The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1876-01-26
The New Boy.

perChed himself on the wo0d-boS.
When the children repeated the
Lords PRAYER in concert the new
boy except time" with his heel, and
when they came to sing he argued that
variety was the spice of song, and
attempted to sing one of his own-
one about a gentleman named Daniel
Tucker, who dreamed that he was
dead, and so forth. The teacher
warned him to keep still, and he re-
piled hat he wouldn't come to hat
school if his musical qualifications
were to be overlooked. When school
Gnally opened the teacher secured his
name and began asking him questions
in order to find out how be should be
graded.
"Can you spell9" she asked.
"What kind of spelIing2' he eau
tiously replied.
"Spell house if YOU please
Frame or brick houseY" he asked.
Amy kind of a house"
with O mortgage on it2"
"You may spell man if you will" "
she said, giving a severe look.
Man ~
YES"
81 don't care much about spelling
man this morning. but | will this
afternoon. I've spelled it with my
eyes shut"
"Do you know your alphahet2" she
asked, changing the subject.
Never had ANY," was the prompt
reply.
"Do YOU know anything about read
ingY
~ resd like Lightning" he sn-
swered.
She handed him a reader and said:
Let rue hear You read"
Read right out loud?"
yes"
"Pm afraid il would disturb the
children he whispered.
eco OF and let me hear you read"
He looked carefully at the page,
scowled his brow, and read:
eff | was a lame boy and didn't get
any peanuts in my stocking Christmas,
dun my eyes! but I'd make things
jump around that house next morn
ing"
He handed the book back, and the
teacher asked:
Orchard. how many are three and
three"
"Three and three what ?" he inquired.
Anything"
cts a good deal according to what
it is" he replied, as he settled back. 81
know that three and three cats don't
make a dog"
Did you ever study geography,
Richard? ?"
Eyes, man."
What is geography"
OTIS a book"
els this world round or hat?"
"Hills and h%ollers," he replied.
Richard, a you writef p
write whatY"
"Can you write your name?'
II could, / suppose but I've got
my name without writing it :"
"Can you write q letter29
"Who to?"
"To any one"
eyes, | could, if | had money to
pay the postage"
"Well Richard" she said, in de-
spair, "you will have to go into the
lower room if you want to come to
school here ;"
Il druther stay here"
"But you can't"
I'm bet you this knife agin ten cents
/ can"
She took him by the arm to remove
him, but he laid his hand on hershoul-
der, and said in a warning voice:
"Don't get me mad, now, or I'll let
myself loose"
She called the principal down, and,
as he approached the boy, he com,
manded:
boy what are you doing here"
Citing education! replied Rich
ard.
"You go right down stairs nowp
the principal.
We'll don't sass me, for / never was
here before !" replied Richard, slowly
moving his legs as if he meant to get
down.
The principal took him by the collar
and ierked him around, got kicked on
the shin, and bitten on the wrist, and
landed the young student on the
walk.
"Now you go home" he shouted as
he tried to recover his breath.
Am / educatedP' inquired Richard.
You seem to be-"
"Gimme a diplony then"
"You clear out or I'll have YOU ar
"Hain't | a scholar in this school no
nore2'
mo, sir"
"Who owns this school house?' de-
handed the boy.
"No matter-you clear out
"Nill You come out in the yard
lere where you can't hang to any.
asked the boy.
"Begone, / say!'
Don't draw no derringer on me-"
the boy as he backed off, "nor
ont think you can scare me with any
i your bowie-knives!" !
The principal walked IN and shut the
DOR, and after the new boy had stood
here long enough to show that he I,
'asn't afraid he turned and walked off. ,
rowling to himself. !
"Ill git foreman Of No. 6 to pound ]
aat TELLER afore he's q week Older
Diseases of the Horse.