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Widder (JreeiTs Last Words.
I'm goin' to die," says tlie Widder Green.
"Im goiu' to quit this air bly scene,
x It ain't no place for me to stay
' n such a world as tie to-day,
Such works and ways is too much for me.
Nob >dy oan't let nobody be;
The girls are flounced from top to toe,
An' that's the hull o' what they know;
The men is mad on bonds an' stocks,
Rwearin' an' shcotin' an' pickin' locks.
I'm real 'fraid I'll be haoged myself,
' Et I ain't laid on my final shelf,
There ain't a creetnr hot knows to-day
I never was a lunatic anyway.
Bat since crazy folks all go free
I'm dreadful afraid they'll hang up me.
There's anether matter that's pesky hard?
I can't go into a neighbor's yard
To say ' How be you ?' or borrow a pin,
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We're pleased to say the Widder Green
Took dinner on Tuesday with Mrs. Keene
Or, ' Our worthy friend Mrs. Green has gone
Down to Barkhamstead to eee.her son.'
Great Jerusalem ! Can't I stir
Without a raieiu' some feller's fur?
There ain't no privacy?so to sayNo
more than if this was the Judgment day,
ADd as for meetin'?I want to swear
Whenever I put my head in thereWhy,
even Old Hundred's spiled and done,
Like everything else under the sun;
It used to be so solemn and slow,
Praise to the Lord from men below?
Now it goes like a galiopin' steer,
High diddle diddle! there and here.
No respect to the Lord above,
No mor'u ef He was a hand and glove
WitMtll the creatures He ever made,
And all the jigs that ever was played.
Preachin', too?but here I'm dumb,
Bit I'll tell you what! I'd like it some
Ef good old Parson Nathau Strong
Out o' his grave would come aloug
.? -' - Au' give us a stirrin' taste o' fire?
Judgment and jastice is my desire.
Tain't all l07e an' sitkioh s^eet
Thai makes this world nor t'other oomplete.
Bit. law ! I'd better be dead
When the work's a turnin' over my head ;
Spent* tallun' like tarnal fools,
Bibles.kicked tut o' deestrict schools,
Crasy creeturs a murderin' roundHonest
folks better be under ground.
So fare ye well! this airthly soene
Won't no more be pestered by Widder Green."
GOING TO SCHOOL.
A BTORY BY CAPT. MARRY ATT,
" Have yoa anv idea of putting tnat
b >y to school, Mr. Easy ?" asked Dr.
Mtd iletou of eccentric old Nicodemut
E^v, the father of Jack Easy.
Mr. Easy crossed his legs, and clasped
his hands together over his knees, as
hj always did when he was about to
commence an argument.
" The great objection that I have of
sending a boy to school, Dr. Middleton,
is, that I conceive that the discipline enforced
is not only contrary to the rights
of man, bnt also in opposition to all
sound sense and common judgment.
Not content with punishment^ which is
in itself erroneous, and an infringement
of social justice, they even degrade the
minds of the boy3 still more by applying
punishment to the most degraded
part, adding contumely to tyranny. Of
course, it is intended that a boy who is
scat to school should gain by preoept
and example ; but is he to learn benevolence
by i he angry look and the flourish
of the vindictive birch?or. forbearance
by the cruelty of the ushers?or patience,
when the masters over him are out of
all patience?of modesty, when his
nether parts are exposed to general examination?
Is he not daily rtading a
lesson at variance with that equality
which we all possess, but of which we
are unjustly deprived ? Why should
there be a di-tinction between the
flogger and floggee ? Are they not both
fashioned alike after God's image, endowed
with the same reason, having an
equal right to what the world offers, and
wliich was intended by Providence to be
equally distributed ? Is it not that the
... , sacred inheritance of all, which has
tyrannously and impiously been ravished
from the many for the benefit of the few,
and which ravishment, from long cus?
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lom oi iniquity ?liu juuuiwiwuu ui ]
preoepts, has too long been basely sub- j
mitted to ? Is it not the duty of a father
to preserve his only son from imbibing
these dangerous and debasing errors,
which will render him only one of the
vile herd who are content to suffer, prot
vided that they live ? And yet are not
these very errors inculcated at school,
and impressed upon their minds inversely
by the birch ? Do not they receive
their first lesson in slavery with the first
lesson iq A B C ; and are not their
miuds thereby prostrated, so as never to j
rise again, but ever to bow to despotism, I
to oriuge to rank, to think and act by j
the preoepts of others, and to tacitly I
disavow that -sacred equality whioh is j
our birthright ? No, sir, without they j
can teach without resorting to such a j
fundamental error as flogging, my boy !
shall never go to school"
And Mr. Easy threw himself back in ;
his chair, imagining, like all philoso j
phers, that he had said something very i
clever.
