Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-02-25
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Daddy Dinkle's Wards.
QCIIT STORY.

This notice appeared in the Msyylle In
dcx one day. ever > many years ago =
The Key. Gustayus Dinklebach propos-
e, 10 open ia MAyvilie, Jan. /. private
>chno! loI boys. Particular attention Civ
en- 10 the classics aud mathematics. Boys
aud vouug men will receive careful and
thorough training. preparatory TO enter
ing college The Rev. Mr.. Dinkleback re-
spectfllly solicit, the patronage of the cit
zen, OF MAyvillc and vicinity.
In other words, il was an old-fashoned
bow, academy which the Rev. Gustavus
Duklebach opened" An old. old-iash-
ioned boys' academy, now all out OF date,
ana laughed to scorn by your new-fangled
fellows who turn up their noses at Plato's
/ Dialogue. IN the original, and claim that
! the only present and future hope for the
/ world !, that il shall De evolved" out of
/ the pattern Of the crook OF Herbert spen-
Ger, little finger.
Z I'm. Rev. Gustavus Dinklcbach wasn't
/ that sort bless his sweet, simple old heart.
! He read his Bible and the Greek tragedies.
and believed the salvation OF the world de-
! pended on the Golden Rule and hic hGc
hoe. His religion and his learning were
| SO mixed up that he could hardly tell which
VA. which at last; and he somehow got il
into hi> queer old brain that one who was
familiar with Greek, and Hebrew, and
Latin lore, by that simple fact perfo-ce
va, made a gentleman. aud that 1t was
henceiorth incumbent Oh him TO walk
through the world as an example TO mod
ern degeneracy. loving his neighbor a.
himself being honest, gentle mannered.
kindly aud dignitied.
The Rev Dinklebach was all that him.
self, and he knew no more of the ways OF
| the wicked world than if he had been a
+ spotted kitten chasing spool OF thread
lie could read the Clouds of Aristophaue-
in Greek ike a novel, but he couldn't driy,
a nail TO save his life. He came TO May
Vile very learned, highly recommended
man. with a tender heart. a Dig bald head,
: the soul OF a little child. and but two pairs
e | OF stockings TO his name.
e M4yyiile took him under its wing. HI
\ Opened" his boys academy, and presided
over il tor twenty five years. Ii grew AM
!. fiouri,hed apace. and nobody in Mayvill
+ cheated the Rev. Dinklebach out OF all th'
n money he got. Ii just happened so, as ex
> actly the opposite had happened to his
= every place he had been before. To thi
day, many and many a broad-shoulderec
bearded man with his own locks cen be
ginning to frost little. pauses minut
from the clashing din of the wide worlt
I. while he calls to mind the green days a
4 Mayyille, and remembers Daddy Dinklt
dIiU untD, uHtlS. ufH9g. Win d tcai
and a blessing. Good friends, one and al
h here's 10 the memory Of the days Of OF
youth. which come but once' Youn
lie friends, make the most of your youth, II
II il glorious. and il comes but once!
The Rev. Gustavus Dinklebach was ;
by old bachelor. who loved little children. l
called himself a dreary old bachelor, al
1t a part of his vsiedictory TO his biggest bo
was always this -
My dear young friends, don't you
oe' an old bachelor"
| do not know how it was, but, befO
the Rev. Gustavus Dinklebach had been
Mayville year. everybody fell into
as habit of calling him Daddy Dinkle, .
that although he was an old bachelor. IN
called him that to his face after aWhl h
;. aud am sure they meant no
X. for everybody had sort of-ay last os
him. so good, and scribe. on the charge
v learned wittBss and selling Matche. W
h,ui hn, 'I ; ing stamped the same, in accok'
lila u the Revenue Laws Of the Uni
5 ! comnarad 70 = On Friday he was examined
49,, ., -, mis- sioner Hamlin, OF Bangor,