The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-06-17

right, each perched upon an educational
stool, but in a delightful garden, fra
grant with the OdOr of tea and flowers.
She would see a number of little sum-
warehouses, embOWered in the midst
of those charming vegetable products
for which Japan is so famous, brought
to perfection by the most exquisite hor-
| ticulture. She would see bTight-eyed
| damSels, with cheeks pink as the roses,
moving about with graceful steps, each
! bearing a small lacker tray with tea
and cakes. She would see those dam
| sells, with joyous smile and modest
mein, vending each her way to a sum-
mer house. In each of the summer
! houses she would see q master or PRO-
fessOT, either waiting the return of one
of the refreshment-bearin damsels, or
else sitting by the side of one who had
already come back. It is impossible
for a stranger, new to Japan not to be
struck with the peculiarities of an edu-
catiOnal discipline so different from
our own"
In paper on the whipping of young
ladies, bearing date nearly q hundred
years ago, curious u ent in
vogue in fashionable bO choOIs
at that day is thus desert
What would you thi 4aving
your pretty mouth plastefed Up for let
ting your tongue run too freely? Yet
that was the punishment for talking in
improper hours at Regent House. A
lbTOad strip of sticking plaster was put
slanting across the lips, holding them
fast together, and that kept on for
many hours. 1t used to be one large
piece put completely over the mouth
andScOyeTing it; but one rather deli
cate girl was almost chOked by the pro-
cess, and it had to be discontinued .
If the queer correspondence which
has appeared in some periodicals within
the past two years be genuine, the rod
is still extensively y used in families and
schools. Did space permit, we might
quote whole columns of curious and
interesting matter from Mr.. COOper's
book. We may conclude our extracts
as he does his labOrs, with the follow
ing anecdote:
=" A certain king had lost q much val
ued falcon, on whose golden bells were
engraven the fe1ET de us and offered
two hundred francs to the fortuPs
finder and Testorer.
" A peasant presented hlnsc4E ge
palace door with the hawk, but the
porter would not allow him to enter
till he had promised him half his re-
ward. Kings being easily accessible in
those old days, the peasant soon came
to speak with his majesty. Having
caressed the bird and thanked the fin
der, Philip directed his treasurer to
count out the two hundred francs.
That is not the reward desire,
please your Majesty -
"F What elseW
60 Fifty Iashes on my bare back
"' You are joking
"' By no means, will take no other
reward
"'WeIl, call the executioner and
crafty him.
1.-THE peasant barred his back, and
the lashes were administered not very
severe ones as. may be supposed, the |
King having whispered to the officer to |
come down lightly. When twenty |
five had been given, the peasant cried |
out Stop your hand, have partner |
who is to get the rest and he went on (
to tell of the pOrter's incivility and the |
bargain that had been made.
"The knave was brought in, and re- |
ceived his stripes, which were laid on |
with no light hand; and when all was |
over, it was an additional punishment |
to him to see tEa peasant passing out |
with his two hundred francs in good |
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