Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-10-20
A Boy Paradise.

ing Post has found at the obscure village OF
Washington, Connecticut, a school for
boys, conducted on principles which, if he
tells the truth, must make it a real para
disc, compared with most schools. and, We
fear, this publicity given to it will fearfully
test its capacity. The correspondent says:
'sThe moral tone of the school is its dis
tinguishing feature. Any one guilty of de-
ceit or fraud is warned by his companions
to oleport himself to the head-master; if he
negiects to do so he is at once informed
upon by his companions Instead OF It's
being felt mean to report misdemeanor,
it is here regarded as an offence against the
whole boy comm unity to permit mlSdeed
to 90 unpunished The methods of punish
ment pursued at the school are generally
arise on the spur of the moment. A little
| boz makes too much noise; he is ordered
| to take horn to the village green, and to
blow blast at the four corners of the
church; or he is sent a mile over the hill to
sthe Moody barn: or he helps rake hay for
half an hour III the fields. or cleans some
bricks that are required for building. One
| day boy stole some apples from poor
| widow; he was sent the next day to pick
up stones from her field as punishment,
| but the widows heart softened, and she
made him come into dinner, and stuffed
him with good things and sent him home.
| GA little boy was caught ducklng cat in
| the rain-water hogshead; up steps the
| teacher behind him, and, seizing him by
the seat of the breeches and the nape Of
the neck, plunges him in after the eat, to
show him how it feels. Such things as
bullying and tagging are not tolerated
| There are no rules, no forbidden games;
everything that can afford amusement is
tolerated at proper times and in proper
quantity The master of the schools un-
able to distinguish between the good DR..
Busby and the wickedness of ordinary
playing cards, and so the boys play whist,
| if they know enough, openly and in the
| parlor. The sinfulness of dancing and the
! orthodoxy of calisthenics are metaphysical
distinctions; and the boys have a dance
when there is time forit, and they feel like
it. Those who are old enough have breech-
loading rifles, and they are taught how to
use them, as the master of the school is
one of the best shot in the country. The
older boys learn all about the haunts Of
animals. They know the track Of the
woodchuclz, the raccoon, TIE fox, and can
! tell the name Of q bird from its song, its
nest, or its egg. They roam the forests on
Saturdays, and fish and hunt, and in the
mountain streams; some trusty big boy
accompanies the smaller ones, and no party
goes away without the knowledge of the
| teachers. All the boys wear good stout
woolen clothing, which necessarily meets
with numerous rents and tears, but iskept
in order by aunt Betsey, whose needle and
patch work are in constant demand. Such
beehive, such exuberant spirits and
shouts of happiness constantly bubbling
up and running over as this school ex-
hibits, it has never been my lot to witness
before.
Language of the Cane.
As there has been given language of the
handkerchief and one of the fan, it is only
right that the Language of the cane"
should be understood by our young gents.
An ingenious, and no doubt ingenious,
youth invents the following:
Throwing it around the fingers IN the
left hand-I wish to speak to you.
Throwing it around the fingers in the
right hand-Desire an acquaintance.
Putting the head in the MOUTH love
you.
Knocking with great force On the ground
I hate you.
Holding it top and bottom in both hands
Wait for me.
Putting it on the right shoulder Follow
me.
Putting it on the left shoulder en-
gagged.
Dragging it behind, On the ground We
will be friends.
Handing it to a person by the lower end
I will accept you.
Handing it to person by the head-I
reject you
Holding it in both hands and bending it
I love another.
Holding it bottom upwards, IN front OF
you-My heart is thine.
Holding it Ia both hands across the
shOulders-IOOk at me.
FATTENING Hoes WITHOUT CoRN.-The
present year, is remarkable one for tatten-
| ing pork in the west. That old standby
article, corn, is by no means plenty this
season; and if ID is fed to hogs at present
| prices it should be put in the best condi-
| ton for making the most pork possible. 1t
may not pay to grind and cook corn to be
fed to hogs when it is only worth twenty
cents per bushel. but when it sells for
eighty or ninety cents there is little question
about the economy of thus preparing it.
| But there are other things besides corn,
| from which pork can be made, as the New
| England farmer well knows. The crop of
potatoes this year is very abundant, and If
pains are taken to boil and mash
them with q little meal, or wheat bran
or middlings, very good pork may be
made from very little or no corn. The
| same is true of beets, carrots and other es-
culent roots. Hogs, too, are very fond Of
boiled pumpkins aud squashes and will
leave corn to go to them. Wind falls OF
apples and other fruit can also be convert
| ed into pork The meal of oats, buck
wheat, peas and beans are all used by our
neighbors in the Dominion for making
pork. and there is no reason why they may
not be thus rendered available by us. There
has been a good deal of barley raised this
season, and owing to the unfavorable wealth
er, much of it has become so blackened
that it will not be bought by the brewer;
rather than sell it at an extremely low price
grind it up and feed it to the hogs. Its
color is no objection for pork making
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