Dr. Middleton knew his man, and :
therefore patiently waited until he had ;
exhausted his oratory.
" I will grant," said the doctor, at last,
" that all you say may have great trnth |
in it; but, Mr. Easy, do you not think
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cated, yea allow him to remain open to j
that very error of which you speak ? It
is only education which will conquer
prejudice, and enable a man to break j
through the trammels of custom. Now, j
allowing that the birch is used, yet it is
a period when the young mind is so
elastic as to soon become indifferent;
and after he has attained the usual rudiments
of education, you will then hnd
him prepared to receive those lessons
which you can yourself instill."
" I will teach him everything myself," i
replied Mr. Easy, folding his arms consequentially
ami determinedly.
*I do not doubt your capability, Mr. j
E-'sy; bat nufortunately you will always
have a diffi ?u.ty which you never can got '
over. Excuse me, I know what you are
capable of, and the boy would, iudeed,
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be happy with snch a preceptor, bat?if I
mast speak plain?you must be aware
as well as I am that the maternal fondness
of Mrs. Easy will always be a bar
to your intention. He is already so
spoiled by her, that he will not obey ;
and without obedience you cannot inculcate."
"I grant, my dear sir, that there
is a difficulty on that point; but maternal
weakness must then be overcome by
paternal severity."
"May I ask how, Mr. Easy? for it
appears to be impossible."
" Impossible I By heavens I I'll make
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stopped before the word flog was fairly
out of his mouth?" I'll know the reason
why, Dr. Middleton."
Dr. Middleton checked his inclination
to laugh, and replied : "That you
would hit upon some scheme, by which
you would obtain the neoessary power
over him, I have no doubt; but what
will be the consequence ? The boy will
consider his mother as a protector, and
you as a tyrant. He will have an aversion
to you, and with that aversion he
will never pay respect and attention to
your valuable precepts when he arrives
at an age to understand them. How it
app ears to me that this difficulty which
you have raised may be got over. I
know a very worthy clergyman who
does not use the birch ; but 1 will write,
put the direct question to him, and then
if your boy is removed from the danger
arising from Mrs. Easy's over-indulgence,
in a short time he will be ready
for your more important tuition."
" I think," replied Mr. Easy, after a
pause, "that what you say merits consideration.
I acknowledge that in consequence
of Mrs. Easy's nonsensical indulgence,
the boy is unruly, and will
not obey me at present; and if your
friend does not apply the rod, I will
think seriously of sending my son John
to him to learn the elements."
The doctor had gaint-d his point by
flattering the philosopher.
In a day he returned with a letter
from the pedagogue in answer to one
supposed to be sent to him, in
which the use of the birch was indignantly
disclaimed, and Mr. Easy announced
to his wife, when they met that
day at teatime his intentions with regard
to his son John.
" To school, Mr. Easy ? what, send
Johnny to school! a mere infant to
school!"
"Purely, my dear, you must De aware
that at uine years it is high time that he
learned to read."
44 Why, he almost reads already, Mr.
Easy; surely I can teach liim that. Does
he uot, Sarah?"
44 Lord bless him, yea, ma'am, he was
saying hia letters yesterday."
44 Oh, Mr. Easy, what .can have put
this in your head ? Johnny, dear, come
here?tell me now what's the letter A ?
rcu were singing it in the garden
this raorniDg."
441 want some sugar," replied Johnny,
stretching his arm over the table to the
sugar ba-in, which was out of his reach.
44 Well, my love, you shill have a
great lump if you will tell me what's the
letter A."
44 A was an archer, aud shot at a frog,"
replied Johnny, in a surly tone.
,4 There now, Mr. Easy ; and he can
go through the whole alphabet?can't
he, Sarah ?"
44 That he can, the dear?can't you,
Johnny dear ?"
44 No," replied Johnny.
44 Tea, you can, my love; yon know
what's the letter B. Now, don't you ?"
44 Yes," replied Jobimy.
44 There, Mr. Easy, you see what the
boy know9, and how obedient tie is, too.
Oome, Johnny dear, tell nswhat wasB ?"
*4No, I won't," replied Johnny, 441
want some more sugar ;" and Johnny,
who had climbed on a chair, spread himself
over the table to reach it.
44 Mercy! Sarah, pull him off? he'll
noset the urn," screamed Mrs. Easy.
Sarah caught hold of Johnny by the
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sisting the interference, turned round
on his back as he lay on the table, and
kicked Sarah in the face, just as she
made another desperate grasp at him.
