New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-29
"BEN" BCTLERS SCHOOL TEIfHINE.
TWO AUTHENTIC INCIDENTS or his CAREER A.
Az INSTRUCTOR OF Youth

| TWO AUTHENTIC INCIDENTS or HIS CAREER ~
Az INSTRUCTOR OF Youth.
| An anccdotr Of Benjamin F. Buffers csp"r"nc" aN
| a s,hoolmastcr published I'm ih.s" oonmtS short
time ago has attracted the attention u one Of hi'
pup, who now furnishes some further testimony In
regard Tie General, early pedagogc clre"r In'r
had been schoom1stcr for only short tim" when he
struck terror 10 the souls Of the big boys who had
plotted to stand him on his bend In Snowdrin, by
letting them two biz pistols loaded with ashes as
iormrrl, related. Perhaps IT was That pi"c" OF
strategy which him his spurs. Tn" next winter
lac taught school IN another part OF the same town'
which. by the way. Cornyillr. Ne.
The mister Wa inst ~ popular with The older Girl :
among rs pupil, he bad been when In I'll" previous
winter The laithuncss OF one 81 them had saved him
feu IN. plots NJ the big boys and an ienomIniouS exit
from the mn" realm which b" ruled With his rod
Nor W., Mr. Butler Vet 700 old To b" willing 10 make
a good Impression ,n The susceptible" natures of the
bic girls. one day lc lad chance. lie had two
unolc. IA ,h" town-two at least. perhaps more one
Of them had lent him the pistol, with which Ia" %
happily avoided bood,I,d. and ID" other now lent
him a horse The horse was one of those horse, that
onghi alway, 10 bc allowed 10 haN" their own way,
that have acquired through long years of study and
cxprrcnc" certain tried and fixed methods Of doing
their work which canno, br disturbed without en-
dungcring the whole PIVsrc-a and effect al The WORK
Itself
Mr.. Butler one day riding I'LL, hors" along the
road and the horse was keeping his usual pace. which
wa, based such philosophical principles and matl"
matlcal calculations that In order to be performed cor
rectly had TO he performed slowly. when IN" school
muster "A group Of the big girl, coming toward
him. That pride which ever gocth before fall s"z'd
upon him and made him desire to make II BRAY" dis
play OF If, h0rsrmanshp and OF his sterdS activity.
and Just he came close 10 the girls Ii" smote the
beast Will his whip and dug him IN the ribs with his
heels The horse, who was perfect IT. Anthony IN
his Indifference 10 girls and had not even noted their
presence. was surprised by the suddennesS Of the
demand made upon bin for Increase Of speed that
he did not allow time 10 take his lecs out OF the
tangr IN which he usually kept them. made an honest
but iadviscd effort 10 90 forward with all four of
them ~ once and lnndcd his knees The rid r
pitched forward struck the horses head. knocked ont
two tccth-hl, own not the horscs-and cnt his lips.
The admiration Of the girls was changed 10 mirth ana
then TO horror they the snow becoming stained
with blood and the master naturally became hero
again though IN u less comfortable way than he had
hoped lie aferwnrd got some new teeth In place OF
those he had lost and they were thought to b. an I'M
prOycmcn the old had been built OH the same
plan IS his
II happened one day that one Of the boys Of the
school had been for time conducting himself In
a manner highly disappro,rd by the master thereof
and the latter desired the former TO from his seat
and stand In the open portion OF the floor where bis
ignominy might BE- an example TO the rest OF the
school and where his further msdeedS might be the
more conveniently watched. But the pupil WAS
nveiSc this arrangement and refused Ia comply with
the demand. Mr. Butler threatened To mike the
bad boy come n lac would not come Of himself aud
the bad boy drncd him. saying that he WAS not big
enough. Bntlcr. not knowing In the least how h.
wa, Ia carry out his threat. for indeed he was not
especially big trusted Ia luck aud began by graSpng
The boy 10y the collar aud trying 10 pull him out of his
seat. IN this he failed at first rs he must hay" "x
pccted do. for the refractory pupil twncd his arms
his legs about the desk aud the bench and could
De
In this extremity the future ornament Of the bar
decided change 81 Venue. slipping his hand
down the boys back til h. reached his trousers. he
took n new hold there and pulled again This time
unexpected fortune attended him, for portion Of The
eral Of the trousers. rather or the material
wherrwltl they had been reinforced. came IN |
his hnnd. The coming general aud his enemy !
felt the tactical advantage gained bv This flank move
m-nt. and the master. feeling himself In position 10
dictate terms. cried Now com" out I'll make a
sans culOtte OF von" And then the boy Iiu !
the day his mother sent for The master TO come
n nd Lcr. for She wanted To know whether she
supposed 10 have better business than sewing !
patches Der boys trous"r, for him to pull OF Mr. |
Butler fcnresSy obrycd III" summons. and what peSsrd
al the interview l. not known but II T. supposed that
hr cN"ricd some Of the power Of persuasion which |
afierward served him well IN the presence Of TIA" jury
for II ended In m invitation for him to STAY 10 SUPPER
II only remains 10 be- added that he facts In regard
TO the Incidents here described furnished hv he
man who one" the bad boy who ont |
p,nc led ly Mr.