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VOL 15.
STROUDSBURG. MONROE COUNTY j- PA. FEBRUARY 22, I855;
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TiIE.JEFFEItOXSAIV.
Ladies Eoots.
A little glove stirs up my heart, as tides stir
up the ocean,
And enow-white muslin, when it fite, works
many a curious motion.
All sorts of lady fixms thrill my feeling, as
they'd ortcr,
But little female gaiter boots are death, and
nothing shorter.
And just to put you on your guard,
I'll give you, short and brief,
A Bmall hotel experience.
Which filled my heart with grief:
Last Bummer, at the Clarendon,
I etopped a week or more.
And marked two "booties?," every morn,
Before my neighbor's door
Two boots, with painted leather tips
Two boots which seemed to siy :
"An angel trots around in us?;"
They stole my heatt away.
I saw the ecrvant take 'em off,
With thopc of other boots
Hie pouI was all in sixpences,
But mine was in tho boots;
But often in my nightly dreams
They swept before my fucc
A lady growing out of them,
As flowers from a vase.
But ah! one morn 1 Eaw a sight
Which struck me like a stone;
Some other name was on the boots
There boots were not alone!
A great tali pair of other boots
Were standing by their side!
And effthey walked, that afternoon,
And with them walked a bride!
Enough my song is sung
Love's tree beara bitter fruits;
Beware of beauty reader, mind,
But oh! beware of boots!
What the Abolitionists are .Mad About.
A friend recently from Washington, has
related to us a little incident that tran
spired a short time ago in the Senate
Chamber, and which made K:ne amuse
ment among the -members. Mr. Gillette,
our Senator, sits near to Tooiub?, ol
Georgia, and they frequently pass a good
humored joke. A few mornings ago,
just before the Senate was called to or
der while several of tho members were
standing near, Toombs said to Gillette:
"They say, Gillette, that you abolitionists
are mad with the Almighty for making the
niggers black." "Your informant U slight
ly mistaken," replied Gillette; "we are on
ly mad with you slaveholders? making
them white." The allusion to the bleaching
nrocess that is goiug on among the color-
F o
with much good numor in tne general
laugh. Hartford Courant.
In the Justices' Court at Boston a few
days since, a case wan called wherein a
boy about eight years of ag was a wit
ness. Previous to administering tho
oath to the boy, the Court, as is custo-
UJ HI V III OliUliai tuotJ, uuwuvuK-a i ww.
, .. j (,
rn regard to h,s aDderstaUd g the n ture
of rim oath: and anions other Questions.
. o
the Justice inquired 'Do you know any-
thin, about hell!" The boy scratched
his head for a moment, and looking the
Justice in the face, innocently replied-
J r
-No. sir 1 no! I was never there in my life.'
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L- . x m.i. i t
rowear mm, iur. vit-Tii, smu tut uusuw,
yi, . '
JiJJU LUV UUIU n 10 Ul-V-Vl AllllJ iii.iii vv .
cd to the youngster, who gave his testi
inouy clearly and distinctly.
Iuish Interpretation. A corres
pondent of the N. York Spirit of the Times
'trots out' the following 'good 'un
In a crowd who were looking at the
dead body of an engineer, killed on the
rail road, a fat Dutchman made the re
jmork, 'In do midst of life we are in det!'
(death.) An Irishman standing by, an
swered, Bo jabers, you may well say that
.he owed mc tico dollars!1
An Impudent Remark. A genius
remarked the other day, with- a grave
lace, that however prudent and virtuous
rjd?,,ie1l,ldie,l,,l,l,,J
,.a.gJ younB widower
Step mothers are so called because af-
r they ffct married they take steps for
ter thev get married they take step
kicking the 'other woman's' children into
uuuuicu .uiu
cd population of the South was at once Wllch the same appearance as that of Mrs. especially to farming ; but I have learn- d fc fir when ahugoball doscend
andcrstood by all, and Toombs joined Loy. It was not as perfect, however, al- cd to apply it to other things Ihou- ; bouncinf, into tbo
aa . . ... , frifi Tho l.nrlv nn,? limh-lsands would have been benefitted, had , ed the chimney and, bouncing into tuo
tho street
'mother..
A bad. institution
Hioa U,i ..P
From the Dayton (Ohio) Empire, Jan. 13.