The rebound from the kick, given as he
lay on a smooth mahogauy table,brought
Johnny's head in contact with the urn,
which was ppsefc in the opposite direction,
and notwithstanding a rapid movement
on the part of Mr. Easy, he received
a sufficient portion of boiling
liquid on his legs to scald him severely,
and induce him to stamp and swear in
a very unphilosophical way. In the
meantime Sarah and Mrs. Easy had
crmght up Johnny, and were both holdiug
him at the same time, exclaiming
and lamenting. The pain of the scald,
and the indifference shown toward him,
were too much for Mr. Easy's temper to
put up with. He SDatched Jobunv out
of their arms, and quite forgetting his
equality and rights of man, belabored
him without mercy. Sarah flew in to
interfere, and received a blow which
not only made hor see a thousand stars,
but sent her reeliug to the floor. Mrs.
Easy went off into hysterics, and Johnny
howled so as to be heard at a quarter
of a mile.
How long Mr. Easy would have continued
it is impossible to say; but the
door opened, and Mr. Easy looked up
while still administering the punishment,
and perceived Dr. Middleton in I
mute astonishment. He had promised j
to come in to tea, and enforce Mr. j
Rasy's argument*, it it wore necessary ;
but it certainly appeared to him that, j
in the argument which Mr. Easy was |
ihen enforcing, he required no assist
5tnce. However, at the entrance of Dr. I
MiJdleton, Johnny was dropped, and j
lay roaring on the floor ; Sarah, too, remained
where she had been floored, |
Mrs. Easy had rolled to the floor, the
urn was also on the floor, and Mr. Easy,
although not floored, had piot a leg to
stand upon.
Never did a medical man look in more
opportunely. Mr. Easy at first was not
certainly of that opinion ; but his legs
became so painful that he soon became
a convert.
Mr. Middleton, as in duty bound,
first picked up Mrs. Easy and laid her
on the sofa. Sarah rose, picked up
Johnny, and carried him kicking and
roaring out of the room ; in return for
which attention she received sundry
bites. The footman, who had announced
the doctor, picked up the urn,
that being all that was in his depart-1
ment. Mr. Easy threw himself panting
and in agony on the other sofa, and
Pr. Middleton was excessively embarrassed
how to act; he perceived that
Mr. Easy required his assistance, and
that Mrs. Easy could do without it ; but
how to leave a lady who was half really
and half pietendedly in hysterics, was
difficult: for if he attempted to leave
her, she kicked and flounced, and burst
out the more. At last Dr. Middleton
ruug the bell, which brought the footman,
who summoned all the maids, who
carried Mrs. Etsy up stairs, and then
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patient who realiy required his assistance.
Mr. Easy explained the affair in
few words, broken into ejaculations from
pain, as the doctor removed his stockings.
From the applications of Dr.
Muldleton, Mr. Easy soon obtained
bodily relief; but what annoyed him
still more than his scalded legs was the
doctor having been a witness to his infringement
of the equality and rights of
jnan. Dr. Middleton perceived this,
and he knew also how to pour balm into
that wound.
44 My dear Mr. Easy, I am very sorry
that you have had this accident, for
which you are indebted to Mrs. Easy's
foolish indulgence of the boy ; but I
am glad to perceive that you have taken
up those parental duties which are inculcated
by the Scriptures. Solomon
says, 4 that he who spares the rod, spoils
the child,' thereby implying that it is
the duty of a father to correct his children,
and in a father, the so doing does
not interfere with the rights of man, or
any natural equality, for the son being
a part or portion of the father, he is
only correcting his own self; and the
proof of it is, that a father, in punishing
his own son, feels as much pain in to
doing as it he were himself punished.
It is, therefore, nothing but self-discipline,
which is strictly enjoined us by
the Scriptures."
44 That is exactly my opinion," replied
Mr. Easy, comforted at the doctor
having so logically got him out of the
scrape. 44 But?he shall go to school tomorrow,
that I'm determined on."
44 He will have to thank Mrs. Easy for
that," replied the doctor.
44 Exactly," replied Mr. Easy. 44 Doctor,
my legs are getting very ho* again."
44 Continue to bathe them with the
vinegar and water, Mr. Easy, until I
send you an embrocation, which will
give you immediate relief. I will call
to-morrow. By-the-bye, 1 am to see a
little patient at Mr. Bonny castle's; if it i
is any accommodation, I will take your
son with me."
44 It will be a great accommodation,
doctor," replied Mr. Easy.
44 Then, my dear sir, 1 will just go up
and see how Mrs. Easy is, and to-morrow
I will call at ten. I can wait on
hour. Good night."
44 Good night, doctor."
The doctor had his game to play with
I Mrs. Easy. He magnified her husband's
[ accident?he magnified ins wrath, ami
advised her by no means to say one
I word nntil he was well and more pacified.
