The Arizona sentinel., 1875-05-08
A Schoolmaster Around Loose.

dusty floor for an hour or two,
called upon one Of the members
of the Board of Education and in
troduced himself as William Can
non Harrison of Saginaw county.
He was politely received and he
commenced business by saying:
."I;m a-Iooking for situation
as a school teacher.
"Ah, hal" replied the member,
wondering why the man wasn't
looking for wOOd-pile.
81 could have brought pile OF
recomm ends so high" continued
the man, measuring with his
hands. "but recommends don't
amount to nothing"
"And have you any school in
We've" asked the member.
81 want to get in here, in De
troit." replied the man. "What
wages do you pay?"
81 am afraid-" began the
member, when the schoOlmaster
interrupted:
"Ol well, / s'pose you pay going
wages, and that's all | can ask for.
] don't want to put on style and
live high, az I'm getting a leetle
old and ought to save money"
GAS I was going to remark"
said the member. VIII en- the
sch0oImaster suddenly inquired
"Do they allow licking in the
schools here? If they do, Pm the
man you want to- dress the boys
down! I've had 'em come for
me by the dozen, and it would
do your heart good to see the way
! laid 'em! Why when ! had
that school in Bay county | tho't
nothing of licking thirty scholars
a day, besides hearing twelve
classes recite! Pm an old scream
err, I tell you, and there's fun in
me when you get me woke upW
81 hardly think" commenced
the member again, when the
schooImaster jumped up and said:
"Of course you won't take me
unless / pass examination, but |
hain't AFRAID of not passing. I'd
like to see word i couldn't spell!
For instance: 'Catarrah > G at
a-r-r-a-h'-catarrah.' 'Dandelion:'
sD.a-n-d elton, .tdandeliOn.' or
try, me on words of four syIlables.
'Lugubrious > L-u-g-u b RI Gus.
luguhrious.' Oh! | can knock the
socks right off'n these swell-head
teachers and not half try"
II should like to help you but"
"Oh! you needn't think Pm be-
hind in geography" interrupted
the teacher. For instance: What
is an isthmus? An isthmus is a
narrow strip of land connecting
two larger bodies. Is the world
round or fiat? Round Why is
if ronnd? Because it is. Which
is the largest river in the world?
The Amazon Which is the
highest mountain? The Andes.
| might go on for seVenty-five
DAYS this way and then not tell
you half l knowW
"You seem TO be pretty well
posted in geography, but as [
wanted to tell"
"And on grammar toOp' ex-
claimed the teacher, jumping up
again. "What's noun? A noun
is the name Of any person, place
or thing. Give US an example :
Man. dog, cat, coon, goat. jack
knife, fish hook, gate-post What
are the principal conjunctiOns?
And as, both, because. for, if, that,
or. nor, neither, either, and so
forth. Oh! Pm right on the roof
of the Westinghouse when you
sling grammar at mer
The member was getting des-
perate, and as soon as he could get
in a word he said:
81 will take your name, and as
soon as vacancy-"
"And / know arithmetic from
cover to covert exclaimed the
man, standing up again, 81 can
go through the tables like light
ming through a haystack, and
when you get to fractions and
cube-rOot Pm awful weigh a
tor and half ana still growing!
'Rithmetic'S my favorite study,
and I'll give you fifty dollars 10
find a man who'll saw sums in
two and plane 'em down as quick
ly as | CAMP
His speech took the Wind out
of him and the member managed
to say there was no vacancy at
present, but he would take his
name and consider his case as
soon as one occurred.
"Pd like to commence right
off - replied the man, "but Pm
willing 20 wait. Here's my name
and the mint / get your letter
Tn come down a-fying. If YOU
get me you don't get much style
but you get solid old common
sense and genuine education. YOu
won't see scholars playing hide
and-coop around the wood box oil
marbles on the floor = no yOu
won'tr
And he went down stairs.
Mrs. Greenshaw of Alabama ha