The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-05
rRE DISTRICT sMoeL.H.ssTER
~ IosH pu1rsos.

Thar IL one man in this basement
world that l always look upon with
mkt feelings ov pity and respect.
But there IL one man in this world to
whom alwuz take oph mi hat, and re-
main uncovered till he gets safely by,
and that is the distrikt skoolmaster,
When / meet him, / look upon him
as marter just returned from the stake
or on his way there to be cooked
He leads more lonesum and single
life than an old bachelor and a more
anxious one than an old made.
He IL remembered Just about as long
and afIecktionately as glide board IL
by travelling back peddlar,
If he undertakes to have his scholars
luy him the chances are he will neglect
their larnin; and if he don't lick them
now and then pretty often, they will
soon lick him.
The distrikt skoolmaster ain't got q
friend on the fiat side Of earth. The
boys SNOWFALL him during recess, the
girls put water in his hair dye, and the
skool committee make him work for
half bar tender gifts, and board him
around the nsborhood where they give
him rhy coffee, sweetened with molass-
es. tew drink, and kodfsh bawls three
times day for yittles.
And with all this abuse, Ineyer heard
ov distrikt skoolmaster swearing any
thing louder than Condemn It,
Don't talk tew me about the pashunce
Of anshunt Job. Job had pretty plenty
ov biles all over him, no doubt, but they
were all OF one breed.
Every young one in a disrikt skool IL
a bile oy different breed, and each
young ono needs different kind ov
poultice to get good heap on them.
A distrikt skoolmaster who does a
square job and takes his Goldfish balls
reverently, IL better man to-day tew
have living around loose, than Solomon
would be in all his glory.
Solomon was better at writing prov
erbs and managing large family than
he would be to navigate distrikt skool
house.
Emmy man who has kept distrikt
skool for ten years, and boarded around
the naborhood, ought to be made ma
ior general and have a penshun for the
rest Of his nateral days and hos and
wagin tow dew bis going around in.
But az general consequence dis
trikt skoolmaster amt got no more
warm friends than an old blind fox
hound hez.
lie IL about az welkum az taxgath-
erer III
lie IL respected good deal az man
IL whom we owe a debt oy 50 dollars
tew and don't mean tew pay.
lie goes through life on backroad
az poor az wood sled, and finally IL
ed-but what ever bekums Of hiz
remains | kant tell
Fortunately, be IL not often sensi
tive man; il be VAS he couldn't emmy
more keep distrikt skool than ht
could flo a kross kat saw.
1 Win IL it that these men and win
min, who pashuntly, and with crazed
brauo, teach our remorseless brats ths
teius meaning VI the alphabet. who TAX,
the first Welding heat ov deatinyes, wht
lay the stepping stone and encurridgt
them to mount upwards, who haF dons
more hard and mean work than enny
class on the iutstool, who have prayed
over tie reprobate strengthened tbs
timii, restrained the Outrageous and
hsttered the imbeciie, who had lived
on kodish and vile coffee, habt beer
heard to swear ---whi IL il that they Are
created Ike yagrant fiddler, danced
y Tor q night and paid oph in ths
morning, and eagerly forgotten
bad rather burn a coal PIT o. keef
! the flies ont o. butchers shop IN tie
month u August than IHeddle with th,
dis,fikt skooI biziness.