The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-02-08
4 ps osl IN IN oisrRicV NO. o.

PRoslEM IN DISTRICT NO. o.
When Paul Win, greatly In need o.
mo. ey for bis cole ae 1pensef, applied fol
b, school In District Number Q in tb'
tos OF Rtofeld, he made no secret OF tn
facts that he was only nineteen years old
aai never taught, and had been try Ing fol
some time to get . school, without sue
| cess
And Mr.. Dyke, the school agent. was, In
Is turn, equally frank.
Old Squire Wiggip, our school supervi.
or, be said, gives cur ee.stIlct the credit
OF having the worst school In town. And
d'know as he's far out OF the way. Ard
| Isl I all the fault Of the scholais, either.
the cid folks, with their fault fading ard
meddliBg, are just as much to blsme.
We've been having old, txperier Get
teachers, and they have failed Mebbe II
ve try somebody that is young and greer
,ur luck may turn. Anyhow, nobody els,
,eems to be after the job this winter. So
I Squsire wiggin will give = certificate
you may start 10 next Monday, for all
care.
This ofier, although hardly fstteripg ip
i.s terms, was ehesrfully accepted, ard .,
be eId Of month 1t seemed that hr.
Dykes feeble hope was likely TO be fulfl.
cd. For come reason the pupils "took" to
heir new teacher from the first, and began
show unusual interest In theii studies
One re,ult Of Mr.. Wins growing poIu.
srly was the addition to the school Of y
lew pupil In the person Of Jonas Briggs, .
soung man rather older and considerably
arger than the teacher.
Jonas lived 10 an adjoining towp, but was
staying at bis Uncle Pster's that winter,
doing the "chorssr while the latter was
disabled with rheumatism; and ~ be had
some leisure time on his hands, he decideo
to 20 to school.
This accession, while 10 = way .compll-
aentsry, was, on the whole, embarrassing
othe teacher.
The most advanced Of the other pupils
had just reached compound proportion IL
the Ccmmon-School Arithmetic; !; but Jonas
brought With him the formidable INA
tiobAl." and declared his purpose OF begin.
ming at allegation and "ciphering" through
he book. Disdaining all all other studlef,
Jobss would sit and "ciphsr" all day lor e,
occasionally appealing to the teacher fer
help on some especially bsfilng sum
Now when 1t h explained that Young
Mr.. Winn's education had not included
course in the National Arithmetic, % me
people Of an older generation will readily
III derstand why be had to burn some mid. |
night oil at the expense Of his bosidirs
mistress, the Widow Hayward. Ard IL |
Lils Of oil his study, Mr.. VIM came to
siief 1t last.
One afternoon Jonas, SUNNI oning the
,escber TO bis desk BY the time-bonored
method If waving bis long arm 10 air sro
tapping bis Hngers, announced tbs,
couldn't seem TO get the hang Of that
Number a 10 tie miscellaneous problems.
| am afraid that shall have to sex yo'
o,xcuse me just now, said Mr.. Vim. Try |
| again, and II you don't succeed tpeak /.
me tomorrow.
While Jonas cleared his slate for new
q .rtf, some Of the older pupils Rlauceo
1 quiringiy 1t each other. That's teacher
should rot be willing at any moment t.
drop ~hatsver be might bs doing TO wort
Ut . run was certainly occasion for sur.
Prise.
There Was an Impressive stiffness 10 the
,oom when Jopas, the next day, declared
10 a rAth permptory fashion that b,
aust have help. I've tired IL every witch
way, he ssid, and can't make head 10,
,siI Of IL.
Every eye wss on The teacher % be re.
pl ID, "Wsil, Jonas, 1 hsveat b,en able to
sork It. tlth.r. We shsil have 10 pass II
YER today
Hs trhd to sptsk 10 40 Indifferent tps,
bot II VA Of no u~. Al obce "lhe busy
Whisper circiing rcundn proclaimed to
he ma ter ws - acs," II uV known sli
ysr the district that rixhr, and by Loos OF
he o. 1t day IL VAS 'sltsc shout 10 The
10 RS al RedC ID Why.
Thus yoof Mr.. ni.n lo'i In 40 hour all
he prestige that h. bsd an 10 weeks For
xhl.e mary lsp'fs W seholsfship 90 ID.
% Of the puu,t, .eaool t,scb.r OF fny
go nigh, psss viii Vt cr!tIei,m, or per.
IA ~ vi holt ,t.c', ~h,n Il came 10 the
nsltsr u coiax am,. thsre must be 10
,uch word ~ I'll.
10 this eri.n NJ. Vim had oLe friend
= hoss l ysiy ues : wsyered. This wss
wiisu nsysnd's fourie n.,tsr-sld boy,
Ton ny
fwish lh,, ecsld hslp you, Mr.. winn.
y easily ~ ycu help me, said Tommy, tim.