The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13

was trying to pull him in at the win
dow and the staiwart hero of the
lariat was pulling back, the teacher,
of course, was soon suffoCated. Hur-
riedly tying him with The rope, he
was asked when able to speak, if he
meant to treat or give holiday. He
said mot this evening" or words to
that effect He was then tied TO the
well-bucket and let down till he was
submerged with water at the bottom.
With quaking limbs and chatterins
teeth he was drawn to the surface.
and asked if he agreed TO the terms.
mo, by the eternal God, / don't" was
the resolute answer. Down he again
went, like McGnty. to the bottom OF
the sea. By this time the house was
seen to be on fire, and the teacher
was forgotten. OF course no boy there
once thought of water being fit to put
out fire; for water is unpopular in
Kentucky, anyway.
But some men came up about this
time, and with all their antipathy to
water as a beverage, realized that it
might be used for the ignoble purpose
of extinguishing the ti&mes of school
house.
The wind of the windlass brought
I'D the teacher, and he had nearly
crossed the border line of the undis-
covered country The school-hous@
persisted, but the teacher lived to have
another built, and when. many years
after, he was borne to his last resting
place no more sincere mourners stood
at his bier than the boys. now beard
ed and brave men, who We're tn"
heroes of this barbaric exploit.
Your humble servant is Il teacher of
twenty-seven years experience on the
firing line He is the long sought
missing link between the old and tbs
new systems of education. He has
taught the blue backed Speiler, and,
also, the rational word method. He
has seen many of his pupils adorn
the learned professions, and others
decorate the chain gang. He has
knocked out one committeeman WITH
his fist for intermeddling, another
would bee ommitteeman for some. OF
his over-zealous interference, and
stood off q mob of eight once in the
wilds of Keatucky with six shooter,
and had a similar experience in West
ern North Carolina using, this time,
a Winchester rifle. This was long ago
and he now is a man of peace.
But varied as has been his eXpen-
ence, q wielder of the birch in eX-
treme Western North Carolina, SONS
twenty years ago" could go him one
better. In evidence, he submits IT,
Dear Corn Cracker This is
to inform you that am
teaching here, and will give
you my experience for two weeks. /
have fought II heads of families and
licked them in every engagement. |
have. also. whipped As pupils, in 20
cases of which | met armed resistance.
My face looks like a war map, and
my clothes are so tattered that | bear
a strong family resem blance to an
animated scare-croW. l board around,
and have met swine bosom as an ar
ticle of diet in every stage OF decay
On Saturdays / break mules and on
Sundays | fish
when this school closes, l cOntem-
plate either going as missionary to the
domain of the King of the Cannibal
Islands, or be a saw mil IN Arkansas,
hunt moonshiners in the mountains OF
Kentucky, or be a lion-tamer. Either
of these callings is sure death. hut
they are much safer than school-
teaching i'm these borders. Yours,
One peculiar demand of the public
is for teachers to know all of earth
as a minister does of heaven. A doc
tor can he so dense that he wouldn'
fua,+a1 hone of a blIffa n