The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-03-11
Gdnratipual department.
EDITED BY
PROF. JABEZ BROOKS.
1fUW TOW WAS MANAGED.

Tom is trial. Tom at school gets throug
the geography by boring hole through tn
middle. That is his royal road to learn
ing. or rather past it. He holds the small
Ier boys up by the heels and stands thcr
on their heads. He mel,s up all the ink
stands into bullets. lie curses and saw
; the minister on Sunday talks in that way
lie plays ;ruaat, gets into trouble, and
when he can, lies his way out. WhcI
the teacher tries to correct him he kick.
her and bites her alternately. This is Ton
at school. He lounges, the streets, insult
passengers, and goes down and stones .th'
schoolhouse windows, This is Tom il
vacation, lie takes other boys on pleasure
excursions, such as stealing pears, apples
and melons, This is Tom on 4 farm.
The other day Toms father calico
upon the school committee, looking
much like an injured and prosecuted
man. Mark this: If boy lies every
day worse than Ananias and Sapprira
especially if it is about the school, his
mother will believe every word of it.
And if his mother believes it, o1
course his father will. So in comes
Mr.. Skinner, the injured father:
My son has been turned out Of
school, sir
'For what.?'
Nothing in >hc world but missing Il
word.
:lndecd! How do you ascertain.
h. .
'IIc gays so, and all the other child
r,.n say so.
All the other children were two O,
three smaller ones, who had to bt
Toms echoes under penalty Of stand
ing inverted.
Now, Mr.. Skinner, I know lit,l,
Of Toms ant"cedcnt probability.
was in the school two days ago, and
he di'an', spell but one word right, and
that one he guessed at. uc won'
, stn'lE, and he s'l l"m answers 4 qucS
TIC n rightly, except by accident
why, sir, he says he's got through
| most Of lis books
yes, sir, he gets through his books
AS y worm gets through an apple, OF
! a rat gets through = meal lchvst. II,
digs through with his jack k-knit;'.'
well, ant unreasonable. I'm
willing Tom should be punished bu,
his mother don't want him turned
ont Of school. We want him to have
Il good vdica,ion. The teacher car
whip him If it is necessary
You seem to think, sir, It must be
- great privilege to whip your boy
Ii strikes me that that is asking a good
deal OF ayouny lady, and that Sucl
little jobs as those you ought to dc
yourself. Parents are bound to SEN.
their children to the school.room il,
such condition that they will nci,he,
kick nor bite and if they neglect
this duty they ought 10 forfeit thci,
privileges
Mr.. Skinner went home with new
views. But for TOMS sake did no
let the matter rest there. l gave :
Prescrlp,i"n which / thought suitce
cxactIy to Toms case, and which
have never known to fail; and as i
works with boys Of the Tom Skinnc
stripe as charmngly as Rarey's doe
with wild horses, Il.vcit for :he bcnc
:, L, o. all are ITS and school committee
thus:
Take Tom out of school fur on
= week, don. leave him any leisur
wherein 10 torment the cat, or ston
the neighhor's hens; take him out il,
10 the field, make him work at yon
side from morning till evening, s.
that he will be sure to SLEEP O nights
never strike him or whip him; wor'
him seven days in succession, At tn
en'l Of which time you may reason
bly, expect all the bad spirits has
worked out Of him, \, the rate of on
devil per day. Then le, him, 60 bac
TO the school, anI if TIE evil ,oSsc
sion comes again, repeat the excrcis
till II is ctfec.ual AMI complete
= Tom Is now un.lcr TIL. resi.nent.-
1t works beautifully, and I arm ,.er<u
: sded We shall have new and be,..
iedition both Of Tom a, school and ,