The record-union., 1894-09-11
BULLETS BY BLOWS
The Astonishing Result Obtained by
Whipping 81 Boy

I
Among the pupils in School No. 81 in
brooklyn, over which w. w. Weed pre-
sides as principal, is John Angel, who ac-
/ 9orolng to story printed in the New
1ork Advertiser, does not wear an appro-
pirate name. The other day johnny pro-
Jected the point of needle into q soft
spot IN the anatomy of one of his fellow
pupiis. The latter's yell of pain and in
dlg nation drew the attention OF PRINCIPAL
Weed, who after some inquiry called
tommy Angel up TO the desk. Principal
Weeu,s system OF administering rebuke
10 boys like young Angel is as simple as it
Is enlcaclous. He grasped Johnny's right
/ shoulder with his LETT hand in such a
manner as to tighten the trousers around
MS seat of honor, and then, with a dex-
lerlty begotten of practice, applied the
road that chasteneth.
AS he was warming to his work, and as
Johnny Angel began TO yell like a Com
| anche, terrific explosion was heard.
! one OF the counterscarps of Johnny's
pantaIoons was torn to shreds and MIR.
! weed heard something like a bullet whiz
/ past his left ear. johnny Angel belongs
| 10 the nth primary grade OF which Miss
baker Is the teacher. When this Iady
! neard the report she was about TO shrek
1 but seeing the principal WELD the rattan
as II nothing had happened she held her
peace. thinking, perhaps, that the explo-
| S1OA1 "o7 Cpoh " SClGutluc explanation.
heahW ME the eyes of at least 100 boys
ana girls bnlged out of their sockets, and
save for the descending and regularly
timed thwacks that fell on the remaining
portion of Angels neither garments the
| silence would have been absolutely pain
ful.
Mr.. Weed never lost his presence of
nlhQ, put continued the castigation
having delivered the number of blows
I q - a
been uncovered by the ex plosion he then
began operations on the other. Those
VINO Kept tally of the strokes, though of
THIS they are not positive, assert that it
was between the twelfth and thirteenth
that a second fearful explosion occurred.
winch completely tore away the other
portion of Johnny Angels trousers.
caused Miss Celia 2. Gauley. who had
Just entered, to turn pale as sheet and
lean against bench to prevent herself
irom falling, and even threw the cool
MISS Baker into a high state Of agitation.
Ihe bullet, which was either the cause
or tne effect of the second explosion.
avoided the Principal by a narrow mar
gin or he might not be able to explain in
hurry. Ioresume the rebuke was, how
ever, out OF the question. Apart from
the nervous shock Mr.. Weeds system
mad received Johnny Angel was in
most pltiable state. AS Miss Griffin philo-
sophlcally observed later on: 'It is very
hard to be heroic under the conditions
which surrounded the unfortunate little
culprit.''
When released, feeling that he was not
exactly dressed for show, he crept into a
corner, and getting behind the black
board, made many efforts to adjust what
was LEFT OF his pantaloons, so that he
could back out of the school with some
dignity, but altogether without success.
Then Mr.. Weed took him into his pri-
vate office and extorted confession. 1t
appears that Johnny is the possessor of a
Flobert rifle. AS he could not carry his
weapon TO school with him he used to
take a few cartridges in his pistol pockets
and 1t was the smashing of these by the
principals cane that caused the explo-
sion and consequent wild commotion.
One OF the bullets was found imbedded
in the wall later on. Where the second
is cannot be discovered, but it is not in
Johnny, though he feels very sore in the
locality where it would naturally be
found.