The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-04-16
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XIV, NO. !
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, vol XIV, NO.

boys will please to pass out first, quietly"
They did so and after recess they came
back Il. quietly to the sound of Ms Helens
bell. When all were in their seats again,
she asked them to write each a description
Of the Yosemite valley as they had seen it
and heard it described, by which she should
know how well they could spell and write
and express themselves in English. Then
she sd led, "we shall have hal geography
lesson, spelling lesson, sWritng lesson and
n lesson in composition"
All went happily to work, aud, when the
hour Of dismissal came, she r,qu sted them
to leave their states upon their desks, each
with their name written in full.
1t wasa wonderful morning for the Hedge
row village school. In the Afternoon they
found pretty manuscript book on each desk,
into which they were requested to copy
their corrected compositions. Some had
written a good deal, some very little, but
those who had written little had not inter.
rupted the Others and all were astoni-hed at
their own good behavior, but i. had seemed
to them that they could not help it in the
pre-. er ce Of the beautiful MIS- Helen, who m
they, with Dne accord, admir- ii ~ much.
the curtain was left suspeued fr other
days, and Miss Helen had many similar les.
sons upon it, and strange to say, she had so
many entertaining lessons, upon 81 many
different subjects, that the sch0ar4 could
not find any time for bad behavior Even
the bad bny," a. he had been called, al.
ways behaved we to Miss Helen and wOud
have knocked down any other boy who did
not. 1t WAS new kind Of school keeping
such a. they had never imagined, and,
though Miss Helen knew how to give har I
tasks when such were necessary for their i'm.
pr)vement, she bal to have no penalties fo'
neglected lessons, for none were neglected
Among other things, she gave lesson
about hDwers of which she was very fond
and which she sought in the hedges and
meadows. Soon she fourd the school room
charmngly decorated with vines and wild
! fl ,wer-, aud when it was seen that she care,
fully planted and tended every root of III"
vine or fl ,wer that she found among their
decorations, making a pretty border round
the house and training the vines over the
| windows, her scholars began to seek the
hedges aud meadows for them, and to bring
not only the plants, but the very soil they
grew in into the hitherto bare school yard
BetIre the summer was over it WAS trans
formed into lovely school garden in which
everything that grew in the neighborhOd cd
was represented.
One day she exclaimed at home: "If
only had piano at the school room, woult
teach them ali to sing
week from tn 1t day she eLtered tn.
school room little before the hour, ant
there stood piano, with note upon it t.
Miss Helen Loring, the gift of the village
of HeGg, row." Her wish had been repeate,
by one of the friends who had heard it, an,
t who had Immediately drawn up paper will
= that remark for a heading and cany assed th
village with it. Every one who was aske'
/ subscribed something, and now Ms Helen
who was rare singer, taught beautiful
hymns and songs to her pupils, and trainet
? them carefully besides in the elements 0
music so that, in the course of time, tn
I church music showed the effects of it, an
| Miss Helen was asked to head the choir OF
Sundays, and all the countryside came t.
, listen to her glorious voice. 1t was at Il i
e period that first saw Miss Helen and learne
her history. When had visited it, previ
ously to my taking up my residence in il
, Miss Helen WAS often spoken of, and the
t learned thai she was the village schoolmi.
= tress, but now, being part and parcel of tn
place, ard in a responsible position mad
it a point to learn all that was known sbou
her. She : now Mrs Helen ---, for
thought il WAS time fer her school labors
o cease, after she had transformed who
e village. it was some time before | coul
:. persuade her she could do a. much good
n another sphere; indeed, | had to wait tw
d years, for | could not tear her from II
r school till she lief, it rovided with goc
l. globes and apparatus fnriDstruction in ply
IF les, which interested her 80 much that 81
e was sure the study would interest 9th
e young people The universe was so eloro
q and beautiful To fer that she wanted a h
% scholars to erjpy it as she did and that th
ID could not do without know ing a. much
ye she did about it.
If 1t were not fIr my care she would ha
as much to d. now ~ when she kept I
ii Hedgerow school, for all the lnhablar
D., think she knows best about everything, II
-, wish to consult her about all their att ii
IN great and small. insist upon some of the
, requisitions being turned over to me,
,o though | know that the anxious inquir
"A would be far from satisfied il they did
40 know she was in all my counses, and Il
ed | think as much of her opinion about
or erything Il, rkey do. The school is still
r. pet care. 1t is now kept by another you
on lady carefully trained by her.
Ao Profit. 81 200.
im ITO sum it up, six long years OF bed-r