The next day he repeated this
dose, and, in spite of the ejaculations of
| Sarah, and the tears of Mrs. Easy, who
dared not venture to plead her cause,
and the violent resistance of Master
Johnny, who appeared to have a presentiment
of what was to come, onr hero
was pat into Dr. Middleton's chariot,
and with the exception of one plate of
glass, which he kicked out of the window
with his feet, and for which feat the
doctor, now that he had him all to himself,
boxed his ears till he was nearly
blind, he was, without any f urther even tf u 1
occurrence, carried by the doctor's footman
into the parlor of Mr. Bonnycastle.
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Master Jack had been plumped down
in a chair by the doctor's servant, who,
as he quitted him, first looked at his
own hands, from which the blood was
drawn in several places, and then at
Master Jack, with his teeth closed and
lips compressed, as much as to eay : "If
I only daied, would not I, that's all
and then walked out of the room, refV?o
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when lie showed his hands to the coach-!
man, who looked down from his box in !
great commiseration, at the same time
sharing his fellow servant's indignation.
But we must repfeir to the parlor. Dr.
Middleton ran over a newspaper, while
Johnny sat on the chair all of a heap,
looking like a lump of sulks, with his
feet on the upper front bar and hii knees
almost up to his nose. He was a promising
pupil. Jack.
Mr. Boanycastle made his appearance
?a tall, well built, handsome, fair man,
with a fine powdered head, dressed in
solemn black, and knee buckles; his
linen beautifully clean, and with a peculiar
bland expression of countenance.
When he smiled he showed a row of
teeth white as ivory, and his mild blue
eye was the ne plus ultra of beneficence.
Ho was the beau-ideal of a preceptor,
and it was impossible to see him and
hear his mild pleasing voice, without
wishing that all your sons were under
his protection. He was a ripe scholar,
and a good one, and at the time we
speak of had the care of upward of one
hundred boys. He was celebrated for
turning them out well, and many of his
pupils were rising fast in the senate, as
well as distinguishing themselves in the
higher professions.
Dr. Middleton, who was on intimate
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tered the room, and they shooa hands, j
Middleton then turned to where Jack |
sat, and, pointing to him, said : " Look j
there."
Bonnycastle sm'led. "I cannot say J
that I have had worse, but I have almost I
as bad. I will apply the Promethean j
torch, and soon vivify that rude mass.
1 Come, sit down, Middleton."
j "Bat," said the doctor, as he resumed
i his chair, " tell me, Bonnycastle, how
! you will possibly manage to lick such a
! cub into shape when you do not resort
t to flogging?"
" I have no opinion of flogging, and
therefore I do not resort to it. The fact
is, I was at Harrow myself, and was
i rather a pickle. I was called up as often
as most boys in school, and I perfectly
recollect that eventually I cared nothing
for a flogging. I had become case hardened.
It is'ho least effective part you
can touch a boy upon. It leaves nothin
? behind to refresh their memory."
"I should have thought otherwise."
"My dear Middleton, I rail prodnce
more effect by one caning than twenty
floggings. Observe, you flog upon a
part for tlio most part quiescent; but
on cane upon all parts, from the head
to the heels. Now, when once the first
sting of the birch is over, then a dnll
sensation comes over the part, and the
pain after that is nothing; whereas a
good sound caning leaves sores and
bruises in every part, and on all the parts
which are required for muscular action.
After a flogging a boy may run out in
the hour of recreation and join his playmates
as well as ever, but a good caning
tells a different tale; he cannot move
one part of his body without being reminded
for days by the pain of the
punishment he has undergone, and he is
very careful how he is called up again."
" My dear sir, I really had an idea
that you were excessively lenient," re
plied Middleton, laughing; "I am glad
that I am under a mistake."
" Look at that cub, doctor, sitting
there more like a brute than a reasonable
being; do you imagine I conld ever lick
it into shape without strong measures ?
At the same time allow me to say that I
consider my system by far the best. At
the rmblio schools, punishment is ro
check; it is so trifling that it is derided;
with me punishment is punishment in
the true sense of the word, and the consequence
is, that it is much more seldom
resorted to."
"Yon are a terrorist, Bonnycastle."
" The two strongest impulses in our
nature are fear and love. In theory,
acting upon the latter is very beautiful;
but in practice I never foand it to answer?and
for the best of reasons, our
self-love is stronger than our love for
others. Now, I never yet found fear to
fail, for the very same reason that the
other does, because with fear wo act
upon self love and nothing else."
"And yet we have many now who
would introduce a system of schooling
without correction, and who maintain
that the present system is degrading."
