Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-10-04

'hiN ~ tHEJ btlltl people GILL UnUtG-
stand him.
''lf You let me have him for about
one month"; said plchSant-yoiccd
and plcaSant-facCd school.mistress who
came down here from up river last
week, 81 could break him Of that care
less habit of speaking.n
just because the boy had asked his
stern, darli-browcd father; "Poppnls.
whurs ismincs fllin pole you pcakin'
mama um daypn Which by interprc.
tation IS, n, the pleasant-yoiced school.
mistress would have taught him to say:
FEATHER, where is my tisAing-rud of
which You were speaking to my mother
with reference to purchasing il fer me
at some time in the indclinablcfuturc?" ?"
And her little serene highncss shook
her head and said no; he was losing his
baby talk and learning to speak English
too rapidly as it was. Tho pleasant
faccof the school mistress wrinkled m
into IN Interrogation point.
"SchOol-miStrcSs,N the lester said,
ION all matters Of education your
Shapely head is No. billy; it is as level
as u new-morn lawn. but YOU, don't
want to teach the baby Grammar and
You don't want him to speak good En-
lioh. You want him TO he Dqhy and
You want to encourage him to indulge
in baby talk. In tine years 10 come,
when tine pudgy fits will dig great
tears uutof the bIu' eyes because the
boy can't remember in just what points
there should and must ha exact nur.
moHy between thcy verb aud the sUojrr,;
when he is confident that no will die be.
fore he can remember how many fcl-
lows besides 'ad, ante, con, in or inter-
are followed by arcusa,iye; whpn ar
knows the world will stand still for Just
two hours after schoolif he can't rorall
that all tcrminationS in something or
other take the what YOU may call it af-
ter somo kind OF things; when ho il so
trusting and ha, so much confidence
in Mr.. Davis that he is not only willing
but anxious to accept his statement
that the sum Of the three angles 0f q
jrianglcls equal to two right angles.
without going to the board 10 prove the
truthtulnrss Of his demonstration:
along in those days the memory of his
baby talk will come back 10 Us like
sweet music. lie will have trouble
enough with tho English language and
all thcappurtanaaccs thcrcunlO appcr-
tanning by and by"
"N0." he responded in answer To Il
silent inquiry of tine plcasanl-faccd
school-miStrcss. "he docs not know his
alphabet, thank heaven, aud he shall
not BIZ bothered with it. Yes. he has
alphabet blocks and knows all the let
lrrs on them and many prcpoSlcrous
stories about tho pictures. Oh, YES, he
can count. Hear him now, counting
The pobbcs he brought home from the
free. seven, free, seven.
ten, free, five, seven, frcc;' certainly.
he eau count, hy u system Of his own,
too, which is more thm most pcurlp
have
'Don't make prir uf the baby.
,chool.mistrrss. From i!r day ON which
they arc ST. ,cai- old they must under
the school system OF the states, brgin
to study, and sit M STRAIGHT. and be-
have properly, and speak correctly. and
from that timo until the grave hides
them they live and speak anl ac'.
verbally spraliirr. thryb BE-. and du. and
suffer- under social and educational
Aud claim that Of least
six ypars Of the lie of a man ,r WON
an should he free; free rs the air: free
to talk rs the brook runs. with uuiram-
mclot musical prattla and 54bllc.
Why, here, % few weeks ago, cam"