The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-11-18

BIZ THEODORE s. FAR.


:. Reformation is the order of the day; and
among the manifold modern Improvements,
Mr., Strap, the schoolmaster, had his. =. 1aes
81 INSTRUCT said Mr.. Strap, con an entire
new system. .'sNesi - Fef,3 - = es.5slssfe
You do 2 said old Mr.. Gosline.
Il do, said Mr.. Strap, ofaeularlJ. 500
Now do tell i said Mrs. Gosling. s1
Madam, said Mr.. Strap, the world is SIX
thousand years DID,
Law said Mrs. Gosling, admirinely.
tAnd it has all that time been wrong on
the subject Of the education of youth ID.
Mrs. Gosling opened her eyes and ears.--
She+kneM that Mr. Strap Ras one Of the Hisest
of men,, He saw she, liked to hear him talk,
Madam, children should never be whipped ,
sNop said Mrs. Gosling, interrogatively,
and with guilty look She had hagsllated
her little son, Jim. every day OF his life, oncc
at least, on an average If ever she emitted
one day, from absence, illness or any other ac-
cident, she made up the deficiency by fogging
him twice the day after. Jim was ten years
old Ten times three hundred and sixty Eve
make three thcrsand six hundred and 6fty.-
This seems pretty hard !; but solemnly be-
lieve the calculation to be within the truth.
I solemnly believe that James Gesling had
received the rod at least that number of times.
Mrs. Gosling generally made these infections
with her own hand; She looked, therefore,
rather confouuded at this opinion of Mr.. Strap,
who was her oracle, and ho, somehow or
other, she had imagined, by he name, had her
views on the subject. ~,
'Ghildren,' said Mr. Strap, should never be
whipped g a7sae%
Nor asked Mrs. Gosling.
Never said Mr. Strap.
sHow would you govern them, then !? ask
ed Mrs. 6, with simplicity.
Kindness, madam said Mr. Strap. Is
But when kindness won't answer Z
Reason madam rejoined Mr. Strap, with
a pajisterial wave of the hand.
S Reason may do well enough for some.', said
Mrr Gosling shaking her head doubtfully.
'It will for all, madam, if properly applied
We are created with reason We are not
brutes We are-we are-that is
Certainly said Mrs g. sai 80 ~ (
4 shall hereafter conduct my school ON an
entirely new system said Mr. Strap. Il shan't
have rod in in it. shall make my BOYS
love me-repect my kind intentions-bow to
my reason. and obey me for their own good
Whit do you charge year asked Mrs.
Goslng. f = s
Two hundred dollars; and each boy to
bring sivler spoon, two suits of clothes, and
two pairs Of Sheets said Mr. Strap. gasst
. sl've been thinking" said Mrs Gosling,
whether my son Jim is no. old enough to be
put under your care, ,,,5 - f,,s
What is his age,' asked Strap. sa5 bsss.i
Ten, last June, -. .s5fl=' s.l Is
Certainly said Strap, sI,ll take him with
pleasure - 50
4 must tell you frankly said Mrs Gosling
that have had trouble with him.
i'I'lltake him madam reiterated Strap. with
smile of self confidence 'I'Il takeshim.'
.He's boy of good parts said Mrs g, 'but
he's beyond ny management
i think z understand his case, madam, said
Strap, smiling again. aat7
And You never fiogP -
Never, madam. When shall he come p
when yoa please 9.s-s.. -
sSend him tomorrow I4 r..r.s +
q WILL said Mrs Cos ling.
sAnd come you and see him this day four
weeks
The next day after James Gosling. with two
suits Of clothes, silver spoon and two pair of
sheets, arrived at Mr. Straps boarding school
n the country, notsfar from the town where
be had hitherto resided He was little red
headed boy, with short, sanity hair. standing
straight out like shoe brush-e forehead half
IN inch high-a little pug nore-an enormous
noth--no eyebrows-ar d pair of small eyes
; hich looked green in the morning and red at
,ight- Four of his front teeth had been
shocked out fighting. He bit his nails half
way down, SO that you could not look at them
without setting your teeth on edgo, His hands
we're covered with warts, and he had a shrill,
cracked voice. Jim was said fellow and
,ne would think from the number of whip
pings he had received must have led but a sad
life of it, 1t tappeared, however, that he had
himself to his situation, and
that he lived amid his multifarious fagella-
lions almost unhurt, like salamander in the
ire. He had been literally whipped through
life, and had become hardened to It, soul and
body, .as o camel's knees are to the sand !; and
though he screamed and kicked from mere
habit, you might see him Two minutes after
one of these skin -faying operations, with
smile Of unclouded comfort on his face, or care
less mirth, eating piece of bread and butter,
Or playing marbles, or humble the peg, with
the first scaramouch he met. He had been
Injured, poor fellow, to all the forms aud yari-
cites of beating Now it was sudden wack
on the ear, now dozen slaps on the palm with
q fat ruler--now a smart rap on the knuckles
--pow cuff and now kick. These were
child's play to those regular executions which
Varied the monotony of every three or four
days. when tcoat ap0 vest of--stand erect,
siT y and tbe birch was laid on. till the arm
that welded it paused from fatigue. At these
times, bis ontcries were wont to be lfmited
only by the quantity of his breath and the
power of his lungs; and the unfortunate boy
would shriek and roar till the .,peighbprs, dis
tnrbed, would shake their heads dubiopsly,
and tell each other it was that Mrs Gosling'
licking poor little jim Such was the lad
sent by the overwearied mother to Mr. Strap
= not more If the truth must be told, to. get
of a heavy trouble, than from curiosity to see
what Jim would do in school where thew
never whipped .e:.i t.sl.
On arriving at the school, Jim was let loose
among the rest of tho boys !; to play.
He got into game of marble. but his antag,
onists soon perceived that he Cheated and
turned him out He then took to the top, but
the fellows found y ssSS, SES,Ss had brought into
thsir little handsome tops to pieces No rea-
der that has ever been boy, need be told
that this play consists in ONES top being spun
down at it-somcthimes splitting the marx