" There are a great many fools in this
world, doctor." m
"That reminds me of this boy's
father,"replied Dr. Middleton; who then
detailed to the pedagogue the idyosyn
crasy of Mr. Easy, and all the circumstances
attending Jack being sent to his
school.
"There is no time to be lost then,
doctor. I must conquer this youDg
gentleman before his parents call to see
him. Depend upon it, in a week I will
have him obedient and well broke in."
Dr. Middleton widied Jack good bye,
and told him to be a good boy. Jack
did not vouchsafe to answer. " Never
mind, doctor, he will be more polished
next time you call here, depend upon
it." And the doctor departed.
Although Mr. Bonnycastle was severe,
he was very judicious. Mischief of all
kinds was visited but by slender punishment,
such as heiDg kept in at play
hours, etc., and he seldom interfered
with the boys for fighting, although he
checked decided oppression. The great
sine qua non with him was attention to
i their studies. He soon discovered tho
capabilities of his pupils, and he forced
ti\9m accordingly; but the idle boy, the
I bird who "could sing and would u't
sing," received no mercy. The conso
nnanno, -read tVmt. hfl tnmed Out the cleV
eresfc boys, and his conduct was so uniform
and unvarying in its tenor, that if
he was feared when they were under his
control, he was invariably liked by those
whom he had instructed, and they continued
his friends in after life.
Mr. Bonnycastle at once perceived that
it was no use coaxing our hero, and that
fear was the only attribute by which he
could be controlled. So as soon as Dr.
Middleton had quitted the room, he addressed
him in a commanding tone :
"Now, boy, what is your name
Jack started; he looked up at his master,
perceived his eye fixed upon him,
and a countenance not to be played with.
Jack was no fool, and somehow or another
the discipline he had received from
his father had given him some intimation
of what was to come. All this put
together induced Jack to oondesoend to
answer, with his forefinger between his
teeth: "Johnny."
" And what is your other name, sir?"
"Jack, who appeared to repent his
condescension, did not at first answer,
but he looked again in Mr. Bonnycastle's
face, and then round the room;
there was no one to help him, and he
could not help himself, so he replied :
"Easy."
" Do yon know why you are sent to
school ?"
" Scalding father."
" No; you arc sent to learn to read
and write."
" But I won't read and write," replied
Jack, snikilv.
"Yes, you will; and you are going to
read your letters now directly."
Jack made no answer. Mr. Bonnycastle
opened a sort of bookcase, and
displayed to John's astonished view a
series of canrts, ranged up and down
like billiard cues, and continued : "Do
you know what those are for ?"
Jack eyed them wistfully; he had
some faint idea that he was sure to be
better acquainted with them, but he
made no answer.
" They are to teach little boys to read
and write, and now I am going to teach
you. You'll soon learn^ Look now
here," continued Mr. Bonny castle, opening
a book with large typo, and taking a
capital at the head of a chapter, about
half an inch long. " Do you see that
lalfcr 9"
44 Yes," said Johnny, turning his eyes
away, and picking his fingers.
44 Well, that is the letter B. Do you
see it ? look at it, so that you may know
it again. That's the letter B. Now tell
me what letter that is."
Jack now determined to resist, so he
made no answer.
44 So you cannot tell; well, then, we
I will try what one of these little fellows
will do," said Mr. Bonnycastle, taking
down a cane. 44 Observe, Johnny, that's
the letter B. Now, what letter is that ?
Answer me directly."
441 won't learn to read and write."
Whack came the cane on Johnny's
shoulders, who burst out into a roar as
he writhed with pain.
Mr. Bonnycastle waited a few seconds.
44 That's the letter B. Now tell me, sir,
directly, what that letter is ?"
44 I'll tell my mar." Whack. 44 Oh,
j law I Oh, law I"
" What letter is that ?"
Johnny, with his month open, panting,
and the tears on his cheeks, aa
swered indignantly : " Stop till I tell
Sarah."
Whack came the cane again, and a
fresh burst from Johnny.
" What letter's that ?"
" I won't tell," roared Johnny. . "I
won't tell?that I won't.
Whack?whack?whack, and a pause.
" I told you before that's the letter B.
What letter is that ? Tell me directly."
Johnny, by way of reply, made n
'snatch at the cane. Whack?he caught
it, certainly, but not exactly as he would
have wished. Johnny then snatched up
the book, and dashed it to the corner of
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cue room. WJIilCft, wuaua. vyjjLLLmj ...
tempted to seize Mr. Bonnycastle with
his tee'h. Whack, whack, whack, whack;
and Johnny fell on the carpet and roared
with pain. Mr. Bonnycastle then left
him for a little while, to recover himself,
and sat down.
At last Johnny's exclamation settled
down in deep sobs, and then Mr. Bonnycastle
said to him : " Now, Johnny,
you perceive that you must do as you
are bjd, or else you will have more beating.
