Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-02-13
Georgianna Blake.

ny Lot LAUREL
A round shrewd, cute little face this
Georgianna had, with funny little mouth
and an inquisitive little nose. There wasn't
the least little bit of curl or knk in her hair,
nor even the faintest of dimples in her chin,
and yet it was a face you would like to see,
only when flashes of temper passed over it
which were but flashes, after all and consid-
ering she had no mother to teach her to con-
troll herself, we'll try to be charitable towards
that fault and all others which you may
discover if you read on. And we won't
blame the hired girl Bridget, too much for
Georgianna's shortcomings, as she had all
the work in that big farmhouse to do, and
she really did the best she knew how for
George and her younger brother, Phil.
But it's about her first day at school am
going to tell you. She went with her Uncle
jamie, though she never called him uncle, |
for he was only three years older than her. |
self. She wanted to sit with Jamie, but the |
teacher said, No, she couldn't have girls |
and boys sit together;" so she gave her
Rose Williams for a seat-mate. George OBJ
jected at first, because she wasn't "'quainted |
with her;" but at the end of the first recess
they were as intimate as though they had
known each other for years, and at noon
they had great quarrel Rose pushed
George off the seat, and George doubled up
her stout little fist and struck Rose in the
face; and when the teacher said, "God
didn't give little girls their hands to strike
and push with; he wants they should do
good with them" Georgianna very promptly
answered, "God didn't give me my hands
they growed right out of my wrists"
Though the quarrel was furious one it was
brief, and long before recess in the afternoon
they had forgotten all about it, and whis
pered and laughed so much that the teacher
put George in a seat by herself. She hadn't
been there two minutes before she said,
" Teacher, teacher, mayn't Rose come and sit
with me? we're such good friends, you know"
When the teacher called her out to read for
the first time in the afternoon (she wasn't
inclined to read at all in the forenoon) she
said, 81 believe you've not yet told me your
name ?" &" I'd just as lief tell--its George
but | amt boy, I'm a girl; my brother
Phil, he's a boy" "Now we will attend to
reading" said the teacher, and when she
found George knew her letters she said,
Well done, who taught them to you 7"
"Oh, | found em out one day, and | can
spell dog and hen, but can spell hen most
cause we've got most, and they lay eggs
every day just like the copy we keep in their
nests" q" Let's hear you spell hen" A-b-c-d,
hem" spelled George, with great prompt
ness. THAT'S not right" said the teacher,
Its hen, hem" ave don't never spell
our hens so, replied Georgia, giving her
head a contemptuous little toss. "What
town do you live in ?" asked the teacher.
As George maintained a dignfied silence,
the teacher said You live III ,Jonesville."
"No | don't" contradcted George, " | live
in the red house," and hers wasn't pleas
ant face to see no indeed guess it wasn't !
It's only naughty girls who contradict
their teachers, and they sometimes get their
ears snapped" said the teacher, looking
gravely but kindly. George looked down
on the floor, and played with the hem of her
apron, and then the rebellious look faded
out of her face as she said "That was
nothin' but tantrum; it's all gone, and |
shant contrarydct any more" "That's a
good GIRL now tell me who the President
is" 81 guess it's jamie" and Georges
face was the very picture of good-humor
now. Rose, can you tell George who the
President is p asked the teacher Ruth
erford B. Hayes" replied Rose, looking at
George with an air of superiority. George
didn't like it much, but she was determined
. not to have another tantrum; and as she
Is he your uncle 2" OF course the scholars
laughed at all she said, so the teacher sent
: her to her seat saying, Now you and Rose
i see which will sit the stiest." George
y and Rose folded their hands, and George
a watched the teacher for about thirty seconds;
u then she said, Teacher, why don't you
comb your befront hair it's all frowzed
u up" This little girl, you see, didn't know
crimps were all the fashion. The school
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u the girls to see. "Why, jamie" she said
y what shall do with you 2" She looked
d 90 star,lv Gaoro;e grew alarmed and said
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= him some candy and he won't do so ne
' more" Then she added, You see / know
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