Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-10-12
A SCIENTIFIC TEACHER
now I'm RATHER MORE THAN SrLLxD rHr
HILL

1.-TWO year ego this fall" said Uncle
josiah windless, ",hsrs come long .
young TELLER With . pale ysller face an
head. an . slick lookin'. but aim. 6s'
ger. and wanted the position o school,
teacher In our dess,ric'. I Vas OF the,
time . member o the School Board. l
have sense lost the Office. o-in' partly TO
. slish, change. politically. 10 the eur.
roundin' ken,ry. and partly to the dere'
LECTION o some o my friends.
swell. this Gas . nice sppesrin. po.
lite young TELLER. an coon | fou nd by
thrown him some questions earsisd to
bri.hly sound bis education. sf be had
any. ih,t he knowsd a.plsniy to teach
In our d,e,,rie. an p'fsps some over.
then iole i'm plainly the, although biz
mental equilibrium. like. Vas. In my
mind. fully established. his phys iesl
mold Of form hardly denoted the neees.
sary amour, Of muscle sf Wind fer the
place.
WED been considerably bothered. !
told i'm, by he,in bed sieh slender. un'
wholesome chaps. -ho he'd rsshly under.
took TO run the school. git woried Ia
every encounter OF importance they'd he'd
9TH some Of the more advanced sehol'
sr. Durin the last term. on too OF
three 'e.sions. the one.idednss o these
contest. he'd resulted in the entire dis
rup,ion. sor,sr. o the school. "a the re-
tim TO the nsishborin' woods o the
scbool.tssehsr.
"'No,hin'. 1 said, 'sesmsd to tend 'c
the di.orgsnirsiion an sinsrsl di'quie'in
o the sdae.,ioosl system Of our eomma'
nifty a. TO ksv = teacher isae holt o u
,hst bed only mediocre a,tsinmenis In
bach. heslin'. eollsr-sn -slbo~ an plum
ou,.an.out knoekin do-n an fsllin Ca.
to I esndidly ,ole 10 that IL altered
bed be ~ind,d In . fsv nouns even b,
some o the younger an J.. smbitioa'
pupils. What could we. the SehooI
Board. hsv 10 expect. then. -bsn he's
taehhd. an tackled he would b.. by on'
or more o the head scholars, ~sishin
after harvest. one hundred and ninety
pounds In their bar. feet. There "a
pupils on the roll o the, little eoanif,
school. the, Nth one solid jol, under tbs
be, rim. could sho- him mote stars thar
ell IN. colleges an obssr,a'orie' 10 The
hull Western Reserve.
"Hs looked leedls excited an mo''
earnest, like. ct this. bat said right OF
he'd undertake It sny-'ysf he could ts'
the chance. ss he vas hard NJ an ~snn
money bad to complete biz Theological
studies. I smiled some ., the idse o
ho- them big .is.foo, students Nd hell
pave hi. wsy TO the MINISTRY.
"wsll. We eoneluded TO give i'm I
chance, q. he khes .oms,hin ALREADY
an was quiet al ~illin' TO le.rn more
an We hoped this 'spsr'snes -oald. OF
the -hole. ., ls.., no, have . tendency
to upset. but strengthen, rather. biz pur'
pose In life. The d.y.sehool opened;
made IL . pint TO 70 roun' 10 the school
house. long bout the middle o the fore
nom, determined rather n to he, th'
clever young f,llsr hurt Id take . han
myself Ga tnisiin' the school. room II
.'pri.,d 10 =, fu., see nobody b1, the 'liu
| young teacher. sn' him very objected sn
an,iOa. lookin. Coin . Ways up ,h'
aisle, | seed too o the ole time ring
leaders O ,ehool.hoase rsekeis se,tin
quietly In corner pale an 'uesked en-
with bead. tied up. bu, very in,sn, OF
their lessons.
"My friend. said the teacher. I'm
altered your no doab, veil intended de.
.enption o these pupils vas. un~Bsly
very much ov,rdrs~n. B'lievin' implie.
lily. every word ys uttered, | come yers,
determined TO win er ;, a be the faul, Of
the referee An when these two isller'
showed ct they. 'p'ilia' fer . hsh,.
give IL to EN- -i,hoa, . single ',ipula'
ton. al the b.., | bed in the shop. new
or ihinkin' ba, What they knew some
hin o ,p.nin'. Ysre ye zee the result.
.-eepin b. aims lsnsuidly over the emp
~ benches an towards too damaged but
dudiou. youth. in the corner. %
course be continued. Il Knocked on, the
greeniss too quick fer common exercise
an 90 dom innoeen,ly 20, In on EN- o
bard the, they'll be no good to study
though nov ever 30 keen, fer two weeks
The re-, o the school tuck to the woods
before the close o the fus, an only rOun
"sinkin' back into q Disputed hesp,
he wound up With; I'm feered I've
busted the school up
"An' would ye believe i,' We could
n, no more si, single scholar TO 20 to
school sein to that teller than no,hin
SO ~shn.lly bed to fire i'm With too hul
mon,h.' unesrnsd pay in bis p'ekes. -
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