Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-05-28

I've jackets. They complain of their
vittels, sass their dad, swaggcr round
the house with their hats on, heller
"whata when | ask them q question,
pinch the cats tail, smoker when the
blessin' is being asked, play ball in
the parlor, and demand swoller-tailed
coats; but when the teacher has wal.
loped them according to their daily
need, how different the pictur.-
They's as meek and humble as any
other poor relashins you got on hand;
they says Eyes, mom;" they hangs
up their hats on the proper pegs
they are respectful at table, and
they'll take piece of bread and but
ter and go off to bed at once, with
out murmer.
| tell you, our schools wouldn't be
worth a postage stamp that had been
used twice, without the wallopin'
branch was kept up. I'm in favor OF
examinin' every teachers muscle be-
fore hiring him-refuse all that are
weak in the arms, and discharge them
as don't use them vigorously In
that way our schools will be worth
something to us, and our children
grow to be a blessin' and a comfort.
A NUMEROUS MOTHER.
FROM A BAD LITTLE BOY.
MISTER EDITOR, ime a badd littul
boy. rather like bein badd littul
boy, its more fun. i kin lick emmy
good littul boy of my signs and wait.
eff you've got one send him on. hear
that there is tauk of doin away with
lickin in the skools-ime agin it skool
woodent be skool wurth cent eff
they dident vale us emmy mCer, its
fun to see um skip, and hear UNI hol
Ter mi id git licl,in emmy d ay to
see the others koch it.
Wot fun would they be in runnin
ava from skool eff you wasent goin
to git likt for it want to no. its the
expectashun of the lickin that maix
J the pleshur. no boy as COWS to
skool where they stopt lickins he
used to run ava and ack wus nur
do b that now wot is he wuth-
less Sunny skooler, and he don't chaw
2backer nuther lok on i'm with kon-
temp. say, go on lickin of us. it's
wot maix us smart. Sum teachers
koodent make us smart emmy uther
wa. BADD LITTLE BOY.
FROM BIG BOY.
Pm one of the big boys in our
school. There can't any boy throw
me ia square holt and once [ had
hold of our teacher just for fun-we
didn't rassel for keeps-and floped
him fair and square. Now, he has
has been in the habit of whaling US
boys every day. I've stood it so far,
cause | sposed it was all right. I've
hurd father tell how he used to get
licked at school, and | think | can
stand anything the old man could
when he was boy. But its played
out-do you hear? | amt going to
stand it any longer. 1t ANT C0nstitu-
tional. Besides that I'm going to
lick him for what he has done. I'm
mad at myself too. Here l am big
enough to take the teacher down like
hard drink, standing up and taking
a whaling like an old sarpet, and he
no right to do it, nuther. But I'll
fix him I'm going to ask him to
stay after school is dismissed, and
then LII take it out of him. I'll pay
him for iickings I've taken SO pa
tiently from him. The law is on my
side, and / know my rights.
Yours, judicially, BIG Boy.
FROM "Us GIRLS"
EDITOR OF TIMEs-Us girls would
like to have hearing in this matter
of punishment in schools. We don't
wish to have it done away with al
together. We know the boys need
it, and ought to have it; and relieves
the monotony of school life to see
them catch it. They are apt to put
on too many airs when they don't
get whipped regular by the teacher.
We are willing to be punished a lit
tie, too. We respectfully suggest,
however, that the punishment be
confined to being made to sit with
the boys, allowing US to pick out the
boys. Very respectfully,
Us GIRLS.
FROM AN OLD MAID.
| am glad that whipping in school
is unlawful, and that Judge Warren
has so decided. The Judge was al
ways very decided man. How my
heart has bled for the poor innocents
when | have passed by a school and
heard the scholars all crying out
with one voice, as loud as they could
screech, being tortured by their teach.
ers. | couldn't stand it one day, ard
| went to the door and called teach
er out. | asked him why they aoould
torture those poor children every day
about that hour. What do you sup
pose that hardened and unprincipled
wretch sayed Why he said the
"children were only singingp Well,
| neverl The shameful duplicity of
that man was so great that went
away without saying word.
l know from the sounds that /
hear proceeding from our school
houses every day, that the most
friohtfnl tOrtures are practised unon