The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-01-25

from the father Of boy in my school
during a religious revival in the place
when the Metbodists were holding pro
tracted meetings.
Jan 3 Mister -,
Dear Sir If you coud see
it fits tow let my boay off from study
hours to go to a practical meeting Deaf
SIR woud be obliged for myself
Dear Sir
Yours Truly
once asked young lady in geogra.
ply class the question, "What is a city p
she replied, ian uncorrupted town." |
asked boy in the same class who found.
ed st Petersburg, and he promptly an.
swered, "St Peter" Where is Egypt p
asked teacher of small boy in the
"joggerfy class" where it alters was,
correctly replied young hopeful. "Bob
what letter is that ?" "don't know, never
saw it BEFORE" "that's A." "How are
you ~ School children quickly catch
up cant terms, parodies, &C., and show O
keen discrimination in their selection
never tolerating anything that is not in
itself witty and pointed. What would
Felicia Hemans think of this parody on
Casibianca What can be more intense.
ly absurd?
The boy stood on the burning deok,
His baggage checked for Troy,
He swallowed peanuts by tho peek
And whistled Pat Msloy.'"
How have the mighty fallen when old
Coronation is rendered thus:
Bring forth the royal dmjohn
And crown it King of all"
They are always well versed in the cur.
rent slang words of the day, and use them
unsparingly. The other day during the
recitation of class in Roman history, |
asked, "When Caesar saw his friend
Brutus among the assassans, what did he
exclaim p "Shoo fly ~ came in dis.
tinct whisper from the far corner of the
class r'om, followed by suddenly hush.
ed, convulsive giggle. Some queer things
come to hand in the shape of compositions
and the perspiring young genius perpe.
trates some of the most fearful burlesques
on the English language n,these' 'compo.
sitions," that it is possible to conceive Of
The essay on the seasons will always stand
unrivaled, excellent and unique. Here
it is:
"There are 4 seasons, Spring, Summer
Autumn and Winter Some like Spring
best, and some summer best, but as for
me, give me liberty or give me death"
| once found this connection among the
score or more sublime productions that
are weekly handed to me for correction.
The dog went huntin and went and
the dogs name is lion and a rabbit cant
cline tree for his hind fegs are SO long
and the first time We see the rabbit it
was when we was comming out of the
swamp and did not see the rabit but i
saw log and the dog barked at hole
and can write better composition mex
time-Yours Truly Johny Day"-Here's "a
another.
"Candles-Candles is maid out of
greas, the way they make candles is a
little round tin thing with a hole in it
and string in it the man pores in the
greas and when it is cool he pulls its out
and then it is candles" Here is an ex-
tract from another By a miraculous
stretch Of the youthful imagination,a "a jack
knife is supposed to be relating the his
tory of its own life. 1t goes on to state
that "the man bought it, and shortly af-
ter this incident occurred to the unfortu.
nate jack-knife. The man lost me the
next morning when he was going to work
through hole in his pocket" l asked
the talented youth who prepared this mix
ture, what kind ofwork the man was 60
ing to Through hole in his pocket ~
and after comprehcnding the situation, he
replied, "going to mend the inside of his
boot" so | concluded that ham mt made
much by Mat inquiry. Teaching school
is a unique and interesting experience,
and he who never has been school
teacher has missed one of the finest oppor.
tunities for the study Of human nature
in the world, and one that would be use.
fu in fitting him for all dealing with men,
allowing that they are hut children of a
larger growth"