Opening a Grave Extraordinary Preser-
vation of Human Bodies.
Jjr George Lane who has charge of
WnnfHfmrf Homninri. ni.ir Ma flit, ivns
called upon the other day by Mr. Geo. P.
T.nr trhn mMM nnt fi,rno miioa nti,.
oast of Gcrruantown. in this
county to
rat wifo a
remove the remains of his first
erandchild and other bodies, from a fain-.
" -" - j
ground upon his farm, and
'
ly years ago upon
hill, in a field some distance from the
residence of Mr. Loy, in accordance with
tho custom in Miama Valloy at that day,
when almost every property holder had a
burying place upon his farm.
The first grave openod was that of Mr.
T,nr's fih Tri'f wlm intrrnd nrinnf
twentv-four vears ao On reaching the
coffin it was found to be perfect at least
to annearance and the men nroceeded
to completely unearth it, and -.raise it t,urD1DS C0CT we
to the mouth of the" grave Sffis they fdy nPn a woodman, who was fell
soon ascertained to be a difficult task, ,1DS an,c.lm Tco. and the dry chips flew
and tho small force engaged at it was
compelled to procure assistance. The
i earth at this time was completely taken
from around the coffin, and removed from
' under the coffin, as far as it could be
j reached, but &till it was found difficult to
I even move it.
The assistance of six men was at length
obtained, and it required all the strencth
they were in possession of to raise the
1
: coffin from its bed and place it upon the
' ground at the side of the grave. It was
I supposed by those engaged in the disin
terment, that the coffiu was filled with
water, on account of its extreme heaviness,
but after it was taken from the grave, it j luat L"c woouiuau ua uiougui,
was measurably dry, and no signs of th? tree by doing a little at a time, and
water could be discovered. The lid was going on." "Just as I expected, ' here-
then with difficulty removed, when it was pneu ; -ana now x see tuasyou uuve un
ascertained that the body was in an ex- ed firsf lcsson- , e T ,
ecllent state of preservation. Uponaclosol beu lf to Jael f ovfr
1 examination, it was found that the
mains would not give way under tbe:e,Duu.a ic sure, not ouiy uiui, ue wua
pressure of a piece of board which one of the wisest man I knew but also that I
the gentlemen placed upon the corpse;0"1? not do a better thing than attend
and this strange circumstance led to still ! 1 hw remarks. In the course of that day
further investigation. The shroud and Icould hardly look around without see
indeed all the covering which was upon !"S some object which brought before me
1 the body at the time of interment, twenty- armer, i3'K.e s nrst ao- WicKiay-if.,-
ua ,i;.-or,o,i r,ni 0 er was building a wall near a cottage; a
i: .f;i :-.i nu
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I .
I perfect except the right leg, from the knee j
I to the ankle ioint. where the fleh seem-
ed to have wasted awav. and lay at the
! bottom of the coffin in a substance re
i sembliug ashes mixed with sand. With
! this exception of decay, the body and
i limbs exhibited the same pcrfectnes3 of
' exterior as they did when life and anima
tion were in the body,
j The body indeed, had been petrified !
It was by some strange quality of the
earth, and other causes ot wuich wo
can
form
.nni,.P.riirfi. turned into
no
inc. flo-h colon and the chisel of the ar-'
tUr .i1,f imifarp. hut r.nnld not make so .
close a'rcsemblance to the "human form
divine." The smile which lighted up her
i i ii. nUnn ,ioofk
itiii li 1 1 iiiiiiLC ixu luj iu j ii v nuvu w WVU
.i ;nA u nnyA rrrV.;nv, v.rtinfi
soul to clay, still seemed to linger upon
the face of stone !
The light of the eyes
J
wus gone, ana tney were sunnen ; due
from the sightless orbB the soul seemed
to look upon those who were viewing,
su
t ti
with astonishment, that human form of
i
. . . . . , ,r
The grave ot the grandchild oi iur.;
Loy was next entered, and the coffin ex- j
humed. It was also found to be heavy,1
tli nrnA nrPRPntnH
b"ry
did in life, but the exterior had lost its
life like contour. The most remarkable
thing connected with tho remains of the
child was, that the hair upon the petrifi
ed skull was to all appearances the same
as in life ! Mr. .Lane clipped a small
from the crown and tied it into a
- .
