The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-07


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ne" ROAD I" nae. II IS only ten years
old and lo called the SAN road. he
SeaD@ard has gIt it Eo,y. sal Las
bought sam &nd is running him.
railroads haze sex the feminine is
ahead. some mighty bi- Things are
feminine. Ships are called She. but
that they say i- because tine yio1ia@
costs more than the hull.
Nn cid man showed me the Spet At
Mt. Vernon where lire old lo@ school
house stood ia which nE father
taught school some EIGHTY wears ago.
Father used TO tell u- his varied yN-
pericncr there. How some Uad boNs
had run three teachers of in success
sion and broke up the school aad
how reluctantly hc undertook the
work of reforming them. lie had
about sixty scholars. boys and girls,
and their ages ranged from eight t.
eighteen years. The oldest boy WAS
sl> feet tall, SapIin@ with long arms
and LEGS, a red head and a freckicu
face. lie was the ringleadcr in run
ming the teachers oil and tath"r was
cautioned about him. The first day
he made them GOOD Kind, friendly
talk, told them he came to do them
good, to teach them books and morals
and manners, and he wanted them TO
obey the rules and help him t. make
the school q success. You can't af
ford" he said, to grow up without
some education. No nice young man
would marry the girls, and no smart
girl would marry an uneducated hoN.
Now, boys. when YOU come into
school after dinner | want you TO
come III good order. Don't rush and
crowd the doorway like YOU did this
morning on ran over little 23rl
and threw her down and hurt her.
BE quiet and orderly and CONG in
two or three at a time, and before
You take your seat make Little bow
to ne. bat nice; that Gcod man
neFS. | VIII ike char and want all
of you boys ara girls to do that VIII
YOU do IL? If YOU viii please hold UP
your hands" All hands went W
promptly except those OF I}iil Jen-
kins, the red headed rebel Next
morning he declined to make a bow,
but looked sour and defiant. When
school turned out that evening, faith
er heard him say: Ill be burned
Il III make bow to any Yankee" !"
Next morning two other bic BOYS
failed to bow. iiill Jenkins had work
ed on them. That evening father
told Bill to stay IN Il little While, us
he wished 10 see him after school
broke up. He stayed and the door was
shut. The other boys peeped through
the cracks between the logs 70 Sc"
and 10 hear what was going on. Faith
er talked 10 Jenkins kindly and told
him Of the bad example hc was set
ting and 50 forth. and begged him
10 conform to the rules. Now" said
lie. ''WiIiiam, viii YOU promise to
make q bow 10 me tomorrow morn
ing?,' NO, I'll be durned if | do.
SAID Jenkins. That settled il. Th"
crisis that father had dreaded had
come. He got between Jenkins and
the door and said firmly: We'll. sir.
You have got to DO one of three
things. You have got 10 bow, CT quit
school, or take q whipping. Which
Wil YOU do I'll BE- gol durned
if I'll do airy one" said Bill. Fathers
hickory was within his reach between
Two LOGS. lie seized II and began on
Jenkins WITH Singing smokes aiia
Jenkins made for htm With MS ioh@
arms iHd used ciiss words apuhianf-
~. They fought like wild eats, turned
over benches, broke the water bucket
and tor ten minutes he conflict ra9-
ed, Ter father vas stout and vas IN
the right and sept the hlei5oTI going
and fenGed OIL the stroke oi l'Iil :
long arms Aitef Il WhiIe theI cIhcf-
Cd and father got him down between
two runoheon seats and punHelled
ham good He hcllered enough and
TO lei him up. and after they Get rhelr
breath father said: Now. Jenkins,
what will YOU DO. lie blubp1fed
out: "ime @Wine home and staE
there. ii be sol burned y IN gNElne
10 school 10 You any more. ~ eli.