The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-03-19

last winter. The old man, when he
was young and taught NohAol, had
trouble-the scholars took him out and
jammed him iato : sAoswlarifts head
He charges me with false statements.
He says, ~ to getting into . passion and
calling the scholars names is false, with
some exceptions. He gets around u as
he did about the kerosene he took that
belonged to the lyceum that was held IN
the school house. Their oil can was
left In the house aud he took the oil to
start the fire in the morning, to make it
burn fast, ana II was found out on him.
He was charged Is cents BY the members
Of the lyceum. He said that he did not
take more than two tablespoons full, but
there was one half gallon missing. As
he owned to part Of the charge he might
as we'll own to oil Of it, and not try to
get out OF it in that way. say, be
man or mouse.
As to the large whips and scaffic that
he had with the boy, have nothing to
say except that he was SO mad he could
not talk with much ease-he tren,bled
like he had the ague. As he stated,
went mp 10 the school house and dis
missed the boy, seeing that he LIZ did
not understand human nature one par
ticle. told the scholars to obey the
teacher. did not know what else to
say. did not want to say that they
need not obey-that would not do. 40
As to suggesting severe punishment,
told him that would rather lie would
whip a scholar than to spin him, as he
called it. He would take the small boys
and curb their heads in, like a spirited
horse, and then put his hand on the
side Of their heads and whiri them
around, like . top, until they were
drunk, and then they would look, as he
said, like little fools; SO that is all about
spinning. 81, ,.,,.gr s' 's3
About Informing him that I wanted
him to give up the school, Is just this:
When I dismissed the boy I did not
have any confidence in him (L.), and
the thought struck me then that the
next week the Institute took place and
it would be nonsense to pay him for
that time. The next day I.wentto Iowa
City to see If could get a teacher If
got rid Of the one l had, and found
could. l then went and told Lombern
that I wanted HIM to quit tile school,
before l had seen any one else; told him
that 1t would I've better for him to give it
up quietly and no one would know any
thing about it out Of this neighborhood.
But no! he must let every one know
about the affair through the ADvERTIs-
ER, but can stand it il he can.
j He says TINT If he had not been eons-
PEELED to punish or complain of nay
children's saueiness, the idea of sus~
pending him would not have entered
my mind. That is falsehood, and he
knows it.
AS to the trial, he complains that he
could not get the scholars that he want
ed. In his last statement he wanted
five or six, in bis first he. only Wanted
thrce--two boys and one girl. The lat
ter was Miss S. W., who he was so taken
with, and she wnnlif1 not let him come
within ten feet Of her. Bot that is {.
very poor excuse, for there are between
forty and fifty scholars in the school,
and the largest portion residing In
Downey; he had his father there to help
him, and they could have been got in
| five minutes 1t was not my place to
| look out for his witnesses, but it is my
candid opinion that he could not have
got one scholar in school that would
have done him any good.
lie charges me with slurring him
Facts are all that have time to write
l can prove any thing that have stated
l believe all l am sorry for Is, that I hat
not got rid of him sooner, for we now
i have good school and no trouble.
does me good to go into the. school room
now and see what Il difference there il
between good teacher and IL poor one
Two weeks of the school now is wortl
more to the scholars than the two and
half months of Landlords SCHOOL, Nov
you can see what loss we have had.
suppose this is beneath his notice
but l fancy that can see old Bill.
squirting beneath that broad-brimme'
white hat, that is SO large that hellas t
use both hands to take 1t Off 5@ ~ "a
4 EAfr S.. a. BARNS.
DB-"Linkinsalc," Des Moines cor
respondent Of the Davenport Gazette
. gives the following in regare to the Gin
] cult Court bill - 70 @fEf+ H ,FE fF
The friends and enemies Of the bi
which has passed the Senate, for the e.
tablishment Of circuit courts, both thin
they will sncceed. I suspnct the hi
:. will pass. 1t h greatly changed sine
it's first introduction. Many feature
certainly objectionable. have hoo
changed, and am sure there arc not
few good lawyers who at first oppose
: 1t who would now acknowledge that,
. ia entitled to much more favorable opir
ion thar chen. Its provisions Of gene
al ;,tfSest to the public are these CT