Get up immediately. Do you
hear, sir ?"
Somehow or other, Johnny, without
intending it, stood upon his feet.
" That's a good boy ; now you see, by
getting np as you were bid, you have
iiot been beaten. Now, Johnny, yon
must go and bring the book from where
you threw it down. Do you hear, sir I
Bring it directly!"
Johnny looked at Mr. Bonnycastle
and the cane. With every intention tc
refuse, Johnny picked up the book and
laid it on the table.
" That's a good boy ; now we will find
the letter B. Here it is ; now, Johnny,
tell me what that letter is ?"
Johnny made no answer.
"Tell me directly, sir," said Mr. Bonnycastle,
raising his cane up in the air.
The appeal was too powerful. Johnny
eyed the cane ; it moved, it was coming.
Breathlessly he shrieked out: " B!"
"Very well indeed, Johnny?very
well. Now your first lesson is over,
and you shall go to bed. You have
learned more than you think for. Tomorrow
we will begin again. Now we'll
put the oane by."
Mr. Bonnycastle rang the bell, and
desired Master Johnny to be put to bed,
in a room by himself, and not to give him
any supper, as hunger would the next
morning much facilitate his studies.
Pain and hunger alone will tame brutes,
i and the same remedy must be applif d tc
j conquer those passions in man which as
similate him with brutes. Johnny was
i conducted to bed, although it was but
j six o'clock. He was not only in pain
i but his ideas were confused ; and nc
wonder, after all his life having beer
humored and indulged?never punished
until the day before. After all the
caresses of his mother and Sarah, whicl
he never knew the value of?after stuffing
himself all day long, and being temptecJ
to eat till he turned away in satiety, tc
find himself without his mother, wittioul
Sarah, without supper?covered witl
wales, and, what was worse than all
1 :i1 1 l"'? " rrrnrt XTrt TOnndfil' .Tnlin.
WiHiUUli lUCi unu rtuj. iw nvuvtvt
ny was confused ; at the same time that
i he was subdued ; and, as Mr. Bonny
j castle had truly told him, he had learnec
more than h? had any idea of. Aiu
what would Mrs. Easy have said, hac
1 she known all this?and Sarah too
: And Mr. Easy, with his rights of man
j At the very time that Johnny was bav
! ing the evil driven out of him, the]
were consoling themselves with the idej
that, at all events, there was no bird
used at Mr. Bonnycastlo's, quite losing
sight of the fact that as there are moivj
ways of killing a dog besides hanging
him, so are there more ways of teaching
j than a posteriori. Happy in their ignor
ance, they all went fa^t asleep, litth
! dreaming that Johnny was already s<
j far advanced in knowledge as to have i
! tolerable comprehension of the myster]
of the cane. As for Johnny, he had crie<
1 himself to sleep, at least six hours befor<
j them.
The next morning Master Jack Easj
was not only very sore but very hungry
| and as Mr. Bonnycastle informed hiu
| that he would not only have plenty o:
| cane, but also no breakfast, if he did nol
! learn his letters, Johnny had wisdon
! enough to say the whole alphabet, foi
which he received a great deal of praise
i the which, if ho did not duly appreciate,
ho at all events infinitely preferred t(
boating. Mr. Bonnycastle perceivec
that he had conquered the boy by one
i hour's well-timed severity. He therefore
j handed him over to the ushers in th<
I school, and as they were equally empow
! ered to administer the needful impulse
Johnny very soon became a very tract
J able boy.
How he Bet.
A short time ago the steamer Lee, ii
1 making her trip from New Orleans, ha<
her fall complement of passengers. A;
! they walked about listlessly and wer<
apparently annoyed, they listened will
ingly to a suggestion from an individua
who owned a monte bank that just U
' pass away the time they should buck a
; monte. The dealer found a table hand;
and opened his bank. In a short tim<
most of the company wero engaged ii
1 the game. After it had . progressed i
; while, a rough looking stranger, wh<
! was closely observing the game, liandtt
the dealer a $5 piece. The dealer, stir
prised, asked him why he had done so
i when he was told that he (the stranger
had lost it fairly, as he had bet in hi
. mind on the queen. After several deal
the stranger gave the dealer 810, making
a statement similar to the first, where
upon the banker pocketed the money
i' thinking that he had found a lunatic.
After a short time had elapsed, th"
i j passengers, startled by a most terrifi
i! yell, looked in wonder and alarm at fth<
i contortions of the stranger, who, jump
i i ing about the group, cried at ever
I jump:
" I've won ! I've won ! I've won it!'
" Won what ?" asked the banker,
i "Why, I've won 8250. I bet in m;
11 mind on the cavier, and he won. Hani
j over the mouey."