The other bodies which were ex -
. . i
-"wv
i pnUll, petrifiri, and vrorc mostly
AnnnaA
.wj.
A great many persons, attracted by so
remarkable a plLomenon, gathered a-
, round these
' before-
never seen bv tuem oeiore, indeed, we
vnrv mnnh &'ht wbether as rrreat curi-
j o
u .,i:r...:. n
osmesm uuiuau ucwuanwu wcto cicj
hpfr Reen. aUhoah wo have strange
before seen, although wo have strange
accounts coming down to us through mis-
" 48M' urBuwu..0 ,u.oWw.u
shnnp. werp rp..intirrfin in the cemeterv
f nsvskf' 'II. r-i-v hAimc At cfnn in It ii tvi 'in
j- - - - - - j
at Germantown, where they will proba-
bly remain until tho
they will be transformed
aiedinto receptacles
iui iuiuiuiiul auuis.
in......!.! nAiiln
,0,
Parmer Slake's First Lesson.
When I first went to live at Grange,
! Farmer Blake took mo into the fields to
I talk to me. I was young then, but quite
old enough to understand what he said,
"My lad said the farmer, "if you are
' to learn tanning, ana. we are w gu uu u-
: dily together eiincr V -
ou mu,, .lh bufcrreaS0n.
bI
cr of the two to alter the plan."
' Farmer Blako said this in a kind tone
ui uiU uuu uiuuiiuuuaa wuuu.v-
of voice, but tho firmness wi
UU WU1UU IU
it ..i.:i. i.
; Vl
"You have picked up a little knowledge
at tbo school house, and now you must
' try to pick up a little at the Grange Farm.
1 he first lesson that I shall give you to
learn, is this a little at a time and go on.
Almost an great things are done on tms
principle. The ram from the skies conies
down 'n drops, and tho snow comes
down in little flakes; and yet both of them !
v . - - - - i n I
DJ P0,nS on covcr tne Iace 01 tnc ground,
ii T U 1 JJ 1 Tl TJ11. i
. uref uaw fiurmor oji awp-
line, and then another, without wasting
his timo between, and it will not bo very
long, I am thinking, before he catches
his fly. The weaving spider is following
the rule a little at a time, and go on."
What Farmer Blake said, appeared so
very clear to me, that l wondered tuo
same thinS had not occurrcd before. But
. Iarraer soemcu aeicrminea to impress
ms nrst lcsson ue(W 'n m3'
around him, as he dealt his lusty stroke
with his axe. Oh thought I, the farmer
will bo at me again now, about his first
, lesson ; but no not a word did he speak.
I saw, however, that his. eye was now
and then fixed upon me. Though the
j woodman did not appear to get on very
fast, yet, by repeated strokes, he had
niade agreat gash, more than half through
the trunk of tho tree ; and not long after,
down came the elm with a loud crash.
Farmer Blake walked on in silence,
and I was silent too ; when, suddenly, he
said to me : "Well, my lad, what are you
thinking of: "I was thinking, sir," said
I ? .. .. 1 T iL-i 1 1
re-,evor "u, luai JjaiUM;i F
isuenuera witn ois crooK. was aBcenoinir
1 1 .1 t. 1
a .h,h hill; and two men were filling a cart
u gravei- ,aJ,Dg. a DncK ac a im?y
and going on, the bricklayer would build
the wall ; by taking a step at a time, and
going on, the shepherd would get to the
top of the hill, and by throwing in a spade
ful at a time, and going on, the cart
would be filled.
Many have I known who were not sat
isfied with doing a little at a time, they
must needs do a great deal and haste to
be rich ; but they fell into snares, and
a'thcir riches did them no good. And some
bo things, but they did not go on. !
Oh, it is an excellent thing to feel that
, e are dependent upon our Heavenly,
Father, for all we have, even our daily
.bread. I felt myself much wiser than I
w
was before,
I lived many years at the Grange, and
have great reason to be thankful for the
i. r.t i ii i it. i i e I
j - . -- i
'er taught me ; but not a single day, of all
!tbese years is better remebcred "f. I
mnnv iisnim iPBKmiH r.nnr, r.nn nnnnsr. inrm. i
, l"au luo "rS)L ua j i ''w
fnm, n,l nnt , ln lni, i morn
Harm, anu not a single lesson is moro
i,iooriv imnroQcml nn mu tninfl thnn tli
vj .-k"-"
7 first tbat be taught me.
