The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-02-07
sHAKEs I'm Up.

with her head tied up. and she looked pale
looked as il she had been crying. As
far a. know she is truthful, and have
known her for four years, and never knew
her Ia tell untruihs. | saw No bruises on
the child's body.
DON ALLOW "PET" To BE SLAPPED.
Mrs. Hansb-rgrr, a former teacher of
the child, stated that she administered
slap on the side OF her face once i"r diso-
! b,dicncr Mrs. Dugan visited me To- know
why / slapped h,r. She WAS ten wears old
then. Mr.. Dugan said that her child had
m"aned all the night after. and IN hr-
dreams had impl"nd the mistress not to
strike h,r. Mis- Dugan visited me and
asked an explanation Tor slappins her
child.
Mrs. ID interrupting-I objected tn her
slapping ms daughter un ur aside the
! head, hut after hesrd Mrs. III : cxplana-
lion oil all the circumstances i Justified
her.
Mrs. Han,herser was i'm the
complaint s"meIhing said about the chilFs
lace showing marks from the slap gave
h.r. There WAS also some mistake about
which side o. the iare the slap WAS made
ON. think Mrs. ID. claimed Ile injury
WAS on one eide. while IL was OH the other
side the Slap WIS given Pct Dugap. nn
! the record that term for department, was
| the itv-scvcnih name out OF sixiy-two
| pupils, which WAS all th, lie were In the
| room.
Mrs Uansherger then went on To tell
hnw il happ-n'd and why she punished
PIT" detailing that IL WAS more Tor i'm
p rtinent actions, turning up her nos-,
etc, what every teacher understands, than
ivr any immediste act of di,ob,dicnce.
PETS" RECOMMENDATION.
Mrs Dugan IN asked that the follow
some discussion, was permitted to he
read:
SED,LIA, Jan %, 1882
Mr. and Mrs G-o. DIgan:
Your daughter, Pet Dusan, has been in
our school Tor about three months, an
during that Time her conduct has BEEN
ladv-like. She has been at all times ODE
| .ii-nt la the rules OF the school, and We are
! veil pleased with her ~ a pupil.
G W. READY,
J. Il. NANPATTEN,
Mas. j. Il. NANPArTEN.
WANTS To DIE
Mrs. Dugan WIS then told 10 make
statement al what she knew-not what she
had h.-ari-when she said substantially !
As follows:
"Wn men Pet come home from school the |
night after she WAS whipped, she cried, and |
SAID, i have been aSlulIy whipped She |
Tell down on the floor and Inoaned, and /
said, i want To die By this time was /
crying, tun, a. | WIS certain something [,
awful had h ,rpcned. looked on her leg. |
after The had pulled her stocking down, I
md found large wells. Pct said she .
fought the teacher. Her head hai been |
strnck twice. The wounds ON her leg did /
not bie,-d. NJ ir>t iaipulst WAS to go he /
lore an officer ana swear out n warrant for !
the arrest uf Miss Caldwell. Mr.. Dugan /,
came home and ~:is very much exa-peratcd. |
rhe next m"rh.ns / went To be Prof
Gully with Mrs. BiUch-r."
PEI STRIKES HER TEACHER IN THE FACE
Frank Shacklrs- think Pet told her
mother the truth about the whipping
Miss Caldwell law Pet eating candy In |
school when she as~rd her what she was /
eating, She said, candy At recess Pet I.
was kept in. Mis-, & told her To- go out i'm i
ihe haiI; she refused To 20. She called h, r /
io the desk ana struck her ahont the legs
with her whip. Then Pet pulled her hair
ana struck her IN the lace, and she fought
n Miss & whiPp ii. | d"L't think the
whipping | saw f,t get, was sufficient ,o
make SCARS. don't think she was struck
over the head. | Jaw Pet strike Miss G.,
a violent blow IN the face. know she Is
a strong girl and has considerable muscI.
Iale whipping WIS done with an ordinary
swiIch-tLe largest part OF the switch was
about the sIze o. INV little finger. | do
not Consider Miss L. a very harsh teacher.
l don't think she whips very hard l would
not think sd from the WAY | have seen her
punish scholars. She whips Very l:ttle.
Question by Mrs. Dngan Did You no;
hear Pct tell Miss Caldwell that her
mamma did not allow her 10 be whipped
over the head?
Shackies i don't think ever did.
OUT OF DEEP WATER.
Mrs. Dugan said she WAS through with
her evidence and would now listen 10 what
the other side had TO introduce. |,
THE DEFENSE.
Miss Della Caldwell Was called To the
stand. She IL modest appearing
Young lady, AMI was dressed very plainly
but ia>tily-just from her school room.
e fold her Story in a good voice about
as follows.
About one month after school began,
Prof. Gully said To the teachers that they
must SUPPRESS chewing wax and eating .
fruit in school, and, il not stopped, To pun
ish. i told the schul irs in my room of
this. A lew days after / caught "Pet"
Dugan chewing gum or candy. She was
kept in. | told her to go 10 the dressing
roam, but she refused. then told her To ,
come 90 INV DISK She did :" and
struck her. She fought me, pulled my
hair and kicked me- | struck her with the
switch about iour times. Alter school
topk her to Mr. CIlly aud related the mat
ter To him. | then took her back To- my
room and whipped her slightly Pct told
me she thought she deserved the whipping.