Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-08-25
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Toms Education.

We bad a small party at Housewives
the other n,ght-the Professor bel ~
invited to deliver his views upon edn-
caiion with respect 10 Housewives son
anu heir, of whom l have the honor 10
be godfather.
IL was. IN fact. n sort of family coun-
cli. with Professional to assist al il :;
and the council-table was Housewives
"eii-iurnished mahogany. Housewife.
calm and smiling. though inwardy
deeply Interested in the fiat of the Pro
ies>vf our hostess nervous. but even
hihuer Ia ner manner than usual, be-
cause. her boy v as IN her mind; my
sell amused and interested; and. Pro
lessor iuzzieto n Unexpectedly tremen :
d'ns- IAe Oh ateau lquem had open
ca ihs heart, and made him as frank
as .he morn. | never heard SO much
'rut lii In my lie from any constituted
al uhorlty.
As 10 Iorn's going to school. my
lrieh'ts, observed he, cheerfuly,
There Is pie nty Of zine before the
young gent einan he i, but seven"
Housewife, with Importance.
Kissing eight" remarked her hus-
band, affecting to treat the matter
witn jocuiarily.
In such case, the fraction NAV
be disregaried," continued the Pro-
lessor, with q waive Of his hand, and
nonentary return 10 his glass-of
water manner ''iet us hope, before he
gets much Older, that the bubble OF
Education may have burst"
ii a shell had burst immediately be-
heath the dlnner-tabie, 1t could scarce
iy have produced greater consterna-
ton than this remark.
! My dear Professor" calculated
Housewife, Education a bubble 2"
And he looked at his wife with an ex-
preston that 1t was easy to translate
into: You had better repair to the
drawing room, my dear, for Puzzleton
is drunk"
II am quite aware or what / said -
resumed the Professor with dignity.
Il have long entertained the impress
sion, without giving it ut,erance; but
your hospitality has been such as TO
render silence beneath a crime | can
not deceive you cannot doom that
! innocent boy OF yours to suffer wears
: Of aorlst anu middie-voice oh, IN,
goodness, what confounded rubbish II
all is. exclaimed the Professor. mop
ping his face with the napkin, and
putting as though he would have blown
: the Creek Grammar into space. 1t
was evident that the honest fellow was
upon the rack Of ofc0nsciencc, and could
not choose but speak.
You are speaking, of course, with
reference 70 classical education only,
suggested Housewife, with the air OF
q man who cannot believe his own
, ears.
No sir; lam not r roared the Pro.
fessor. ut is Classical Education $50
called, however, that most awakens
an honest indignation, because it costs
so much because it is the supcrsti.
ton Vi this country; the Juggernaut
under whose wheels our middie class
es sacrifice the fortunes OF their chill.
den. They offer their substance u
!. this idol, III the expectation that he
will return it t0 them i0ur-fUld aud in
nlneteea cases out Of twenty, he never
returns to them one brass farthing."
"One brass farthimg," calculated the
host ''why, good heavens there have
been thousands Of fpounds, then, thrown
AWAY upon me at school and college
Ny good father told me that good
education was all he could give me
aud how he tinched and tOilcd to com.
pass 1t, pour soul