The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-18
For the TRUE NoRTHRRNYR.

Mr.. Editor There has been considerable
said about that fishing excursion to Three
Mile Lake some insinuating that the boys
were tight, bU. it is al a mistake. I'll Just
tell you how it was: No one was tight, not
even the boats. When Capt. H. wcs about to
leave shore, soma one asked him il he had not
better tale little cider for his stoTach's sake.
He said he might take little for ballast, but
he did not want a full cargo Of it. When the
storm came on, the wind struck'the boat on
the larboard side; Capt. II. shouted to the
first mate In e commanding tone, shift the
ballast to leeward, take a reef in the glb-boom,
haul tight the hauser and wind it around the
keel" Nc, who wa holding on his hat,
said he'd be bowed if he'd do il, for he did not
know which way Lee hved and he was no OK
driver, and didn't know he ~ sir from gee sir,
and il the wind kept on blowing, he should
take keel himself. This excited the Captain,
and he was about to order out the long-tom to
quell the mu.ipy, when he discovered that the
boat had sprung a leak. He immediately turn
ed her bottom side up to cork up the crack.
Some OF the others thought he had met with
an accident and called TO him 20 know what
was the meter, and If he wanted any help.
The Captain said nothing serious had happened,
only the q" darned old thing leaked right
smart, and he turned il up to zee If he could
not caulk it. " That is the best way says he.
So you see there was not much of 1t after all.
The Captain says that al a fishing excursion 1t
could not he beaten, and the three ducks" that
he got were genuine.
IS OUR DAY, q parent can bestow upon a
child nothing more valuable than good educa-
ton. But while this fact is generally recognl-
zed, and every locality has its school-house,
there are those whose conceptions OF what q
good school training should be, are, il not err
oneous, at least very indefinite. Many busi-
ness man can remember with what embarrass-
ment he first essayed to ''do sum that wasn't
| in the book" and that it took time and practice
! to make himself familiar with the operations
required in business, aud capable IN perform
ing them. Experience has taught US all that
the instruction which we received in school
was but preparatory and general and useful in
practical way only as 1t enabled us more
readily to acquire that particular knowledge
| WHICH OuI Duflubrb ItHullous WI ~ ~ AOooohn
BILE to expect more than this. The.most accom-
plished college graduate has but obtained that
culture which makes it possible FOR him to
become, in time good lawyer, doctor, or
mechanic. 1t H. then, the province Of school
to do this preparatory work. when 1t does il
well it does all that il can do. But the educa-
ton Of no person ends with his sehool-days.
1t is then, in fact that the real, special life
training begins, and ii is then that the advan-
tage Of cultivated intellect, and taste FOL
study becomes apparent. mere familiarity
with text books is q poor reward for years
spent in application and confinement, and it is
not to obtain this that children should attend
school A child that has finished q common
school course OF instruction, should have ac-
CURED correct habits of thought, love OF
study, and the ability to gain knowledge from
books. These requirements are most impor.
tant, and the modes Of teaching and discipline
OF the school should be such as to secure them.
A good teacher ia lenient in discipline. bur
exactiDg IN scholarship. The ultimate object
in school discipline, is not to have children eli
and movo with military precision but to secure
that degree Of rider which is necessary to good
work. All discipline which by its severity OIL
harshness tends to make child dislike school
buys order at a very dear price, and should be
J avoided. Many lessons are learned in school
which are not to be found IN the text books
and parents should see that the influences un.
der which their children are placed, are such as
will develop their best nature and incline then
to love, through life the true and the good