1 k.D0W tbat armer Blake, in teaching
V "rs iOU, 1UICUUUU iu uuuiv lb
thev understood and nracticed tho lesson
WItb humility a little at a time and
go on.
Eloquence of Silence.
How eloquent i3 silence! Acquiescence, 1
contradiction, deference, disdain, embar-
rassment. and awo. may all be expressed
, u c.,vmr nnf.hinrr- Do you seek anas-
, j j o a
"J ""J'"o o J ...
surance 01 yuur miau usa o auutuuu ; xuu
fair onei wLo' timidity shrink bo. an
, i.i ..: i
aVOWai OI UCr lUUUUf skuuuicui, cuuuiuia
her lover's fondest hopes by complacent
assenting silence Should you hear
an assertion which you may deem false,
Unnoaa mn-o wifhniu von from onenlv de-
1 Z7' a i V.., ,U t, a Af.
1:1 a 1 1 nu tuut 'iu"" uwuwvw ...
. . , i
terencc oi opinion oy remaining suent.
Til .L-Sn- r'A frm
re you receiving a reprimand from a
SUperior I You mark respect by an atten-
i i " 1 A -
Uve ana submissive suencu. .iro juu.
n.i i;Dnn tn 4l.a fnnnlnni nnn.
UOUipOllUU lv iiottii vv tui ttwiwiiu
versation of a coxcomb! You signify
ing his ioquacUy with contemptuous si-
. i . ,1 e
niino Arft vou. in tuo course oi anv ne-
, ' .
gociation, about to enter on a discussion
painful to your own feelings and to those
who are concerned in it! Ibis subject is
almost invarably prefaced by an awk-
ward silence. Are you witness to some
miraculous display of supernatural pow-
er; the dread and astonishment with which
- .-. -
lriZi an incalculable
portion of domestic strife and dissention
Si b- been preyented;. how often
the quarrd vhlcb by t x
gravation has terminatea in moou,
have bceu chocked in its commencement
v, wo 1 1 Jimri nnd ludicious suence i
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vj " j-
TTtgUtoTrt
T nil. i il. J 1 1 I. i .J
forbearance which to tho exasperating
threat, the malicious sneer, or the unjust
ly imputed culpability, shall answer nev
er a word. 2dly, there are not wanting
instances where the reputation, the for-
tune, tho happiness, nay, tho life of tho
fellow creatures might be preserved by a
leuow creatures niignc oe preservca dj a
charitable silence, either by tho suppres -
sion of some condemning circuinstanoe,
v . it i n
or ny reiusmg to unite in tne aeiamaiory
i" - UJ1
oiiBgaiiuu. ouiy,
to
who wishes to
considered by many peoplo as a certain ,
indication of wisdom, and I must myself
confesB I should prefer the man who
thinks much without speaking, to him
that speaks much without thinking. Not
that I would be supposed to be an advo-
oato ror habitual taciturnity. ro one
can better appreciate the delight derived
irora uieiiecmai intercourse, iotwim-
ntercourse.
standing wmon is
see daily cause to ad-
,9,
"Decently Buried."
person ot interior aegreo recently;
died in Rochester
lie had a tritle over
- . ...
8100 in the Savings Bank. His wife di
rected that this should be withdrawn
u : uim
"decent burial." The money was taken .
out, and SOI 92 were expended upon tho
"wake" and the funeral. I he Democrat
'in.- i
gives the following "bill of items" for tho
expenses of tho
wake "
Mr.-
r.n i -iii. . or
mire tne cruin ana justice oi mac apocuo- by tho force or numbers, but tue prosper
gim which says "Of much speaking jty 0f the school is impaired for years.
cometh repentance, but silence is piety."! A,t every district meeting thero will bo
- XI 11 1
Jan. 15, 1855. To Dr.
To 5 gals, whisky, 81 88 :
4 gals, dark brandy, S3, 12 00 ;
1 gal. wine, 2 00 '
A lb. tea, 33 ;
5 lb. crackers, 40 1
10 lb. cheese 1 25'
6 doz. pipes, 24
4 lb. sperm candles, 1 50
1
Total S20 63 1
S20 63 '
The expenses at the cemetery, in clud-
inrr tl,o rW ol,f,r.,n JH tvxro S20 !
