The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1883-02-06

,Gaver Will
4. Take sour bat, then, and go bome,"
said Master Ammi; and be nov pro-
ceeded to let out Jote Yates.
Jote was as tall as the master He
had on thick coat After hearing
speech similar 70 that which had greeted
Jad he was ste,nly hidden to take off his
coat.
Sullenly he refused, and backed into
corner; but with one jerk the maeter
took the coat clean off from the fellow
except the two sleeves on his arms; and
it is doubtful whether the annals of old
school districts can furnish an instance
to match the "birching' that Jote then
received.
And that is affirming q great deal, as
some OF our older readers With COED
memories will no doubt agree with me.
Completely cowed. smarsing from
head to heels, but effectually warmed,
the ringleader OF the Ksidgers was in
his turn sent home .-hehind Jad And
then Cuffy, Nat and by were in their
turn admitted to their equitable share OF
the yellow birch stimulant.
The en- withes we're used uv, the fpor
! liberally sprinkled with the bits, and the
five Kaidgers were sent homeward, in
Indian file. all warm.
A good job had been done. The
backbone Of riot and rebellion at Kaid
ger Hill was affectually broken
Into loft ,,1ooo IN fa Jauc Il
went to. work in the "logging swamp"
After week had passed the other four
hoys came back to school, and were
made to study. Odd as it may seem
they came to be on pretty good terms
with Master Ammi before the twelve
weeks Of school were past; and later in
life Jad Day often said that Master Am
mi was the best teacher he ever had.
Mr.. Bray taught the school at Kaiiger
Hill for three winters in succession, and
from being the worst school in the coun
", he made it one of the most orderly
and best = Youths Companion.
i A Husband and a Mule.
Texas Siftings.
/ Not long since Wakefield Stsrkey, o,
Austin, while crossing the track OF the
international & Great Northern Rail-
road on valuable mule, was struck by
q locomotive and killed The mule was
also hurled into eternity. Wakefield
Starkey, although perfect gentlem an
on the, street, was perfect tyrant of the
deepest dye. Without any provocstion
whatever, he used to beat his wife and
lock her up In the wardrobe; hence,
when she heard of his death, it was not
80 much csse of heavy bereavement as
it was of mitigated affection. As the
engineer of the locomotive was clearly
to bame fer the accident it was suggest
ed TO the widow that she bring suit for
damages. She resolved to do so, and
4a4lledp at the Office of the. railwav COM
pany. The proper official happened TO
he in. The widow had such clear case
against the company that it was deemed
advisable to compromise the mat ter
SNOW, madam" said the official after
the widow had thrown back her veil and
stated her business, 1--WE are willing to
do what is fair in this matter There is
really no occasion to go to law. 1t is a
delicate subject to discuss, 30 | think,
without going into the merits of it,
will tender you check for S3 900, and
you will sign paper releasing the CON-
pany from all further demands"
The widow started and asked How
much ?"
81 am authorized to pay you S3,000."
II accept it" she said, very much ag-
itated
Tue check was handed over, the pa
pers signed, and the widow walked oat
into the street in bewildered frame of
mind, AS she cashed the check she said
to herself confdentially. 81 didn't ex
pect to get more than $50. I reckon
that railroad fellow didn't know how old
that mule was"
1t never occurred to her that she had
sustained any loss in the death OF her
husband. On the other hand, The rail-
road official said to one Of the clerks:
"The company was getting of dirt
cheap We usually have to pay $4,000
for running over husbands p"
1t did not occur to him that the widow
had sustained any loss whatever in the
valuable mule.
What striking illustration OF the fact
that different people look at the same
thing in different light