The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-10-22
John Quill.


dress some school children. We copy tho
concluding portion Of his speech:
You must always be careful. my dear
children. to love your relations. You boys
ought to be very kind to your little sisters,
once knew bad boy who struck his sis
ter blow over the eye, and although she
didn't fall dead with broken heart and
gasp out her forgiveness just rs she expired
with q sweet smile on her angelic face
and blessing on her pallid lips, she rose
up and hit him over the head with roll
ing.pin. so that he couldn't 60 to Sun
day-schoOl for more than month on ac-
count Of not being able to put his best
hat on.
So love your little sisters, l say. new
or had little sister Of my own. but ! rec
ollect that went out once and loved an
other mans sister. but she had wicked
father, and he hurt me very much helping
me of the front door-steps. But you ought
to love them, and always obey your father
and mother. II your father tells you To
do thing and your mother tells you not
TO, Il don't make any difference, you've
rot TO obey them both. III leave II 10 the
superintendent II the Bible don't say so.
And you must 60 TO school, regularly.
too. and never play truant or anything OF
that kind. I used to know n boy who
PLAYED truant one day. and never went to
school at all. and what was the conse-
quence? Why, the very next morning his
Aunt Matilda was bit and tore by n mad
dog. who chawed her leg all up. until she
couldn't stand. and she died. Thus, you
SEQ, how wicked and sinful II Is to stay
away from school.
You ought to love your teachers very
much, too, and reverence them. When
went to school the boys used to love the
teacher so much that they couldn't bear to
have him even 90 out for minute, and
they put shoe.mnker's wax on his chair.
30 rs to hold him down. And the teacher
said he would never desert us, never, new
er. but he would always stick to us. And
then he used to get down n club, about
four feet long with fcrule on II, and do
more sticking than we thought was ncces.
sary. Still we loved that teacher, and
when he died, the boys wero so glad TO
see that he had handsome coffin. that
they fairly shouted for Joy.
And, my dear children, let me caution
you against the sin of letting your angry
passions rise. Fighting is very wicked In
deed. A few years ago, / knew boy who
was squaring of and daring people TO fight
him, and saying he could whip them, more
or less, all the time. And what became Of
this wretched boy? Why one day he dar-
ed q fellow to knock chip Of his shoul-
der, and the fellow knocked 1t, and did
much moro knocking besides, 50 that tho
boy was taken deathly sick and couldn't
bulge out of his bed for six weeks. So
that the boy actually wished that he had
never seen that particular chip or any
other chip In the whole course Of his life.
But he went round and bought brass
barreled pistol and got some other boysto
make secret society and draw up u con-
stitution. And they all swore 10 have re-
vengc. But nothing ever came OF II, for
the fellow who knocked of the chip was
big boy, and of course, rs fast rs the So
cicty boys grew big, he grew bigger. so
they thought perhaps they'd better let him
alone.
But this boy had wicked heart; and
when he was sent for milk he would al
ways manage to drink about half OF IL,
and he was also very much ipf,vor of his
mothers preserves. But his strong point
was cats and dumb brutes. Why, once he
smeared two cats over with turpcntinc and
tied them together and hung them over
clothes line, and then set them on fire.
But II always comes back one day, my
dear children, and when this boy grew mp
and got married, millions and millions Of
cats used to come and yowl and tear all
night In his yard, and have kittens In his
cellar, and in his entry and In the kitchen.
and all over the house, so that this man
was stricken with anguish and remorse.
One of the handsomcst and best dressed