The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-10-22
Country school Teachers.

EuttOF MeflutOnal
| know Mr.. Editor newsDanars
don't do right under all circunstan.
ces, still I'm not going 10 kick
against them for it seems to me thew
have about the best facilities know
Of for kicking back, and then | amt
going to kick against the School
Board, for | wouldn't mar the Lie.
gatt Of the beautiful green parish OF
Nermilioa, and the bose man saws it's
20 use to kick against power, when
they want to run a road through
yoar dwelling. IF a school board
should run a public road through nv
house, I'd kick till | got tired lust 10
crafty my propensity for kicking.
! thought the police raj out the
roads and the school board travelled
them if they wanted to. You ought
to have answered the question, Mr..
Editor, Whittier are we Drifting ?n
being as you didn't-all I can saw i:
we are drifting down the turbid
stream Of time. but whether we are
going TO strike a snag, and get
capsized, or not is more than / can
tell. Ii the school board gets to
running roads through peoples
houses, I'm afraid we are going 10
get badly stranded. Lord help ia to
steer clear Of all shoals and whirI.
poolt, that We may land on the beau.
tlfal green shores of Eden. There
We car educate. we can educate or
let it aloEe, for it's going to be 4
long race from the cradle to the
grave.
But that's way over there on the
other side Of Jordon. Right down
here in Vermilion, if / had to be
something ID rather he anything
else than a poor old school teacher.
I'm sure if he could see himself as
others see him, he wouldn't peram.
balate the forura s.iispensatiou" day
hugging his devoted register with
both arms, and the public in general
to ask the question, who in the
world is lhat?'. and the answer to
be Ali don't know, must be a school
teacher. Then see him parading
the streets hrandishing his register
as an ornamental appendage, while
The clerks are suffused with smiles
and the small boys look on il won,
derEent and figure at lhe depth Of
his understanding. Again; behold
him in a schoolhouse on the prairie,
with al ere single to his six hours
daily register and bylaws of the
school board. dotting the time Away
till pay day; when, again, he is upon
the streets Of Abbesille displaying d
| report as the eyaalem OF his calling,
rushing pell meil to see who shall
he FIRST 10 receive his check; and
when the day is far spent, he starts
out and reerosses TIE p~eace.nl prai-
ries 10 his temporary abode and as
he lays himself down 10 sleep, may.
white winged angels of peace watch
around his pillow, gently directing
bis fancy into the beautiful valleys
ct dream land, beside the still, pure
waters of nsefHlness and up the
rugged slope Of prominence and dis
tiDction. dreaming himself Fat leasl)
an ornament to the town and d
blessing TO the country at at large.
We hope the day is not far dis.
tant, Mr.. Editor. when a white
washed cottage will stand beside
every school house and a doRny bed
therein, where the weary teacher
can repose in peaceful bliss and az
last when pay day arrives the treas@
urer will deposit the Eeney on bis
window sill
Then will all be peace and lowell
ness and the gems of learning will
sparkle by the wayside and the roses
of education bloom upon the prairieB.
LITILE Gun.