The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-01-26
TWO YEARS
- NJ
'ARKINSAW. ;"
written tor the DeLamar NUGGET.
CHAPTER II.

for the noise Of the previous night say,
ing "he'd never heern anythin' | ike il
afore and swaned tn man he'd turn then
pesky sboats out on the range thai
blessed day and let 'em grub for a liv-
in," and | can only say that l hope he
kept his promise, only it would have
pleased great deal better had he done
it the day before and l also was sorry
that he hadn't ftotedu his sack of corn
TO mill before it was my painful misfort-
une to have made a bed of it. In hon
or OF the stranger they had killed
chicken for breakfast and was greatly
In hopes that it was the old shanghai,
that had made it SO pleasant for me the
night before, until my host said it was
spring chicken, and then | knew it was
impossible to be he, as no chicken
could have acquired such voice as he
possessed except by years of practice.
But was treated royalty. SO far as it
was in the power of the people to do it,
and | can truly say that the people of
Arkansas are not ''unmindful of the
stranger within their gates.u
My journey lasted some ten days and
and during that time l never met
more hospitable people and what made
it more remarkable was the fact that
only about three years had elapsed
since the close of the rebellion and it
would be only reasonable 10 suppose
that some of the bitterness which had
existed between the North and South
would have been shown to me, know
ing too that my sympathy and we'll
wishes were decidedly with the former.
At the end ofmy journey ] found nv ,
brother and of course was at bone at .
once, and in few days was offered
position as teacher in district school, +
one OF the first public schools ever ,
taught in Newton County, Arkansas.
With fear and misgiving accented :
the position, not that doubted my +
ability to "teach the Young idea TO !
sprout," but l was told that my school a
would be composed of lot of pretty "
tough youngsters, who would not be h
controlled or restricted by any rules II
and as it was my first experience in the a
profession wasn't very sure of my pow n
ers of persuasion However, secured =
boarding PLACE and on bright Mon n
day morning Vas escorted to the school 4,
house by oneof the little boys belong n,
ing to my boarding boss. :;
bad not seen the school house be- o.
iore had accepted the situation. The =,
probabilities are that if 1 had, I would 70
never have taught school in Arkansas. 70
II least not in that particular district.
{ was constructed of pine logs, unhued.
10 fioor, only such as nature had pro- fo,
'ided, no door, no window, the crew wa
ces between the logs were not filed nm "a
no the gable ends were entirely open de
the weather The seats were cedar in
oles, split in two and made as smooth rio
possible with an ak. They weren't It
ny too smooth, (as 1 had ocular de- ca,
by the way my scholars res
ould sometimes sqnirm) and into be,
hich legs were inserted. tai
In honor OF "the teacher,n one in the
'ntiye genius had manufactured q DIES
'sk from dry goods box and behind TIL
had fixed stool on which ! was sum- anf
'sed to recine myself during school Pac
pure. -,
When reached the school house 7 Gull
md some ffy or sixty pupils as ma,
nDled' Of all ages. I suppose, rob- it "
ly, an artist would have been do. was
hted for such an opportunity TO tran ligb
to canvas such picture as met nv inte
re. !.
they were ofall ages, Of all sizes, of who
colors and of all conditions so far as mer
'ss was concerned. Now l did not met,
I'D them being bareheaded and could Their
'rlook The fact of their being bare. it is
ted, but when boys and girls of from little
70 nileen years Of age overlooked Zone
proprities so far as to come to school fruit
NED IN single garment which we there
supposed to wear next our bodies. natiy
+" me me right there, and such of ouly
" as were IN that condition [ dis it oul
'ed with the injunction to not re-
untii they could do SO in less abre- "H
60 garments than they then wore. tba .
-"e'l 's remained called 10 beats
r and proceeded 10 discharge my nigh
DAYS duty as an "Arkansas school ..W
ner." have said that would not ife
81 my first night 10 Arkansas. and &C.
: s W." equai truth that | shall up wi
n forget my FIRST day as school it ont
ler 10 Arkansas. Each one of nv g.