Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-01-01

you hahthS everything look cheertul,
and your leading impulse is at once to
advertise the man who put her up, and
invite llgfricnds in need of stoves to 20
right off to him.
by the, way, we found out the cause of
"Scorchers" perverseness, on taking her
to pieces we discovered nest of rats Eve
killed AZ, at least 70 cscaped just in the
bottom of the stove, or ratheroi the pipe.
l mean where the pipe is let in. They
were qrite lively No wonder Scorcher
wouldn't run fire when she was choked
uE i'll that way. So having disposed of
"Scorcher No. 10," please state that any
applications for her will be of no avail.
She is gone and | am all riglt-Happy
with cleopatra" So am done with
stoves, all that was wanted was to getyou
to stop the people annoying me about'pur-
chasing.
| wanted to write you about a very
plcasan tsuprsc which bcfcll me last week.
1t was not exactly surprise either be-
cause only saw and heard what l ex-
pected to see and hear. / was invited as
one OF the "patrcs conscripti" ("patres'
any how) to witness the performances Of
thescholars ut Miss Rcbecca Albergottic's
school, preparatory to their vacation.
| went! | saw! | heard!I came off de-
lighted. To use an entirely original
phrase. "whtn there was so much merit
it would be invdious to say that any one
ofthe scholars deserved more praise than
anothcr;" So will not undertake to
draw any distinctions l Will not say
one word about the individual merits Of
II single scholar. Besides which when
they all did so well. Were to say /
had preference for my own Gas have,)
and intimate that they did tho best (as
they did belicve) EvGyy one would say
of course | only said so, because / am
their parient. Sol am compelled to
speak generally, and state only broad
and undiscriminating facts, there was no
mistake about it, wehthcr we refer to
the spirited dialogues orthe elocution, or
the composition Original essays for the
subjects whereof am disposed 10 confess
that the junior writers were much indcbt-
ed to the last circus,9 every thing was
perfect, and the whole performance lc-
flectcd the utmost credit OH the pains
taking, efficient and very lady like
teacher. She has certainly spared no
labor or time in her careful preparation
OF her interesting pupils. She fully dc
serves to have, and trust she may always
have, as many scholars as she wants, and
l state here my earnest conviction, that
parents in Orangeburg or elsewhere ell
trusting their little folks to her guidance
'ind teaching will always congratulate
themselves afterwards, in the considera-
tion of the good angel who suggested the
thought to them. But what partculall,
struck me about this model school, was
the Wonderful affection which ali of Mis-.
AS scholars seemed to entertain for her,
she governs them by love alone. It.Mas.
strange tonne, aid ] was disposed To think
that just there something was wrong, iol
you will observe that the scholars were
not composed Of girls Only, there wer,
bGys too in that school, and never before
saw Il boy who didn't hate his teacher
within hitcrvindictivc and lasting hatred.
know ] did, and il the same old fear
WAS not in me yet, believe / could
thrasli my teacher TO this day-ycs! and
laugh glreiuIly while doing it. / taught
school once myself didn't teach girls.
| taught boys, and am satisfied tina,
there is not one of those lads, but would
put me through Il course OF my own dis
ciplinc tomorrow; but maybc for the same
reason, didn't come it on my teacher,
girls may be different; but whcn | see
boys real boys loving their teacher, 1 am
disposed to be suspicious or think there
must bc wondrous deal Of magnetism in
that Kindness which can get real affection
out OF such notoriously hardened and
callous material. | wonder after all il
my cothcr miUbt unt boyn bnnn ,,., no