Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-01-28

"sas. Corruihers. ESQ =
''DEAR SIR:-I will talse the Situation
You offered me on the. terms proposed
As you know. it viii be my first expert
ence in public school; but l will do wha.
] can. - - seegaH
- "Yours, truly,
- $500 FRANK BLAGprx,"
The letter would have gone to the long
home of business epistles many months
ago but for circumstances which occurred
In the course of the fourth week-an event
having no bearing upon the letter as such.
bat upon the engagement of which it was
tne clincher.
The school proved to be turbulent one
The district formed part Of a rongh. ceun-
try town in Western Pennsylvania, where
the Dutch population was being perpetus-
ted in genuine Dutch boys and girls Of oil
sizes.
At first Mr.. Blagden tried the .milder
method. Carrying himself With compo-
sure and dignity, he overlooked every Of
Tense which it was possible 70 ignore, sub
stitutiug remonstrance for correction, and
trusting to his own equanimity and the
better sense of his pupils. to bring about a
gradual change in the temper. Of his school
At the end of the second week he be-
came conscious of rather small supply el
patience. The fact Is. the fullest reservoir
will run dry at length, under neyer-ending
leakages. 4
az think ] will have to take some Of
the larger boys down q notch or two be-
fore long" 9, = So. =
This was said at the breakfast table.
"You don't look much like doing it, u
said the head of the family.
sz"Why not?'' ID 5A3a9z e. 8
81 should say you didn't weigh NOR,
than . hundr'd an twenty to Bill Stoke's
hundr'd an sixty" replied the statistica
host. assi
Mr.. Blagden expressed the opinion thai
some things were better than weight. -
WHAT" s ~
"Why science and stimulus"
"Science is good thing. l allow; bu
~ for stimulus. the less you drink tn
better. Wbiskey makes man think b
can whip all creation; bnt he cannot d,
half ~ mnch with Is he can without it,
Better let your stimulus alone"
81 mean the stimulus of determination
the stimulus q mans brains puts int
his muscles" -. Fl.
Mr.. Corruthers shook his head dubious
y, and said:
az don't know anything about that; bu
You had better look out for them big boys
They are desperate fellows"
Afterwards Mr.. c., happening to loo
up. noticed . certain something in Blag
den's eye that made him think that b
might have underated the prowess of tn
young master. The fact is Blagden ha
forgot the instant and was going throug
the fight in Imagination.
The third week went by without any de
cided rupture. The milder methods wer
failing in their effect upon certain poi
ton Of the school. While the majority
catching the spirit Of self respect, were be
ing made better and self governing, fe,
were left upon whom these influences wer
quite powerless. They must be met wit
other Influences. ....e..s
Il was now tho fourth week. In th
middle Of the forenoon, when the tap Q
the bell had suggested the first movemen
of the first class in practical arithmetic.-
Bill Stokes sat doggedly in his seat, look
ing mp under bis eyebrows with pair q
eyes ontsining large quantity of devil.
Take your place in order, William"
81 wont"
The master saw that this was the poir
Of confiet between himself end two 9
three rasher desperate aud powerful cha
-ActsIs. The unruly boys began to win
- reee5isaS