New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-19
MR.. PAFFS BIG MISTAKE.
HE THOUGHT A SCHOOL COULD BE RUN
LIKE FARM


DOESN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE SCHOOL
LAw-rHE PECK OF TROUBLE HE
HAS GOT INTO IN DIS
TRICr ON LONG ISLAND.
II Is one thing to be an authority on diseases Of
| those useful and non-communicative animals the
horse and the cow and entirely different thing
TO be an authority on the common-schoo, law OF
the State George y. Pan, Of School District NO.
O. In the town Of Hampstead, L. l.. thought ne was
both and It was right there that he ran into
snag which has cost much heartourning In union-
dale where the school Is. and which will probably
cost Mr. Paff $685. as It has already cost him many
friends You see Mr.. PAN is big farmer and a
great man In Uniondae-at any rate ne THINKS ne
is great there. which sometimes amounts
to the same thing-and he likes to run things; IN
Justice to him II should be said that ne generally
does He went a little too far this time however
and that Is what this story Is about
In this realistic comedy OF country life on Long
| Island Mr. Pan Is p.anet and MISS Jennie H.
Patterson Is Of these bright, particular stars
Possibly one might call her comet for she Diazeu
across the sky OF the district-poeticaiy speaking
| and almost annihllated Mr. Pan At any rate tnis
| is the way It all happened. and each one can Jsose
| for himself:
| Miss Patterson Is one of several sisters Only
| nineteen summers have fitted across her brow. She
Is pretty, believes in desarte. rides oicycie' mas
|
| has a college education. but this rumor could not
| hs verified Yesterday The report Is probably IN
true as she began to teach school in Unondaie TWO
year, ago next September. Perhaps you would IKE
| TO know Just where Uniondale Is. WeIl' you ~
| 10 Hampstead az you want tor and then you 30 u
| J'niondae It Is called suburb OF Hempstead' Out
| no one but an expert could tell where Hempstead
| stons and UniondaIe begins Some OF Mr.. Pairs
re,ghbors are August Belmont. Sidney Dillon KIP
| lev O. w Bird James l.. Kernochan Adolph La
| denburg II. Van Rensselaer, Kennedy FRANK gray
| Griswold Charles Carroll and Henry Lloyd Her
bert. They all more or less-princpaiiy iess-'h-
| terested In the fight.
| THE BEGINNING OF THE TROUBLE
| Miss Patterson taught for one year. and. as far
| be learned. the scholars especially Tue a.e
boys were devoted 10 her, and the peace WHO"
| from t'nlondales beginning has rested upon H.
| relgned as supreme the numerous mosquitoes
| there At the beginning OF the session last oep-
| TENDER Miss Jennie. looking as fresh as Pcea-
dly daisy" went the schoolhouse and greeted her
scholars In her usual charming way, and they seq
| tied down in q day two for another winter
| n,eosan, walk through the paths OF knowledge
| They had sroled In this way for about two weeks
Miss Patterson tenderly helping the stumbling ones
over the ruts when threatening cloud IN 'ne FORM
| OF Mr. Pan doomed up on their horizon MI ran
| Is blufY kind OF a Cloud. at best. ana when ne
| descended on Mss Pat,ersons house one day she
| fel. In her bones there would be trouble He came
In pondero,sIy at the and handed - Miss Pat
| ,erson her contract for the year asking heT 10
| sign H. She read It and found that she was ex-
pec,ed not Only 10 teach bu, also TO do the janors
| work a, the schoolhouse for the amount OF e."
| wear Mss Patterson looked up at Mr. Pan ana
| sad:
| II won't sign Il. I won't do janitor's work for
| anybody so now.
| Mr.. Pan stood aghast: he was amazed. con-
| founded paralyzed. To 'hink that little snip
| like
| You wont?" he exclaimed. increduiously
| Il WON'T said Miss Patterson. firmly. What DO
| YOU think | am? Good-morning and toe
| as,ounded PaH found himself in the front yard
| trying to think People near Hampstead say that
Mr. Pafr Is "the best Judge OF COW you ever see
Mr. Pan went to work to ledge this case
whats to be done now?' he said to himself on
| h,s way home She'll have TO get out; that's GER
tain Gosh. it beats all how she got her back up
| And he scrl tchrd his head thoughtfully as ne re-
marked. "Giang there" to his horse Now, ley:
see who Is there? Miss Abbott? Um-she wouldnt
d hut sSs sss 30 fs5 while
So Mr Pan liked II all. with great satisfaction to
and the next S5nHS SuGns
iently designed by architect Of barns and with
him @ hi SSs Sy ca ioand Miss Pa
hand preparing for the days session
MR. PAFF FINDS HIS EQUAL
"W-w-hv," stammered Mr. Pan. getting red In
| the face II thought you said you wouldn't DO the
work."
II won't do the janitor's work.. returned the
| Young "schoolmarm' quietly but nave oee"
| engaged 70 teach here and intend 10 do IT,
| you have not been engaged to teach: you did not
| sign the contract. and you can't teach mere o.
| you'd better pack up and go home
| 81 won't go home. said Miss JENNIE Her eo'''
| rising; Il am the teacher
! Then Mr. Pan threw aside all restraint ,,,
| For Lords sake woman. get out OF mere, or : u
use force" roared the farmer, beside himseit AZ
TN: viii not 70 nome che persisted r rssp,u
r,1 dazed at Miss JennIes unheard-of i'm
pudence had to be cohssn ra w the tescher desk
taught two or three M days aaa tnsn
through her brother. Archibald q Patterson com
planet 10 rsfarred the case to Commissioner Mer
ril and Miss Jennie wen, TO Mr. Pan ana asked
h hm 10 against her she would pay the $50 for The
work but If the decision were b ,Tr a nes paid
ran ,d mus salary out Of his pocket The case
| held fire until last February, when Miss Patterson
rs pa xs. no, 't az aR pleased All the
and mos, every one else III un m hrood,na over his
om August the annual meeting OF the district t
Mr. pan selected for trying to get BACK the
md pa'i large rye number OF farmers assembled at the
sch r William Van Wcklan a carpenter
Cos s,ected secretary OF the meeting: MT van
Wicklan knows more about mailing on shingles man
he does about keeping minutes, and the conse
| n,anc. was that he got mixed. II was not sur
| prIsIng for when twenty men, whose voices 40 nor
| remind one OF the murmuring zephyrs are all taik-
| INC and gestculatlng wildly In small room. u ~
apt 10 confuse a man. even n he Isn't carpen.e H
| apnd "a Nr Van Wickan forgot that collector
was elected. and recorded that Garrett Duryee was
IN, mi, snnear These persons really elected
| Wiii,a m Van Wicklan trustee: Archibald o. Pat
| terson clerk. and Garrett Duryee' collector
NO MONEY FOR THE TRUSTEE
Mr.. Patr asked the district TO pay him back sles
The IS was his counsel's fee In the trouble win
| Mice Patterson. and the rest was the amount ne
| - ,.ta for the tanitor's work. A howl arose at
this and a negative vote was unanimously given
| fT.s pattersons brother had many words TO say