South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-06-12
Daddy Dinkle's Wards.


entering college. Rev Mr.. Dinklebach respect
iuliy sol'citS tue patronage OF the citizens Of
Mayviile and vicinity.
In other words, il was an old fashioned
boys academy which Rev GusrAvUs DINF.
LEBACH opened. Al old-fasbionea bows
academy, now al out of date, and laughed
to scorn by your new-fangled fellows who
turn up their noses at PLATo's dialogues
10 the original, claim that the cnly pres
ent and future hope for the world is that it
shall be evolved out of the pattern of the
crook OF HERBERT SPENCER S little fiuger.
Rev. GusTAvUs DINKLEBACH wasn't
that sort, bless his sweet simple old heart
lie read his Is bic aud the Greek tragedies,
aud believed tho salvation OF the world de-
pended on the golden rule and he, haze,
hoe. His religion and his learning were
so mixed up that he could hardly tell which
was which at last, and he somehow got it
into his queer old brain that one who was
familiar with Greek aud Hebrew aud Latin
lore, by that simple fact pcrforco was made
gentleman, aud that it was hencofarth in
cumbent on him to walk through the world
as al example to modern dcgeneracy, low.
log his noigbbor as himself, being homes,
gcntlc-maunered, kindly and dignii:d.
Rev. DINKLEBACH was all that himself.
and be knew no more Of The ways of the
wicked world than if he had been spotted
kitten chasing spool of thread. lie came
to Mayville very learned, highly rccom-
mended man, with tender hear, a big,
bald head, the soul of a lit;Ic child, and
but two pairs Of stockings to his name.
Mayviile took him under its wing. lie
opened his boys academy aud presided
over II for twenty-five years. l; grew and
h1urishcd apaca, and nobody in Mayville
cheated Rev. DINKLEBACu out of all the
money ho got. Il just happened So, as cx-
acily the opposite had happened to him in
every place be had been before. 10 this
day mary and many a broad shouldered,
bearded mau, with his own locks even be-
ginning to frost little, pauses a minute
from thc clishing din Of the wide world,
while he calls to mind the green days at
MayVille, aud remembers DADDY DINKLE
and dmo GnlaS, dn.at with smile, tear,
and a blessing.
Rev. GUsTAVUS DINKLEEACu was an
old bachelor who loved little children lie
called himself drcary Old bachelor, and a
part of his Valcdictory to his biggest boys
was this
DoH' youn9 menus uoH you oo an
Wv Daouo'T''
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Vile year every body fell into the habit OF
calling him DADDY DINKLE, aud that al
though he was an old bachelor They call.
cd him that to his face after a while, aud
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