25.
Mass at the church, undertaker s'
:
- 1
fees, etc., reached $20 more.
An Irishman died in Albany, not long
3go, who had deposited over 500 in the
Savings Bank, although he lived in great
ajiparcnt indigence. No sooner was he
dead, than a grand 'wake' and burial was
decided upon, and it cost his family over
$120 to get his body into the ground.
The liquor drank at the "wake" cost
S42, and there was a charge for four
"sympathisers," who were hired to mako
many lamentations for tho departed to
wail and howl over the dead body. The
coffin, the carriages and tho masses a
mounted to a round sum. And so Pat
was "decently buried."
Another Infirnal Machine in Cincinnati
Providential Escape.
Another diabolical attempt to scatter
death and destruction among a family,
occured on Monday night, between eight
and nine o'clock at the residence of Mr.
r a t--i Trl..i i i 1
i ;vrns nwiMiiniiii. on uumui plicul. uc-
tween Court and Ninth streets, through
m9an3 ofadestructive and damnable con-
tnvonce moreold and daring than that
of the celebrated Amson machine, lho
. .
particulars are these : On the evening m
question, Miss Swishclm and family, con-
f Rrm rj nns urrrn snnrnri n-
fir. rolled in a brmht blazo into tho
middle of the floor.
It was made of cot
ton saturated with turpentine, and, dur
ing its brief contact with the floor, had
become ignited. Luckily, a pail of wa
ter was standing near, Mr. Swishelm,
catching tho burning ball in his hand, in
stantlv immersed it in tho water, and ex
- ..... I
unfUiaucu it. uuuu uyuiiiui; tuo uau in,
wa found l0 be filled With gunpowder
WU3 iUUUU u- u.i-u ?
,1 ,! fnnnntn inAnnA .na Ik
auu 1US3' uu"
for Mr. Swishelm and hrs family that the
water was near, as otherwise ho says he
Shuld haV hurled ltmt 1D?
i t . . n t..i ;i 1.1
Vmcu case' in au Puauuuy, uu:u
, ,
have been our nainful province to have
recorded another event as horrible in its
. , . , , - , i 'rod, they should also fool tho necessity of
that which transpired at the. y J . ,nna oo mna, rrl.i
r improving thcmpeivos as tho most euect-
details as
. . - . t
Sarnie Hospital. As soon as tne cnar -
' . . . . . . .
acter of the machine was ascertained, Mr.
ficers It.nger and Limberg, who made
1 it n .1 t ... ... c
di urnn , Kearcn alter tuo uena. out unior-
-'"fa
tunately 3o long a time had elapsed since
wag fl down the chimney,
ma nu ;
suspicions imparted to them by i-lr. bwis-
belm, tho officers are under tho imprcs-
sioQ can yet ferrefc out the mis
ct nQ meang WjU be lett UDtrlQa
to bring to justice one who, in so despe-
rate a manner, could plot the destruction
of awhole Cincinnati Ga,
(iJt s & ?cry solQmn thing tp be
- j? 7thfinv.
, ) j-
i .iV Kf. ifci- rat deal lllOl'O SOl
; emu no! id., old maid of for.yJ.fer the tcU,r to say
(E&tuaiionaL
COBPOBAL PUNISHMENT.
Continued.
Asido from the eansfis demanding nun.
ishmcnt, so ably portrayed in the pass-
'age just quoted,
'growing out of di
there is still another,
ivisions and quarrels in
-
tho district
It is by no means uncom-
in our districts, owing to some lo-
Tho inhabitants of the uvner road
arc
iealous of tho dwellers on the loiver road:
the portion of tbe district is aggrieved
by the influence of the valley portion; the
"east end" complains of the selfishness of
'tue cst end," and so of the north and
souti. Whenever a school-house is to bo
built, these different interests are aroused,
,amj a protracted and baletul quarrel is
th0 resuit. One party "carries tho day"
every
the Bame stnie ior tuo mastery. a.i uu
i - i
division gams the power, the other bends I
the school, and tc
' ir . , i . j
nnnnv rnn T'i I'lit' r w 11 I i v ill: ciu flu v
. 1 i 1 l. V ....nln'tfnr
j
by tho dominaut party, nowever excei-1
lent or deserving he may be. "We will
see." say those who find themselves m
luu ""'"""Ji uu u
nian can keep our school as well as it was
uouo last year uv our maaiur. uis ia
uttered in presence ot their chtldren
i t it. . l ..i t. :tt
peruaps tueir nun-grown sons, wuo win
be very ready to meet their new teacner
with projudicc and to act out the misgiv
ings of their parents a3 to bis success.
