Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-06-15


"Doing HIS duty by their parents"
he never inflicted "a chastiscment without
following 1t by the assurance. 30 consol-
atory to the sinarting urchin that che
would remember II and thank him for IL
the longcst day he had TO live"
When school hours were over he was
even the companion and playmate of tho
larger boys; and on holiday afternoons
would convoy some OF the smaller ones
homc who happened 10 have pretty els
tcrs or good housewives for mothers,
noted for the comforts of the cupboard.
Indeed, 1t behoovcd him 10 keep ON good
terms with his pupils. The revenue aris-
ing from his school was small, aud
would have been scarcely sufficient 10
furnish him with daily bread, for he was
a huge feeder, and though lank, had the
dilating powers of an anaconda; but
to help out his maintenance, he
was. according TO country Gus
tom IN those parts, boarded and
lodged at tho houses Of tho farmers,
whose children hc INSTRUCTED. With these
ho lived successfully, n week nt time,
thus going the rounds Of the ncighbor-
hood, with all his worldly effects tied up
in cotton handkerchief.
That all this might not bc too onerous
ON the purses of his rustic patrons, who
are npt 10 consider the costs of schooling
a gricvous burden. and schoOlmasters MS
mere droncs, lac had various ways of
rendering himself both useful and nrrc,-
allie. lie assisted Tho farmer, occasion.
nlly i'm the lighter Labor, of their farms.
helped 10 make hay, mcndcI the fences,
took tho horses To water drove tho cows
from pasture and cut wood for the win
ter fire. He laid aside, too. all the ,lomi-
napt dirnity nud absolute swny with
which Inc lordcd IL In bin little cmpiro'
tho school. and became wonderfully r,n.
tie and ingratia,ipr. He found favor In
tho cvca ri Tho notbora hv poitiuy ,Ln
children. p,rticularly the yo,,nrc,,' and
like the lion bold, which whilolu so
marn,uimously the lamb did bolJ
he would sit with "A child ON ono knee.
and ruci, u cradle with his foot for whole
houra together.
In addition To his other vacations. he
was the ripginrr master of the urighIor-
hood. and pickcJ nm MANY brirht .hil-
linrs by instr,,cting Tho y6ung folks In
psajmudy. II wns n matter ~ no Iittjn
vanity to him on Supdays 10 take his
station in front OF the church GALLERY.
with n band of chosen sinpers. whcr, In
his own mind. bs compielely carried
away the palm from the norson. Ger.
tain IL Il. bis voice rcsouni,J FAR oboy,
ali the rest of tho conrrer,,ion. and
there are peculiar uuaySrs still to be
heard i'm that church. and which NAV
even be heard half n milo off. uuitc to
the opposjtc side of the min nond an n
still Sunday morning. which are said TO
he leciti,naicly descended from the nose
m,r.iS's e ~ ,%a, ,n; m; ny a,n'rs ,,;, ili'ie
;iiahesi,ii,s; W ''''', ,ilE,'t'i"ms W way wiieh
n !, 'o,n'l,,S n, ",,,,i,i,,,'''ci ,,a ny HOOK anu
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IL, w ""' y. az,
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~ ~ "'ih' w '''' "oh'o'i"' easy
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ii',I ~ 'iin''' nm o'itiS .ohS'ueic'
"tnu y, '''io iri''.''i,a' my ieiSol'iSe'
~ ',' ''',u '-','. ,'in' ".eSsinFia','
init ;,'l ~ ,hc Iu"i,n toun'iy sWnin., anu,
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" q W "iio '',c VI
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So, ~ .""i a.'.,,-. .i,,' 10" no woula
,,' S",o n,iu,? .''ii IN u,o c'luIunynru
',''' moes s se, ,, ,..s on ,u','ahs, sn'neinig
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c. ,,'.; ',,u s''' uees. iins
49,, 49, '.'' Nv az VIC .i''aliS oh
h',','D 'Ds ~, e,u,io.,nS WIZ
H. n1;s,',t M, -, ''S ~ ,.a'ns ",
,ue uujaocn. mn, r'au, Wh,ie 'ho moro
""' 'o"''''y o"nii'A''i' "ui's sheeP
ishly back, enyyipr his supcrior ,Icconce
AMI add, css.
From his half itiner,nt Iirc o,so n,
was a kind of travcIinu un2rt,r corry,rr
house 10 hous, so thar hi. nnnr,r,nce
was always lrreei,l with sa,;sfactinn lie
was, morcoyer. esteemed Ly the women
as a man of Great ru,ditinn Cnr Ina h,I
read several hacks n,,;tr thrnnch "nJ
was pcrfrct nnstcr VI co,t,,, Ntai,,'nr's
History of New ENGLAND Witrhcrnf,
in which. by the way Go mos, ,r,nIv and
potcnlly believed
lie MAS. in fact nm ndj mixt,ra ,s
small shrcwdncss and eimple crrduli,y
His appetite for the mn,yrIn,,s
and his powers Of dirrstinr il
were equally extraordinary and h,h
had hocn " in"reasad i''hi.'', hy H., ] niu uo;,,
this spellbound rerian No t,Ic wns ,nn
gross or monstroIs for his r,nnrin,Is
swallow. 1t was often his drlirht after
his school wns dis,n;ssnd IN H. e.
noon. 10 stretch biuscJf ON ,bc ,i,h Ia
of clover bordrring tho iitt,n hr,nl ,h,t
whimperod by his scbonl house nmd
there con over old M,thnr'. ,l,raa,i - II
until Tho gather;n@ Just nr ",anins,
made tLe n,intad 80 = - -, ;s s
fore his owes TIM IA b, uo,I.,I III.
way. Ly swamn ami s,ro,,, MI o,,r,,I I1
woodland ,n ibr S,,n,, Ln,,.,, i wv " H., ~,
bappancd In Lo o',..,t',,,I s',.,I n1
of nnt,,re nj I'LL u,,,.,i.', 49, soI"' T,'t
tered his oxcitnd in,,'ri",,,i',%1. ,I,o ,,,,
of the whip-poor.wiil! frmm ihe I'M III; IL.
the boding cry nf ,n ,ra 'o ,na We ,I, rn 1ia' h