Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-04-01
Joint Sub.Dlstrict No. 1, Paint and
BeFFarsOn Townships.

March is. under the head Of APOLOGY" |
hope you will bear with me. think can be
little more brief than was in my last commu-
nication. having the benefit Of Dr. Catnip's pre-
trrlption, and the advantage Of brief article
by m educated shad OF the first water. But in
ease should be so tedious as to crowd your
paper would advise you to call on the cele-
brated, educated graduated DR.. Catnp and get
spasm scription what would enlarge your
paper
Wen, as to the apology. ! must confess
don't know what 10 make Of it. have always
| looked upon the matter in this way-that an
| apology should be received with respect and
some degree Of gratefulness, and you know
! that It is a characteristic in human nature to
enjoy commentators. But whether these
things originated from a pure motive and AN
| honest heart WAS the question with me- IN re- |
| gard to the article, he spoke OF the wonderful
] amount OF labor it took to hunt up the geogra-
| phy Of IL; and then there was the grammar TO
| be considered, and the rhetoric" NOW, here
| were terms that was not much used to. Ihe
! geography and grammar was ratner new 10 me-
! aud the rhetoric entirely 80 But L thOught l |
| would not be snubbed Of in that way hunted
up the childTVn's school books and gave the &c
! ography a pretty thorough examination.
could not see any thing in it thaJ looked llkemy
article. IHtN EOL tlit grammar dllA w
| it, with about the same result And il there
| was any geography or grammar in the article
! could not see it.. But ! thought perhaps that
was because ! was not educated. Then comes
the rhetoric. We had no rhetoric book and |
! had never seen one nor eYenlhcam OIL one ana
| did not know where to get one. W g had an olq
| book there that gave sort OF an GAplahation OF
| some words. ! looked az that, DuJ nc uldl
! rive ihe origin Of the word, the Dutch nor the
| Latin, and could not see as II would apply IN
! tbis case except fCW OF the last words OF the
| definition r. that which allures or charms J
might be made TO apply i'm the case by man OF
| education The book that / consulted was old
| was gotten tlp By an old fogy by the name OF
! Noah Webster. ] suppose he was thought 10
have pretty good education m ms Gay; put at
this day he has got to sink back IN the shade
| saw peace be to his ashes ana JOY to ms soul,
for always thought he had good common sense
And II he had been blessed with pr. Catnips
prescription he would have made q bigger b0ok
put more in IL and not had it nan so large.
But poor old man, he ldborcd under dlsadYant-
ggeg Well ! was at a loss to know how to re-
cpiye the apology. once come to the cOnclu-
sion that Enquirer" was making Iuh OF me-
then thought that that would be prepo5terous,
Go think that an educated gentleman would
gtggp so low as to make fun Of an nneQucNlcd
school director. That would be beneath theug-
nity Of gentleman Of fine education Wen
, ia bordering this thing over in my nind for
several days, amenting over my inability TO
comprehend the meaning Of fney educated
, gentleman, / thought Of an expression that
Tot from an old book that dad used to nave mat
hecalled Burns Works-Robert Burns, thlhk'
| He said:
What signifies all your schools,
Tf honest nature has made you io0sY
{ then concluded to accept the apology IN good
faith, at just whaJ inc apoloBl5t WaS Wol"l W +"
} 1lr, f5nauircr tells us that he is an educated
, man, and tells us what bulldozng briefly de-,
fined, Is, suppose ne mas I9unu tilaI sGilo9ii .Ii
directors don't Dulldoze worm % c%enG' : Miiiii
( | iuuf to ii II /
, attend to that when get ready now nc says
/ :" Will add shOlt 5tatemeht as explaining lhe
mysteries Of whose was the IaulI .., ,.
G Wen, leb US examine nus stlIon9ht aHl BlEe B
him credit for all that IS true, anu VIZ 70 cor
rect thaC Whicl Is NOT as 10 lne WhlPplR1g W Wol
the boy, that s tue' puJ rC seeh5 W lle, lr0ill
the tone ol ms aillcle laD Vlero ma9 az V'ho t
clal meeting9I th9 directors on acc9WntGl % Az t ut
whipping, Ihat Is hoG lhe eaaG' W. ttlI w m not
meet on that account aI all, puU NY ~ oie''I
out thG stove Pipe III the HvlnIhR pVioiV acloYi
hours wen, nc Wnlppetl tHe DVya, tilut W w w. !
mn, suppo59, IN, nv Pu5 "''''iV Wv '"'''' "'i''
Will as long as they I'VE ,,., /.
lie says that one OF the directors o2gtteu 70
mat kind OF punishment anu tQtpmau9 ~ lDj uIH, ~
to convince tle leaener g meant M W. u T ~, Il5
assemblet sch9ol; he ahlrms glat lie t%eacIeI %
told nm this, i ttOht know Miau the toNoncr
told him, Dnt 90 KNOW, JnaI Iuo loaCheI Was
. not there Whe1 tle hote4 Plren was Iaheu h Wv
3 and there was DHt one 5GhOiar Ulere' lhsIeau Oi
N HN N
ules 10 thlngs tlIt oGGuIIeu ~ l9 m Mp9ohnVi va,
WIllJustgo i9r What u is worm. hncIe WE m pul
one sGholar tneIe 49u ny ealio WIZ @ ill1 IaVHeI ~
IN Ofder TO get rue, Alter VIZ nav tHkeh t,lc
. stoye-pipe uoWh ana were cleaning ~ IN tile
yard, this lltCle Doy held the sLlcK ouI OF tIg
window and snid: Pa, here Is the stlcK thal
! the teacher whipped them boys WIN Ills pg
said: " Well put II back where you goC H.
After this the director either WGhG IN ah4 got
j tnc stick or had ms boy 70 hahu II out 70 MN,
y and he set u up against IhG sac OF the mousse
Then the boy sald; !" ia, What are you gong
10 do with ltY why. set IL there tO,uay
Il THIS All TOOK pace before any other scholars
came. This occurred IN the presence OF tnroe
> directors ana one small DOy instead OF tho as
= sGmblcd school, the teacher not having arrived
3: yet, but did finally come This moetmgof the
| directors was not on account OF the whipping
. at all But this birch" as Mr. u calls u, was
(; a honey locust gad, big enough TO Whlp On OK
| with, and told tho teacher 80. l AlsO tOlu nm
: that would admit that u man might possibly
r administer light punishment with that Kind
o Of q CAD, but It was not likely that he would
+ These boys were small, ignorant and thinly
clnd and perhaps moro Ignorant than unruly,
One OF the directors told him that ne did not
"A allow any teacher to whip child OF his with
. such club as that
" Next comes the boys with the rev0lvers, etc
He says the teacher had no authority to modest
them. He says that the teacher told HIM this.
The teacher had been told repeatedly BY two OF
the directors that they expected him 10 govern
T Che school The teacher said he talked 10 the
v BOYS and told them il was dangerous to carry
:, reyolyers TO school, and that 1t was against the
y rules OF the school, and would not bG allowed
We also notified their father Of the fact, and the
"A last talk that had with the teacher about that