep
much order. -.
| Mrs wilkins children were engaged
in making play -heuse, and as it was a
holiday, they thought the incest place
was under the .sbest room" window, and
like all listeners, they were careful to
keep still while the visitors were talk
ing. ~
Of course none Of the defiance which
was visible in the faces of some of the
largest scholars was owing to those re-
marks. Miss Woods was thorough
scholar, and summoned all her energies
ito the task, but it was a discouraging
Estimation, and the days dragged slowly
away, cheered by no loving look or kind
word.
Mr.. Jones rather favored the teacher,
but his wife ruled the family, SO his in
fuence was lost .tOur. Becky seems to
take to her books this summer; / guess
Miss Woods is a pretty good teacher.
Mrs. Jones had s'made up her mind
long before that, and was too obstinate
to yield her opinion. ayes, may be-
here's your pie, Jim-may be she is, but
new brooms alters sweeps clean, you
know" Jim thought he had seen the
upper end of the broom used to some
purpose.
'sKeep order if you keep nothing
lelse, was the Injunction of one of the
committee. Bad boys at home are APT
to be good at school. Certainly it was
her fault if she could not make fine
scholars out of those unmannerly chill.
1dren, many of whom were sent TO gel
them out of the way; and, if such little
Jones did fall into the mud and splash
their clothes, OF fall down the steps and
bump their noses, it was the teachers
fault-of course it was.
aYour boys stayed at my barn yes
terday till ten o'clock, said neighbol
to Mr.. Brown, who was one Of the com
lmittee. g 81
/ "I'm afeard she can't do much 4witi
the big boys" said the profound Mr.
Brown, picking his teeth with his knife
and drying the blade upon the knee Of
his pants; "eits good wages and ortel
keep good school-two dollars week
and boarded, and that's NOR n girls git:
for workin' round, and no work to d.
at all. !" e 49,
| It was a precious pity that Mis-
, Woods did not see that the little Brown
did not get to- school in due season
) She was boarding at a place which wa
half a mile in au opposite direction
and certainly itwas not 1nly duty IL
) he present herself at the house by nin'
Z o'clock, bat to have all the pupils ther'
!, also. 1t was very encouraging to hay'
one scholar absent one day. nother two
others week at a time, and to hnt
when they returned that they had no
; only forgotten the last lessons, bat ais
had lost what little interest the teacbe
t had awakened. ',Yoa are late thi
, time, Mary" said Miss Woods, to
large girl, who came hurridly in, witt
! painting breath. and crimson faeei VIA