The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-05

il mat no one would count il improp
,d Were to describe them 10 YOU.
et Two visits contrasting so greatly.
"a 30 widely unlike, that il seems
II, 30 strange. so absurd, yet the truth
: Ihey come TO me often i'm dreams.
= Ihe one as nightmare 10 rob me
!, VI sleep when To slumber inclined
, Inc other vision of pleasure.
:. That soothes aud rcfreshes the min
e Ine first OF the two shall mention
visited late in the fall;
h Inc teacher had no intimation
"A Ihat was intending 10 call.
hited the latch without knocking.
Aud quietly opened the door.
!, And there At the side of the teacher
!, SAT two little boys on the floor.
; Abruptly their punishment ended
AT sight Of her un W eIcome ynes,
, me teacher, embarrassed, commanded
NOW, 90, and behave like the rest.
Then up, with the air Of victor.
Full quickly each cuIprit arose.
And marched to bis seat yrinniug ,r;
umph,
+ While brushing the dust from hi
clothes.
The teacher came forward TO greet me
And offered a wordy excuse.
How she had tried this and then ,ba,
thing,
But all of them proved OF no use.
She yolubly told OF her trials.
Her wrongs, and her trouble and
care.
noticed her dress was untidv.
And badly dishevele9 her hair.
glanced At the school, half expecting
TO find its appearance the same.
But the grimy Young faces that met me
fut my grsvest suspicious 10 shame.
And the room! How shall I de. cribe
IL!
Its smoke-begrimed walls, aud a
That Graded = miniature mill pond
Round the pail that sat near the
door.
Great cobwebs festooned every corner
And under the benches were strewn
The relics Of thirty odd dinners.
The children had eaten at noon.
seated myself and was turning,
The leaves OF the register o'er.
W hen out rom its corner. there flut-
tered
Some dainty white sheets to the
floor.
stopped 10 recover the leaflets,
Ashs mel Of my carelessness. when
Ny ewes caught this loving inscription.
MY Dearest and only dear Ben"
could not resist the temptation, Z
30 beneath 1t wrote, ASA rule
A lover Is worse than the measles
To destroy good work in school,
The 1871 Reader Glass; called tho
tescher,
\ cyclone swept down every aisle.
'ill Il stranded dozen young hopefuls
lnawabbling, uneven file.
} ohnaie Jones will tell me the lesson.r 4,
But Johrnie stood aaltiDg in doubt.
Why 'lohnEie. you surely can tell no
WHAT i Is you're reading spoutw
We wu1 to have this 'guv, said lohnie !
About this hega hos. chssnut burr. .
Ut moe allua Wc reads anuher.
Wh.a 9seT SoMe body 10 here" :
"a foolish and fatal delusion. .
Thou art still to be met with find. !,
nd Johnnies are not always needed :.
To make the fact clear TO uv mind [.
'taid ill the clcso ids session, .
Thea, andy Cut firmly, tried !
2 show 90 this ieachcr e,e,. error: - =,
Alas she grew -.yry aud cried. - =
0 teach pc eiagogics 'till aoon.l.y. G,
Psychology Till you are old,
nd wrestle Till gray with Dera,.aa. -,
But you cannot tQrg a.as. in,a gold. =,
L.eel i,essy day Ia December, in
The north wind was blowing a gale h,
iat lugget al each shutter and shinple s.,
And sent down the chimney lis we'll. "A
gloomy dark DAY ia Deaoabcr. re
~rc! a-y when al! OF us know an
lat lie tide OF mi,clief runs Lighest Il.
Aud r'llepce is e1oiny - !Sa. tn
u ave 10 ,hn schooi honse nnnoliced, wi
A .I .osed. when first I drew rein, Di
Iat out ward appearance OF nestness
Which often We look for in vain.
yaln without knocking | entered
Shu, out the -iorn.s niu-ses aud din. ~
cough gray wss sns deY gu ihe out, ~
aide, Ioi
tQUna there was Sunshine Thin. ne
~ uni there school room so pleas 81.
ant, II.
so homclikc, - cheer, ana neat, -.
et,her. ~. vii. u not pres5atk ".'
No word will describe ~Acept sweet. u
, Ecch % ave detail Of features; 80 -
.wset temper, sweet patience will ~
grace,
Ith touch of heaven born beauty, ON
rhe come lest or home.iest face. the
at then she was busy explaining the
IA intricate problem somcwhere del
mystical may percentage, "p
And had not 4 moment to spare. hes
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