As the banker had permitted him t
lose when betting in his mind, he had t
1 pay him the money. The stranger re
j ceived the money, and also a request t
| be more audible in his bets.
"A Little Sperm lie."
Typlieron sighed over his work.
Minute after minute, and honr after
hour, through twelve long hours of the
four-and-twenty, without daring to
negleot one of those minutes, Typlieron
worked the cumbersome machine that
cut great masses of iron into shape for
after manipulation. Typheron was not
a genius; he was only a laborer with his
hands, doing just what he was bidden to
do by his masters. The machine
groaned and creaked, and Typheron, as
' he lifted the ponderous levers, groaned
1 in unison.
By-and-bye the moralist of the manu!
focturing district came that way, and
looked in upon Typheron ; and almost
at the same time old Alden Palmer, the
millwright and engineer, also dropped
1 in. Old Palmer had heard the groan|
ing of the machinery, and the moralist
' had been attracted by the groaning of
the man. The first contemplated the
iron mcuster, while the other regarded
the swart son of toil.
" Thou findest it hard work, my son,"
the moralist said, sympathizingly.
" Aye, verra hard, my master."
" And yet we must all labor. Our
work is before us. Despair not."
"I dono," groaned the laborer, lift'
ing the heavy bar with a deep breath.
r ''It be moity hard sometimes, 'specially
when the machine groans as she do
1 now."
1 "I know, my man, it must be some|
times hard, but forget not the old adage:
'Time, patience and perseverance can
accomplish all things.'"
) " Well, sir," said Old Palmer, not at
| all reverent in his bearing, " does your
lesson end there ?"
I The moralist looked up a little inquiringly,
and a little superciliously.
1 "I was but giving the good man a
great lesson of life," he said, dogmatically.
" Aye, my man," returned the millr)
jvright, with a nod and a smile, just as
' Tie might have nodded and smiled at a
boy; "but life lessons aren't of much
use unless you give them in full. When
you come to run a machine like this,
' time, patience and perseverance may be
1 all very well in their proper places, but
I guess our good man would find a little
sperm ile more to hi* purpose just now."
I It was plain to be seen that the hard
handed engineer commanded most of
' the grimy laborer's respect at that mo1
ment, and the moralist turned away like
' one disgusted.
? A Heroine.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Giles, who died reJ
cently in London, was in early life quite
' a heroine. She was a native of Dantzic,
and was in her seventeenth year when
* the city was besieged by the French. {
' The assailants smashed everything in I
1 her father's house, and even dragged a
' meersohaum pipe ont of his mouth, de1
clariug that it was too good for a "pig
| of a Prussian." Her parents died soon
1 after the siege, and the girl went to live
J with her aunt. Private Giles, of Colonel
1 Macdonald's Rocket Troop, was billeted
? > ?3 e ii ? i ,-iU SH,rt
* on inem, ana ieii m iuvo wuuu?.
? accompanied her husband to England,
and when the war broke ont went with
' him to Belgium. At Waterloo she was
posted with the baggage at the rear of
| the army. Toward the close of the day
1 she went forward, mount d on a donkey,
J to see how " her Giles" was getting on.
A limber gnnner, seeing her, advised
' her to attach the animal to the carriage
" and mount np by the side of him. This
r she did, bnt, a little while after, sudden*
ly discovered that the donkey had dis1
appeared, and with it all her baggage.
? She mver saw it again, and late in the
evening found herself alone on the field
> of Waterloo, without food, and separat'
od from her husband,who had been sent
* to Brussels with dispatches. A soldier
3 gave her a blanket, in which she made a
> hole so as to slip it over her head, and
1 tied it around her like a cloak. This
J was bnt a poor protection against the
1 torrents of rain that fell during the
9 night, and, added to the groans of the
wounded, kept the forlorn Prussian girl
7 awake till morning, w en her husband
? returned from Brussels and found her.
* Mr. Giles regained in the army until
f his time was up, and then, with the sav:
ings he had amassed while in the ser1
vice, he built a little cottage^t East
p Wickham. He died about fifteen years
? ago, but his wife was spared to see tho
' wroDgs of her Dative town avenged on
3 the French in 1870.
?
3 A Good Hit,
3 Professor ElJicott Evans, of Hamiton
" College, tells this story concerning his
? grandfather, Joseph Ellicott and the
Chief Red Jacket: The two having met
at Tonawanda swamp, they sat down on
a log which happened to bo convenient,
both being near the middle. Presently
Red Jacket said in his almost intelligible
English: "Movealong, Jo." Ellicott did
1 so, and the sachem moved up to him.
