The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-12-08
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Tles, born ui pleasant SURROUNDINGS aA1
luxurious Incidence, bat real, hard
thinking gith the practical foundation
that sgweihlHy had "a b conn q H.
This something was pgrpiexiugly vague,
hat i must assume tangible form be-
fore / could relax the muscles OF my
mind, DON drAan 10 their utmost ten
sion. / turned the subject around.
aud viewed il 10 ali points, past. pres
ent ard future bat look which Way |
would. il presented such hopeless
snarl that, unless some good fairy came
to ray assistance. there seemed to be no
possible way out Of IT.
The facts we're these. / had a small
school should modestly say, a Uery
small school, since the number Of pu-
pills had that very day been reduced
from five to three aud II i continued
to progress backward at this rate /
should not long be able to say that /
bad auy school at all
SIX months ago | bad thrown all the
energies Of NY natura into ihls one ven
ture. had worked, talked, calculated,
consulted every body that / knew, au-
INITIATED distance with my feet in end
less tramps about the city IN search of
rooms, in search Of parents, in search
oi responsible names for my circulars,
and encountered III this circuit more
disagreeable people, more faithless peo-
pile, and more utterly stupid and ab
surd people than | had supposed it
possible for the world to contain.
/ was in a sort Of fever; and like a
mailman or a somnambulist, accom-
plished ieats that ! could by no posi-
bility have undertaken in my sober SEN
ses. Driven to frenzy by the perversi-
" Of people in always being out when
/ wanted them to be in, actually fol-
lowed a reverend gentleman whose
name ] must have on my circular, and
who seemed possessed with the spirit
Of gadding, to the fearful precints Of
! his dentists sanctum, whittier he had
gone to enjoy himself for a couple oI
! hours, and came suddenly upon him
I AS. bis mouth stuffed with napkin
! the dentists hand, and an instrument
or two, he was wholly at the mercy oi
an unscrupulous applicant who chose
/ 10 take advantage Of him.
! shall never forget his expression oI
astoishment when / opened my battery
upon him, nor the dentists Of disap.
| point when ho found that / didno want
| him ] think the latter had rather cal.
cuIated on taking out all my teeth and
! putting in a new set.
When the Doctor of Divinity haC
fairly gotten himself free, and his mouth
restored to its natural size and shape
he proved to be a very pleasant looking
gentleman; aud regarded me so kindly
while stammered out my errand witl
an apology for my ill-timed attack. that
/ was very much relieved. | got the
name in full, and also the smiling as
surance that would certainly succeed
with such an amount Of energy ant
perseverance,.
| sighed now as | remembered how
much this encouraged me at the time
for, alas! he had not proved a tru,
| prophet.
~
what desired, but it was the bes
that l could do Such rooms as / de
sired could not be had; and a half
dozen eligible ones had been almos
closed and double barred in my face al
soon al | mentioned the word school.
l began with five scholars, and devoted
myself to the improvement of thei
minds in what | considered highl,
original and thorough manner; for diC
not my circulars say that Miss Bere
niceMapleton select school for beginn
ers would be conducted upon principle
especially favorable for acquiring th,
rudiments OF thorough English edn
cation; snd French would be taugh
orally, and reduced to the comprehsn
sion OF the youngest child 2"
Every one admired the phraseology
aud must say that / expected NOR
from those circulars, and all the visit
] had paid to promising families, thai
the five frighiened-looking little girl
: who made their appearance in m
school-room on that sunny Septembe
, morning. However, / put cheerft
face on the matter, and Taught them a
though there had been thirty instea
Of FIVE,
Friends assured me that this was a
encouraging beginning; and some on
cited the experience of lady who be
gan with one scholar and closed with
school Of eighty AT this rate m
proper maximum would be four hund
/, red, and ] went on hopefully from da
!, TO day walking to school in storm
that, but for the school, would hay
seen me snug at home, aud sometime
finding no scholars TO teach when | 20
there.
On such occasions | solaced myse
With composition, and was sometime
rewarded by the sight OF business
like letter containing a check; an
3 sometimes my poor little rolls were r,
, turned 10 TIE declined with thanks. =
One Of these bundles now greeted m
eyes on the mantle as ! sat thinking.
BY degrees ! learned that my ROOF
was not in the right situation A raj
road had To be crossed from one dire,
ton which was stumbling block I
several anxious parents who would has
> sent had Il not been for that; wa
: too far off from others who professed
great regard for me, aud urged me /
move into Their neighborhood. aud 9th
orS held back because the school va
S. small