Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-09-29
Bun5I tut 9umupists
The Hoosicr schoel-sIaster.
2 ET EDWARD EsoLEsToN.
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A PRIvXTE LESSON FROM A Btu :
ls.. ye.aa Doc. sAp-, t
"WAxr to be a school master, do
youg Well, Rhat would goa do
in Fiat Crick deestrick,. I'd like, TO
know? Why. the boys have driv off
the last two and licked the Que afore
therl like blazes, You might teach
a summer school. when nothiu' but
6 children come But Flow it takes
right smart aa.n to be school-master
in Flal Crick in the winter. They'd
ritch YOU out of doors. sonny, neck
and Feels. afare Christmas :
The Young man. who had walked
ten miles 10 get 4he school in his dis
trict. and wiie had been mentally re-
viewing bis learning at every ste? he
took rambling kst the committee
should find THAT be did not know
CROUCH. was Got q little taken aback
at this sveenng from ''old Jack
Means. wno was The first trustee thai
lie iighted on. The impression made
by these onl:nous remarks. was en-
phasized b. the glances which lie re
ceived frnm Jack Means two sons.
Tac older oac eyed him from the tol
OF as braany shoulders with that am
liable look which q big dog turns On a
Htlle one before shaking him. RalpE
IIartsook had never thought of bein?
measured by the standard of muscle
This notion of beating education into
young savages in spite OF themselves.
dashed his ardpr
He had walked right to where Jact
Means was at work shaving single,
in his own front yard. While Mr.
Means was making the speech which
We have set down above. and punctu-
ating it witt! expectations, a large
brindle bulldog had been shifting al
Raj rs heels, and a girl in new >
sey-wooIsey dress, standing by "a,
door. had nearly giegled her head of
at the delightful prospect OF seeing a
new school-teacheI eaten up by the
ferocious brute
Between the disheartening word
Of the ol man. the immense muscle
of the young man who was to be hls
rebellious pupil. the jaws of the usl!
bull dog, and the heartless giggle OF
the Girl. Ralph had delightful sense
of having precipitated himself into"
don If Wild beasts. Faint with wear
ines, and encouragement, and shiv
ering with fear, he sat down on .
wheelbarrow. -..-. --r-s.-..
You, Bull - sad the old man t.
the dog. VIII was showing moro
and more disposition to make
meal of the incipient pedagOgne.
you, Bull git aout, you puPt"-
The dog walked sullenly of, but not
until he had given Ralph look ful
Of promise of what he meant to dc
when be got a good chance. Ralpl
wished himself back in the village Cf
Lcwisburg. wh1nce he carIe.
You Sec" continued Mr.. Means,
splitting ina meduatiye sor' ola way
lyon see. we ant none Of your SAT,
sort in these diggius. 1t takes
mo, to boss this deestrick. How
sumdeyer cf you think you kim trus
hide IN lat Crick school-house, ]
ha'n't got no objection. But eff yot
cit lici don't cone on us. Fla
1Crick don't pay no insurance. yoL
leti ANY other trustees? Wal yes
Tut as pay the most taxes. t'Other,
list let me run the thing. You ca
begin right off a Monday. Tn y
ant been no other iappl cItlens.-
You see it takes some grit to apply
for this school. The last master hao
a black eve for mouth. But, as !
said, you cant jist roll up and vad'
in. I low you've got pluck. may be.
and that goes fer a heap sight more
sinnoo with boys. Walk in, and stay
over Sun hay with me- You'll hev t.
b ,ard run aid [ guess you better
begin here -
Ralph did not 60 in. but sat out on
the wheel arrow, watching the old
man shave shingles, while the boys
lit the locks and chopped wood.
Bull smeliei of the newcomer again
IL IN ugly way. and got a good kick
r.,m the Older son for his pains. =
= e out of one of his red eyes the dog
.a.Lrned the young school master that
,hould yet suffer for all kicks re
&c eesl on Bis account. -Ett.i.
III Ball once takes a holt. HEAVIER
;.na yarth can't make him let 60,
fSal Bud to Ralph, by way of com
tort. -ss-s4E% S = u
was we'll for Ralph that be began
10 board rou d. by stsPning-a4>Alr.
Means. Ra 7 h ct that Fla. Cree
as what he needle l. He has lived
b0olish LIE. But here was his les
Oh in the art of managing people. =
For he who caa manage the mtamed
anl strap9ing youths of a winter
TOOL in Hooro.e County has gone
f. toward leaning one of the hardest
o. lessons. And twenty-five year,
i. in Ra'p,'s tin e, things were
W Sc than they are noF.
The older sol Of Mr. Means was
c,lel Bind Means. What is real
maine was RALPH could not fud out,
for in many of their families I'll,
ickname of ''Ijud2 given to the old
est boy, and that of ISIS" which !
the birth right 9th oldest girl. com .
pletely bury the proper Chrisltl.
n.re. Rtlph was a general ii /.
8 = his first strateeic point, wllica
was TO capture Bud NJ ans
After supper the boys began to &c
ready for something. Bull struck up
hi ears in a digniied way, and the
three OF four yellow ours who werr
b lirs satellites yelped delighted,
aad diScordantly.
.i.ilEe said Bud SNfelns to hi,
brother, sax the master cf he'd Ike
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