When the teacher first enters the school,
he is met by opposition, even beforo ho
at home.
Now what shall he do? Shall
he
yield the point, abandon the idea of room is Dot a dnrk one and temper
lority, and endeavor to live along ature can.be comfortable. But even with
rlor? f r lor? it Jin nf o mrr this facility, confinement caunot be re-
autho
omfortablo state of things bv-and-bv!
He may be sure that matters will daily
grOW WOrSC Shall he glVC UP 1U despair.
11 I
and leave tho school to some successor!-
m t . i .
This will on v strengtnen tne onposition
and mako it more violent when the sue
cessor shall be appointed. It is but put
ting the difficulty one step farther off.
Besides, if tho teacher does thus give up,
and leave the school, he losea his own
reputation as a man of energy, and, in
the eye of the world, who perhaps may
not know or care to know all the cir
cumstances, he is held ever after as in
competent for the office.
Now it would be very gratifying if tho
teacher under any or all of these difficul
ties, could possess the moral power to
quell them all by a look or by the exer
cise of his ingenuity in interesting his pu
pils in their studies. Undoubtedly there
are some men who could do it, and do it
most triumphantly, so a3 to make their
most zealous enemies in a few days their
warmest friends. But there are not many
who can work thus at disadvantage.
What then shall be done? Shall the
school be injured by being disbanded,and
the teacher be stigmatized for a failure,
when he has been employed in good faith?
I say no. He has the right to establish
authority by corporal infliction,' and thus
to save the school and also save himself.
And more than this; if there h reason-
ble ground to believe that by such inflio-
tion he can establish order, and thus'
make himself useful, and save the time
and the character of the school, he not
only has tho right, but he is bound by duty
to itse it. Tho lovers of order in tho dis- ,
trict have a right to expect him to use it,
unless by express stipulation beforehand,
thev have exempted him from it. 1 ro-
peat, then, that
establish author
i. r-;i,.
UtJ UJIIV, iUlwlJJ li Uw liiliK.
I outfit in fairness here to add, as I
havo before hinted, that not unfrcqucntly
the necessity for corporal infliction exists
in the teacher himself. Thi3 is often
proved by a transfer of teachers. One
man takes a school, and can only survivo
his term by tho exorcise of whipping.
T.T ;a fVOWn, L. nnnin, w,a eAnrn
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order and tho love of the school
J wh ' Iq
his cse to secure good order, and truly;
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but tbo necessity resided in mm ana not
in the school
So it often does, ad
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while teachers are zealously defending the
' f t Aviate its frequent use
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When authority is ouce established in
jj; foresorfci to tho rod after tho
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i teacner nas ootamevi iuu usueuuuuujf, uu-
ieS3 jt be in tho event of taking some uew
'pupil into the school who is ditTposed to be
rofractorv. I have but little resnect for
fcho teer who . Jai, obH d fQrti.
authoritv by cornoral infliction.
Soruet,,jng mu9t be fundamentally wrong
- iin the tcaehor whose machinery of gov-
crnment, when once well m motion, nccas
to be so otten orcib y wound up
TJrnm trlinf line nlrpl(lw beOU S.1IU, it
will be seen that I do not belong to the
number who affirm that the rod of correc
tion should never be used in schools. Nor
am I prepared to advise any teacher to
ptbl'hh beforehand that he will not punish
- .Wltll tllC rod. It WOUlU dinuja uu- nisur
uothiug about it.
lt is tho teacher's duty to ; muv",V4-"'"w " . . x
ityt- "peaceably, indeed, it , v - ;1
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Very little good ever comes threatening
the use of it. Threatening of any sort
avails but little. A teacher may enter a
school with tbo determination to govern
it if possible without force. Indeed I
should adviso one always to make thid
determination in his own mind. But
whenover such a determination is publish
ed, the probability of success is very much
diminished.
