Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-09
BARRING oUrTHE SCHOOL MAsrER

In the blessings Of to-day -
With patient hand removing rte
AL the briar's from our way
BARRING OUT THE SCHOOL MAsTER.
My early life was made miserable by
Mulberry Bangs, a gentleman Of the
old school, who devoted himself to
reading, writing and arithmatic, and
the general use of the stick. Upon my
head and other parts of my person he
imprinted himself SO positively that
can now see him as plainly as if we
had parted but yesterday. He was a
stout man, who made in his figure,
when seen in profile, Hogarth's line OF
beauty, being round-sh0uldered and
crooked in the legs. Ho was blonde.
The hair Of his head had that sunny
tinge SO much admired to-day, and
when rubbed down with tallow can.
die, as was his wont TO dress it, was so
smooth and straight that the boys be-
lievcd that the flies clipped down it and
broke their legs. His eyes were dark
and fierce, and hid under the cavern
GUS recesses made by his bushy red
eyebrows, seemed to watch like evil
spirits over his precious nose. The
nose was ruby nose, bottle in shape,
and when Bangs was angry, which ap.
peared to be all the time, it glowed like
the headlight Of a locomotive. His
mouth was finished without lips. and
resembled slit in q piece or sole
leather.
Ny early experience gave me ! dis.
taste for the whip in schools. But
am far from siding with the sentimen-
talists ofthe present day who advocate
kindness and neral suasioH. The
easier teaohings-not The best, but, in
fact, the only ones-are those Of the
cd, that gave us realizing sense OF
pain to the body, and drilled as into
patience and self-denial
Boys are of two sorts--good little
boys. who die Young, and bully boys.
who cannot be killed.
As the last named only live to be
men instead of being transplantcd into
angels, it is well to discipline them
through the only process known to an.
inlale. and that 1t is the discipline oil
fear. The old adage is not far wrong
that said. "When you meet boy
whale him-for If he has not been in
mischief, he is going9in,"
4 What may have been my feelings
when suffering under the stick of old
Rangs, my oAiActinn TO him. rests moi
SO much on his use Of that Instrument
an the beastiy appearance and charac.
ter Of the man. f5ss9g
It was understood throughout the
country that the bows were justifiable
In barring out the master, and, if sue.
cessful were not only entitled to q
weeks recess, but the admiration and
praise Of their parents Old Bangs
was famous for his power OF resistance
and boasted that no school Of his had
ever sucCecded in conquering In such
attemPts. On the occasion to which
isrefer we had two big boys in our
school. .named Bill Henning and Bob
Strong. They 1were cknotty-headed,
broad shonldered and hsfd d-fisted fell
lows, who worked through the eum.
mer for means to attend school during
the winter, and il was understood
throughout the school that the barring
out'of Master Bangs, was to be accom-
plisfed aud old scoressettled. U
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