Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-07-17

ueetrC, DecGusene Gn1nRS TOO much or l1m-
self I lika.you much better now,
Frank"
] 'That's right, Miss Bright Eyes, said
Nurse. master Frank is just q dear
little Know Nothing, and he knows it
and don't pretend to be anything else.ppt
Papa says" observed Frank, sthat
PHILIPPE real name is "Know Nothing"
like ours; but his papa applied to the
Legislature, and had it changed"
Gle may apply to the Legislature as
much as he likes" said Nurse; "for all
thas he is g Know Nothing and he has
to be q Know Nothing and he will be a
Know Nothing to the end Of his days."
"Hellol young woman, where are you
taking those childrenr' The person who
said this was an old sailor who lookedsas
if he had just come back from the other
side of the woodland in fact he had.
"YoU tell him, Miss Mary, I can't call
the name of the Place" said Nurse; and
Mary Bright Eyes did SO, cutting it off
as if it had been one syllable.
"Well," said the old sailor, Gin all my
travels / never heard of carrying such
young children to place with name
like that. Poor little cod-fshl'
"Well, you are an odd fish," said
Nurse, and they all laughed. !.
BY this time they had arrived at the
Great Nineteenth Century Mundane
Academy. It was very tall building
with no end of windows. Nurse bade
them good bye ut the door; for Miss
Bright Eyes said she could show Frank
the way in and introduce him to the
teacher of the infant class. First of all
they entered4a large hall with ever SO
many doors in it, leading into different
class rooms.
"They make great dsaiof noise all
together" said Frank ; "I don't see how.
the teachers and scholars can hear each
other speak.
::ifasolss, and that
is the great thing, they don't care 50 much
about hearing each other" said Miss
Bright Eyes. CATER all, it is only when
one is outside in the hall that one is all
so confused; when you get into any of
the rooms the noise there browns all that
is going on in the others; you forget that
there is any outside at all. It is very
queer that the smaller and narrow a
room is the less the people seem to re-
member that there is any other room in
the house." N
',Mayn'tI peep into some of the rooms2"
asked Frank.
"We had better take our places in the
infant class now" said Mary; "When we
have done our lessons, I will ask the
teacher to let me show you around the
house."
They then went together into large
room where there were great many lit
tie boys and girls of about their age; for
at the Great Nineteenth Century Nun.
dane Academy boys and girls are taught
together until they are seven or eight
years old. All the children Master
Know Nothing knew were there, and
many more besides; he was afraid even
to whisper at first, or he would have liked
to ask Mary Bright Eyes the names of
some of them. The teacher was hearing
a spelling class and took no notice when
the two came in; Master Know Moth.
ing thought they spelt very strangely
the teacher gave out the words and the
children spelt them and gave their mean
ings in this way:
Teacher-spell Parent"
Children-"s-tn-e-r-a-p. People whose
duty it is to mind what their children
say"
Teachep-spell "Child."
Children-"D.l.i.h-c. One who ought
to be treated like a grown UP person, and
ought to be seen and heard too"
Teacher-spell Proper Behaviour"
Children-"R-e-p-o-r-p r u. .oi-v-a-h-e-b
Doing what you please, and not mlnding
any body"
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