The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-09-20
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should III" Rod h. Used In Public school,.

should /" Rod b. Used In Public schools
The frst money that II boy earns l.
the best. Most every man has pleas
ant me morics Of the first reward h,
got for his own labor. r.membe,
now proud ] WAS when 7 felt of unt
handled the first silver dollar iha, ,
man gave me for two loads of wood
W""'i that eat and hauled myself
Ny inthtr Was having a new rrouu,
cleared, and told me | might hav,
AL the wood | would cut. 50 work
at on the tit,le sapling, every even.
ing after | came from school, and h,
Saturday h""n | had two good Ioads,
| hi'rhed ur the team that evening
ana I"hdrd the wagon and drove T.,
town rs proud rs Il King. My ~rhoo!
Teacher, Mr. Anderson, q me AM,
bought the wood and gave me som,
KIND encouraging wOrd. that | l,av,
II. yer forgotten. Ny good ,.:othel
watched me from the window too.
Hr"nd Of her boy. | remember t.,
love that n in her fac" ar,l ia,
~'tT'' lilit was III lltT ewes Is
she looked at my silver collar, and
no." kissed my rudiy rherh unG
K my hair, and tod nar tia, i,
Was honest money and would last.
" nat a world of fond and innmrenI
pride in her children. HEIR looks,
their conduct, their success. I kent
on cutting wood in that rev prouui
n made mort money, bat liz. frs
VAS me hest. It Is y good plan to let
o earn some money for himself,
ne itels ms consequence. and h,
works with more spirit than when
he is working for his father. Car,
earned his first money last week Il,
dragging a chain for the : nrv-yors.
ana ne struts around like n "rapita.
la.t,' as CODE says. He has thrr.
dollars in n leather purse, anl take.
1t out OF the drawer every nigh, nn,
looks at 1t and handles i, an,! show.
it t" Jessie. 1t is not the same kind
"f money that ! hnv. been giving
him. He will get some M ,rp this
week and will soon ie Bothered yho,
to do with it BY nht by lac will lend
1t to his mother, ! reckon. aid i.
VIII slide INTO a CARPET or s%ontihin.
MAJ is wanted hb"iL The house, AM.
when Carl "ants lis mnnt, will
''"N" I" pay II. tl,ai's all. utyri
nave any truhle about paying things
my folks are mighty Kind To me
about that. II pay for them they SAY
have done my share. Carl i. now
III the heyday of I'll. y"uth--thp con.
-~e4ntntisi stage. and feels like ht
raj do anything. He ni,1 aruuud
ike a young cycione and m"',r. rs
much flss as $ Elite d'gin high rras.
He is the butt end uf ali COMPLAINTS
Everything that l.. lost or broken j.
Laid on him. But he don't care
his v"ic" has almost quit sp.it;in,
IN tWoin The midd!. and has settle,
down to a regular terror, He stand.
before the glass and les his ..ravat =
long time and he Shines his shoes and
aud brushes his rlo3hcs Amd parts III,
HIossy hair and 'ips his soft ha, "A lit.
tIeon n sid. He is going to sin. il,
he choi very soon, and tbs; is Al.
right. always have hone f a boy
who sings in the choir, for music au,}
love rnn mighty wei! together esp,ri
ally in the church,. These ns,nria.
tionR refine the manners A. well IA.
the thoughts. Theytreate self respect,
and Il boy will not degrade himself ~.
long as he respect himself. When he
has behaved badly 1t IL a good sign II
he wants somebody TO take him be.
hind the house and kick him.
A teacher asked Ws not long aCr
Whist was my opinion Of corpnrxt
nj n Il ! ~ ., ID. vt.tI.. a nv.
depends upon the teacher tilun
the boy. Same teachers command
neither the fear nor the respect Of the
boys, and. Of course, are not fit for
their calling. Some are passionate
and incorporate and whip when they
are mad. Some have no more con-
aiderati"n for u dull stupid boy than
for bright, smart one. who learns
his Lessons without An effort or II
strain. A successful teacher il no or
cinary a liz has u rare co,ubin-
alton Of superior fnrilticH. Every
college boy knows this, for they have
had opportunity to compare one pro
feS.rr with another. A boy who
would lentu willingly and gladly
under rnrfr..ttr Mckay would be
rebellious and suIi"n under nunlhr,
professor ! could name. "Old Mark"
~ we called him. Impressed us with
the idea that he felt y personal prid.
in Our Ad Enhancement. as well ~ Oni
good behavior. and ihAt lie attached
but little importanre 70 our tram.
g%reIsions Of college rules provided
there WAS no malicious meai.rss it
IF the boys had = 'po-sum supper
about midnight, or diaguistd them
selves and went to a circus he never
wanted to know anything about it,
! A school boy l. Just like horSe-con-
| vince him that you are his friend and
| you a manage him. The teacher
must have some dignity Of character
~ we'll ~ will power. l know one
went to sleep every day In his rhxii
and a bay would slip out and throw a
rock up and run back to his seat be-.
fore it came up. He neve, did try ~
find out who threw that rock, for he
felt ashamed Of himself. But abont
whipping. Most everybody want u
bad boy whIpped-that is. If he is
somebody else's boy. You may kick
anybody's dog but my dog. III wa.
\ teacher now I wouldn't whip at all ;
hut thirty years ago ! would have
threshed the bad boys right andi left.
A. We grow older we grow kinder.
Myfrst boys got pretty much sll the
whipping. and / can now recall some
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