The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-26
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4 Is beautiful meuans IL early
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one ths blinds q Room D. high
School Department IN u--. state
st Connecticut toe bright sunleh,
streams iu aud The sweet breath q iho
morning comes laden With birds songs
aud tie incense 81 flowers Il 6lls our
hesais With quiet icy, aud the room
which bad looked 10 gloomy ~ the
shadows aud emptiness now seems IL
lumluod aud TRANSPORTED, As steps are
heard on the broad stairs aud laughing
and tie sonnd q voices It's June
the month q the roses, and heauti.
iui bogue,s find their way daily 70 onr
desk. The little bultercups aud dan,
dehons timidly offered by some rose
brown hand touch oar hearts The
child secs beauty a. well 10 tho hum
blest waysidc flower as ia the choicest
greenhouse exotic And in after years
though she may tread the losclisst
life-path she viii gladden. the hearts Of
those around her with unpretendiug
virtues. Oars is a public school
but y. b. the children all have clean
faces and don't 80 barefoot The
hands Of the little clock point TO the
hour OF line, aud the FIRST stroke Of the
great bell, they come rushing 10. each
showing by the dress, language and
appearance what kind Of home in1u-
once and what kind Of mother each
has
! We have learned, as We presume
others have, also, that children rested
from the lessons aud sports Of the pre-.
eeding day are brighter aud flesher IN
the morning than in any other portion
OF the day, more faithful in study more
eager to overcome obstacles; this, then,
! is the time in which to attack the most
4 difficult part of the days labor, conse-
quently the school study arithmetic in
+ the morning. Tables are recited, rules
explained, countless examples worked
upon the blackboard aud all things
move on smoothly till nearly the hour
for recess, when Suddenly is beard an
exclamation Of terror from the opposite
corner OF the room We look in tho
direction from whence the cry Of dis.
tress proceeds, and behold writhing up.
on the floor victim, undergoing, APP
parently, IRON his attitude and screams,
the agonies Of dissolution, 1t appears,
upon investigation, that Johnnie, wear
led with his endeayors to remember
the distracting table of "9's, has eau
tiously improvised fish-ine, aud at
taching real hook has thrown forward
his line in search Of crabs, bringing
back, triumphantly, the limb of his
neigEbor in front. We rush to the re-
lief of the wounded one, and after the
hook has been extracted, administer
punishment to the culprit, which, how.
ever, did not eiioctually quench the
mischieyous light shining in his black
eyes,
We have desired them to see how
many will refrain from whispering be.
fore recess, but on looking around be
hold one of our best little girls in tho
very act Calling her attention to the
fact, she replies very innocently that
she was only telling Mary that sht
hadn't whispered that morning and
didn't mean to, either A good
scholar may be distinguished as well on
the play ground as in the school room
for MS a general thing, those scholars
who study well, play well. The air i,
vocal with the shouts and screams. AL
engage eagerly in some kind of play
except few who are lazy and loll up
on the grass; each one working off 81
best he may the superabundant ytalit,
which has accumulated during tn,
! morning session.
But here comes group Of girls fly
ing and running to the entrance, par
sued BY a burly-headed boy who hold
aloft something in his hand 40, teach
er he got a bumbIe-bee, and is going
! to put it in my bair, bursts from til,
p lips Of each We east look of re
, proach at the bumble-bee hero; where
upon he melts and informs us contiden
( TALLY that It's only white bead an,
won't hurt. We regret that the in
sect rule will not work when applied t,
, boys, for those who try our putienc
and give us most trouble have hair lik
: tow
The intelligence is borne to US tina
t Willie has scai'ed. Upon inqnir
a into the nature Of the oath we find
! was only Coli here Is a fine chanc
for lecture,so we deliver one improml
! "a upon the wickedness OF swearing
t and the yulgarity Of slang phrases.
. A courier comes breathless from th
play ground with the news that Will
! is smoking. Smoking is against ID
rules Of the school; 80 in disfaay v
e pick our way through the crowd 0