Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-04
MISS sTANLEY'S SCHOOL.
How She and "Uncle Guy" Con-
quered tho Opposition.

have formed ourselves into club, and
I'm TO be president The boys chose
me because my Uncle Guy is lawyer,
and he can tell me what to say, and
then we think it's best to have "the
strong arm of the law" VI heard
my father say that TO Uncle Guy the
other day,-Charley Mills is Vice-Prcsi-
dent and Ben Wade is Treasurer. We
met in Wat Tyler's barn, and when |
made a speech and said, "Down with
tyrants! and we won't be ruled by
n woman!" all the boys shouted, "Hear!
hear!n
/ overheard my father and Uncle
Guy the other day talking about the
school, and Uncle Guy said that this
winter would be an ''cra of reform" i"
Just efore the meeting to-day the
dreadful news came that our teacher is
to he woman! shall we boys stand
tbatP No. sir! Never We have writ.
ten petition against it. We was going
10 sign our names with blood, but jim
nv Green-the smallest boy--made
such row when we went to scratch his
arm, that we used poke-berry juice in
stead. What fuss these little fellows
make about nothing!
School begins tomorrow, and we are
all to do our very best the first day so as
to lull her INTO fancied security-and
then. Miss Teacher, look sharp! you
shall find what we think of women
teachers in winter school. Wat Tyler
saws he'll bet his siX-bladed knife against
nv new club-skates that she is six feet
high, wears spectacles, talks through
her nose, and will lick the little fellows.
/ had notion to take him up, for one
of nv clubs is broke. and his knife is
new, but Just then l remembered that
Uncle Guy said the highest officer must
be dignitied; so l called Wat to order.
Norenbn 2.-This morning | started
for school at eight o'clock. Wat Tyler
overlook me when was halfway, and
when we got to the school we found all
the rest of the boys there, but no teacher
in sight. SO we all went in and fought
for the back seats. The biggest boys
cotthem, and after that, just US we were
looking around for something else to do,
the door opened, and the teacher came
in. A little woman, pretty as n picture,
with biz brown eyes-and she looked at
us so nice out of them, as she said,
"Good morning, scholars" that every
boy of MS made his best bow, and after
wards Wat told me if she had asked
him, then and there, for his six-blader,
he would have handed it right out and
never said word back. l know
wished that had let Reub Colyer have
the seat he wanted before he rolled me
on the floor and got my blue jacket all
dusty.
By this time it was nine o clock, so she
took the Bible, aud tell you, you could
have heard pin drop when she said:
Il shall read but one verse this morn
ing. and want you TO repeat it after
me-let it be the keynote of our life to-
eether this winter" Then she read:
..My little children, let us not love in
word neither in tongue, but in deed and
in truth" Ben Wade says her voice
sounded like the first note of the robin
that builds every year in the old tree by
his fathers west barn.
We all said the verse with her, every
one of us, and then she made little
talk to us which can't remember, only
it made big lump come up in my
throat, land Wat Tyler says it amt fair to
come it over fellow in that way, it
don't give him any chance.
Next she took all our names, and
found out where we were in our studies.
We always before have had such good
time when any new teacher took the
names. But the fact is, to-day we for
got all about having a good time, be.
cause she had something to say to each
boy. We all think she must know some
one who has told her all about the Slim
Hollow BOYS. When she said to Wat
T,ler: walter, one look into your
frank face tells n story of honesty and
bravery. You will be n strong help to
me this winter. will you notP" why, he
Just Strengthened himself until he was
about two inches taller. and gave the
teacher his hand. / was so taken abacR
that whistled right out, and only recov,
cred myself when saw that Reub Col
yer had written on his slate TO me: ~ II
lick you after school ii you do thai
again"
Later.-We had an awful time at the
m eting Of the club. Wat resigned, and
made a speech that came pretty neal
breaking us up. Said that Miss Stanley
was a lady, and had treated us lik'
gentlemen; first time we had ever beer
treated so, and he, for one, was goins
to see fair play. said: "You can't
your name il signed iD blood. Her,
the boys al. groaned.
'But," sall Wat. suppose we al
change our minds, and want to go Il
school to woman teacher-what then
Mr.. Presidentp" Then Charley Mill
clapped his hands, and all the boy
yellrd: "iyler! Tyler! Go on!"
know the club will be broke up, bu
I'm President, and, as Uncle Guy says
the dignity OF the office must be main
tanned, SO ] called the meeting to order
We coaxed Wat to stay in the club, b.
promising to go a little slow and Civ
Miss Stanley a chance. i told Uncl
Guy all about the meeting, and h
laughed and said something about Eve
daughter, which / thought was yer
stupid for lawyer, for there amt
girl in the club. He seemed pretty Gu
rious about the new teacher-asked m
all sorts of questions.
We have the next meeting of the clu
two weeks from to-day; in the mean
time have little plan in my min
which will make things lively for Mis-
Teacher.
THURSDAY, 72M.-I am disgusted wit
the whole thing. Miss Stanley is alto
gether too much for us. But amt sh
smart! Charley Mills and Ihad spler
did scheme. There is a window in th
ante-room where the girls put their dir
ners, and Miss Stanley always locked
during school-hours. Well. the windo'
is about eight feet from the ground, an
we got a rail off the fence, and then
pushed Charley. and he scratched an
scrambled up with my help, until
could get hold Of the sill, and finally e,
into the room. We thought it would |
great fun, about the middle of the afte
noon, for him to knock, and when ii
teacher opened the door, to step rigl
ont and make bow to the school. "
just rolled on the ground and laughe
when we thought how scared Miss Stal
ley would be, and how the boys woul