Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-04-15
NEW VOL. 32.--NO. 25.

OF our ScnooIs 10 leaCu peunausuIP
and few other useful things which
are, alas, too often neglected in order
that cheap show may be put upon
the stage, with the pupils as actors, at
commencement time.
One reference TO Mr.. Wynkoop's
administration, though, will serve to
show how far kindness, by this time,
had taken the place Of severity In the
management ofth school. Mr.. Wyn-
koop was a good teacher but was of a
very jovial disposition. Indeed, we
might say of him what Josh Billings
once said of a monkey, he was "such
komickal kuss.' Mr. Wynkoop always
had about as much fun at school as
any of the boys, and except on special
occasions, when he would apply a part
of an old bride rein to the back Of a
boy to impress upon the school the
fact that he was still the teacher, he
was extremely companionable. On
fine DAYS during the noon hour no one
enjoyed playing marbles and ball more
than this teacher, and on rainy daysit
was by no means a bad show to see
and hear Mr.. Wynkoop read Long
fellows "Hiawatha' or something
equally eleyating
Mr.. Wynkoop didn't always punish
with a bride rein, but used different
means of punishment to suit different
occasions. There was boy We will
call Frank F. who attended this school.
Frank was an overgrown, long-legged
youngster with large white eyes and
oyergrown mouth too slow to catch
even the measles, and generally too
slow to perpctate a joke that would
get him into tronbIe. Frank got funny,
however, one afternoon, and after
chewing up a wad Of paper into ball,
be threw it across the room, and as 1t
spattered against the cheek Of a girl
there was little scream. The teach-
er saw the performance, so Franks
ruin followed. When the school was
dismissed Franks eyes opened wide
and the corners Of his mouth sought
closer company with his ears as Mr..
Wynkoop told him to remain. After
all had withdrawn and left Frank
alone to his fate, in company with s1v-
eral other boys the writer peeped
through the window and took in the
proceedings of the court. Come here
you rascal SAID Mr. Wynkoop.
Frank slowly drew has angular legs
from under the bench, lcisurely walked
to the platform and stood as meek as
Moses before the teacher What
made you throw that paper ball2'
was asked. "Oh, just for devilment,'
drawled out the boy. "Well, said
Mr.. Wyncoop, as he reached for the
bride rein, Il think ! will give you a
thunderinggood thrashiug' Well,
said Frank, Il don mind being whip
ped, for pappy says whipping makes
boys grow" 81 will not whip you
then, said the teacher, in a stern
voice, "but will give you punish
ment you will not so soon forget.
Now, Mr.. Wynkoop had brought and
put into bis desk for his lunch large
Jar Of thick sorghum molasses, in which
was a paddle whitfield from hickory
stick that did duty as a spoon. SO AS
he made the boy shut his eyes, be
wound the stick around in the jar and
drew out upon it ball Of molasses as
big as a goose egg. open your
mouth" he commanded, and Frank
was more than obedient The ball Of
molasses was then thrust into the
great cavity, Frank was told to shut
down, and as bis incisors closed upon
the paddle, it was slowly pulled out;
there was a gulp and choke az the
sweetness was swallowed, the culprits
eyes then slowly opened, and he looked
around to see what would happen next.
you can 90 now, said Mr. Wynkoop,
as be suppressed bis laughter, "and
perhaps you will be better boy to-
morrow"
! would like to write Of Mr. Pelli-
seur's reign and repeat some Of the
wonderful stories he use TO tell Of the
hairbreadth escapes he made during
the war, fighting the rebels, OF later
on as a soldier in the U. S. army fight
ing Seminole Indians in Florida. /
would like to tell Of the terrible ex-
penence he had once when big Sem
mole Indian shot him with his bow and
arrow, in consequence Of which his
wife, years sfterward, had picked six
teen buckshot from the back Of bis
neck. But az G.. Curtis, our little
bowlegged friend used to stammer and
say, these were all d-d-du-durn I'LL
hes" and az they would point no
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