Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-11-06

Ef'u-.s.. N.a.t oi Et-.,... .,..r tt.1
in.rlh' .~ts .lI .',,-.. g., ..-.4 t...4.,....
, bod. De- met. tbt. hc made tt a regulation,
ia hi' -ohpol. thar. Il pupil violated = Tu.r,
'til" master should substitute A, own vel.
uat4ry .acuarlal cha,ii,rmen, lur tha.
l4VD'~ pun .hmrut, aud this Ic-ula'I 5u
almost thri,uAuizcI h, school" ron"
day, Mr.. Alcoit sad, Il called WI byt5tt.
ne pupt! wa0 had violated an Import an.
rule. A. the school was booking on, au.I
A.ew the rule auI the penalty. tut THE
: ruler iato the oiicud-r'. hand: / extended 4
my "wu hand, | told hlp u strike. L.
s;antly saN a struggle he1sn in MI, face.
\ Hr" i.Shi sprung up .n his counteuauc-.
\ new set OF shui;,r- seciued to be wcay-
iu@ neW nature w.thia him. Kept my
hand extended. aud tie school Wa Ia
tears The soy stutcs once, and bGf.i
into tears. lie seemed 10 be iu a bath II
IRE which wAs gjv.aS tim uew ustlrc.
! He seemed transformed by the iica That /
should suH-r ChA,ti>rmrut 10 place OF his
punshm NJ. aGI uyer after was thr up.g
doclic pupil lu the school, though be hli a.
first been the Tuic-t"
Now, tAi- i very affecting and reason
able and striking. N one eau read the ..-
c.dcut and very readily forget IL; aud it
con,aius q lesson that every ,chOOl-lcArh-r
eau certainly read a.,h prou. The .ur .-
dent cane go tie knowledge ot viii, h.
SIoIdLrG, Who fog some years pat la
been Teaching "A district .ghoU, .u ENut
river township. 10 Iowa. lie rral th,, eX-
tract from one OF Joseph Coos, lecture a,
/ aud never forgot the grra, moral conveyed.
And. indeed, he privately Informed a ci-f-
syman who called upon tim dldog cr,u-
cal period Ia his career and wlth whnm he
was very Intimate, that he didn't thinA hc
ever would forge; IL. Young Mr S,oiiArd
[ had some iew pretty hard BOYS iu hI~
school. They were b.. and noisy AMI
, rough and turbulent. He had reasoned
with them he had cXpostulated; hr had
begged and wept. He had whipped them
until his arms ached, and the directors had
threatened TO dismiss him for unnecessary
severity and absolute cruelty; ana the
I boys grew worse every day. But when he
WAS ut his wis end. aud was seriously
thinking oE running away aud losing an
his back pay rather than stay az the school
another day. he read this incident, aud il
gave his troubled mind ne~ light lie
treasured it up, and thought it m .hJ hep
| him.
lie had treasured 1t up probably half a
day, when one bright June afternoon. sam
ueI Johnson. the biggest and strongest
all tIr inles at the school. one alter anoih-
ar. a. fast a. he could Ihiuk OF them and
wound ur by tearing seven leaves out al
his geography. These he crammed into
III mUulh, and when he had cheWed them
Into pulp. he took the ''xad" into hi,
hand, and propelled the whole mass with
great violence into the ear OF Ellis Has
kell, who, although also big aud bad-a lit
tie bad-was not possessed OF sufficient
presence of mind 10 lou< sal N aud uBcou-
sclOus under this avslaucISAerely because
the eye OF his teacher was upon him, and
he accordingly >guiiied his very unnatural
dlsmsy and astOnishment by a tremendous,
howl.
AHd all the school howled in responsive
chorus. Not only because the scholars
were delighted 10 see Ellis Haskell with his
larboard ear full Of paper mache, as though
he were going to take cast ont Of it tor
the physiology class, but also because they
knew the teacher would promptly and
without further ceremony or formality.
give 'Tecumsehn Johnson a behefit-to
wit, a most awful and dreadful 'lickin" {"
And this being pleasant change fIom the
mOnotouous routine OF study and recta-
tion, was always hailed with demonstrations
of great JOY by the pupils.
Mr.. StoddaFd called Samuel johnson up
tp his desk, aud more calmly than WAS his
custom under such circumstances. told
him TO go out and bring in switch. The
pupils noticed there was something uuus-
uaily gentle in the teachers manner, and
il struck Samuel Johnson very forcibly
that 1t was certainly very much out of the
ordinary method Of procedure for the cul-
priI TO De accorded the privilege OF cutting
his own switch. But he was not the boy
who would fail to appreciate and make the
best use OF his privileges and opportuui-
ties. So he did not idly waste his time,
but presently returned with a very peace
ful looking switch indeed-s switch appar-
entity tar gone in the last stages OF con-
sunption-the sickest switch!
"Nos." said Mr.. Stoddard, with a gen
tie. compassionate intonation, strike me-"
Samuel Johnson, who had already begun
TO unbuuon his own jacket, opened his
mouth wide, and the whole school stared
in speechess amszement Mr.. Stoddard
calmly repeated his order. He thought he
could see the new set Of shuttles begin
ming the work." "Some one," he said