The true way and tho safe way, in my
opinion, h to rely mainly on moral means
for tho government of the school, to use
tho rod without much threatening, if driv
en to it by tho force of circumstances, and
:s scon as authority is eotablished, to al
low it again to slumber with the tacit un
derstanding that it can be again awaken
ed from its repose if found necessary.
The knowledge in tho school that thero
is an arm of power, may prevent any ne
cessity of an appeal to it; and such a
knowledge can do no possible harm in
itself. But if the teacherhas once pledged
himself to tho school that he will novcr
use the rod, the necessity may soon como
for him to abandon hia position or loso
his influence over the pupils.
As much has been said against the uao
of the rod in any case in school govern
ernmcnt, it may be proper to conMder
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wbich bavc been suggested by its oppo-
Be'
Some have urged solitary confinement.
This might do in some cases. "Undoubt
edly an opportunity for reflection is of
great use to a vicious boy. But then hov
inadequate are the means for this kind
of discipline in oufsckoola. Most of our
school-houses have but one room. Iu
such cases solitary confinement is out of
the question. In other in?tances thero
may be (as there always should be) a
room, not constantly devoted to the pur
poses of the school. Here a pupil could
be confined; and I have no objection
whatever to this course, provided tho
llcd on a3 tho 0Illy punishment, because
offenses should multiply and the offend-
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wen oonnnemens woum soon cease to do
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thropist should device a plan of a scbool-
housc with several cells for the accom
modation of offenders; still this punish
ment would fail of its purpose. The
teacher has no power to confine a pupil
much beyond the limit of school hour.-j.
This the obstinate child would under
stand, and he would therefore resolve to"
hold out till ha must be dismissed, una
then ho would be tho triumphant party.
He could boast to his fellows that he had
borne the punishment, and that without
submission or promise for the future he
had been excused because his time had
expired.
This substitute is often urged by 2wents,
who have tried it successfully in case of
their own children in their own houses,
where it was known that it could of courso
be protracted to any necessary length.-
Besides, if the confinement alone was not
sufficient, the daily allowance of food
could be withheld. Under such circum
stances it may bo very effectual, as un
doubtedly it often has been; but he is a
1 very shallow parent who, having tried
this experiment upon a single child, with
all the facilities ot a parent, prescribes it
n tao expectation or equal success m
the government of a large school.,
Others Juve urged the expulsion of such
friars cts are disobedient. To this it may
be rePl!ed tba5 lt 13 n; WxtQ cf talQ un'
"lst.lDS la3i whether the teacher
ba3 tbe r'S expel a scholar Irom the
common schools; and some deny even tho
jf .scbo1 fficcrs do it.-
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, physical power to- control him
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cious and ignoraut scholar is tbe very one
who must needs the reforming influence
of a good education. Sent away from
tho fountain of knowledge and virtue at
this the very timo of need aud what
may wo expect for him but utter ruin!
Suoh a pupil mo3t of all needs the re
straint and the instruction of a teacher'
who is capable of exercising the one and
affording the other.
But suppose he is dismissed, is thero
any reason to hope that this step will im
prove the culprit himself, or better tho
condition of the school! Will he not go
on to establish himself in vice, unrestrain
ed by -any good influeuco,- and at last be
come a suitablo subject for the severity of
the laws, an inmate of our prions, and
perhaps a miserable expiator of his ourn
crimes upon the gallows! How many
youth and youth worth saving, too
havo been thus cast out perversely to pro
cure their own ruin, at the very timo
when they miglit have been saved, by suf
ficient energy aud benevolence, no mortal
tongue can tell ! Nor 13 the school itself
usually benefited by this measure. "For
all purposes of evil," Mr. Mann justly re
marks, "he continues in tho midst of tho
i-nnr nlilrVrpn frrn mtmnrr trnfim ha Was
cast out; and when he associates with
them out of school, there is no ono prcs
eut to abato or neutralize his vicious in
fluences. If the expelled pupil be driven
frqm tho district where- he belongs into
another, in order to prevent his contam
ination at home,, what better can be ex-
pecteu or tuc yiauu m ,j--
(conclusion on rouBiir VW)
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