^ In a few minutes came another request:
8 "Move along, Jo," and again the agent
8 complied and the chief followed. Scarce'
ly had this been done when Red Jacket
1 again eaid "Move along, Jo," Much anD
noyed but willing to hnmor him, and not
t seeing what he meant, Ellicott complied,
f this time reaching the end of the log.
9 Bat that was not sufficient, and present1
ly the request was repeated for the
a fourth time: "Move along, Jo." "Why,
3 man, " angrily replied the agent, " I
* can't move any fuither without getting
* off from the log into the mud." "Ugh!
i Just sc white man want Indian move
) along?move along. Can't go no fur~
... _ , 1 ? n
8 tlier, Due ne say?move tuuuv.
8
\ Candidates in Colorado,
, The woods are full of candidates, says
a Colorado paper. We have had an
a emissary with a lantern out all day to
0 find one, and he reported the city dee
eerted ?y them. A few days more to
i- tote the weary load, and a few days
y more to totter on the road, and the
agony of the candidates will be over,
" and at least one-half of them will have
found that the candidate born of circumy
stances is of few days and fall of trouble.
1 He springs up like a hoppergrass and
runs like a jackass, bis path is full of
o footfalls, and his ways are devious to
o avoid the d. be. who beset him on every
s- hand. Verily, his bed is not of roses,
o and he often wishes the other fellow
liAd been nominated.
AUixiru nj vwuviiuQi
An incident upon which to fonnd ft
moral is famished Mr. Moody in the
death of a young man in Chicago. His
name was George Russell. Be was of
good family, it is ^aid, and was lured
away from a respectable life by the infatuation
of gambling. When he came
to Chicago, in 1871, he represented a
New Tork cloth house, and sold goods
to jobbers throughout the West. At
his boarding house, where were half a
dozen persons of his own age, the game
of "vingt-un," with a twenty-five oent
limit, was the principal amusement,
and, so far as known, this was the first
hazard in which Russell ever indulged.
He liked to play, but the small limit
precluding largo gains, he was dissatisfied.
The entre into regular gambling
houses was easy, and thither he would
go whenever ho bad any money. As a
usual thing he left behind him all he
took in, but the hope of winning his deposits
back and " a big stdke " in addition
encouraged him to continue his
visits. His "luck," however, did not
change, and he never won what he anticipated.
He spent so" much time in
gambling saloons that his employent
heard of it, and discharged him. Hay- ing
no source to look to for money, he
turned his attention solely to gambling
for a living. He had made the acquaintance
of several bunko ropers, and, possessing
a fair address and an abundance
~ - ' a - <<
of effrontery, ne toon iounu ?
ner," and the two thereafter devoted
themselves to fleecing strangers. Boasell
was successful in this line and
made considerable money for the gang
for whom he "steered." His share,
though, was left in faro banks. When
the bunko men were driven from the
city he went with them, and, after wandering
for a lime, at lengih made Omaha
and Ogden hit headquarters alternately.
For six months he worked the
Union Paciflo trains in company with
monte players, and his part of the prooeeds
of the robberies was several thou*
sand dollars. Every penny of it, however,
went into the maw of his enemy,
the "tiger," and he returned to Chicago
" dead broke." Having 110 place
to sleep and nothing to eat, a gambler,
who was a stranger to him, took him to
his room and shared his bed with him
and gave him a Little money. Bossell
complained of being ill; said he " felt
oold;" he went to bed and was seised
with a congestive chill asfC died during
the night. He hod no friends in Chicago;
at least nono can be found. Half
a dozen persons knew him slightly, bnt
his only intimate acquaintances " cat"
him two years ago. His roommate did
not know what to do with the body.
Understanding that one of the deoeased's
relations, was a Jndge Bossell,
of New York, he telegraphed there but
got no reply. The fact of his death was
mentioned to tho gang who knew him
better than any others, but they refused
to give up a aoh!ar to help defray the
burial expenses. The result was the
body was turned over to the authorities
for interment in the Potter's field or
transfer to a dissecting table. .
J
American Made Banting.
Benjamin F. Butler gives the follow
ing account of the rise and progressed
this industry: The manufacture of bunting
was unknown in this coautry until
after tho close of the war, so that no
American sbip ever fought under a yard
of American bunting. One or two attempts
had been jnade to make it in
America, which had failed. It was substantially
a monopoly of a few firms in
Bradford, England ; and although it
cost, in the war, the Englishmen to
make it no more than now, they put up
the price upon us to $36 gold, per piece.
In 1866, because I lived in a manufacturing
city, I was requested by the Navy
department to examine into the subject
and see if it could be made here. I consulted
with some friends of mine in
Lowell, and interested them in the subject,
and they agreed to make an attempt,
provided I would furnish part of
the capital, which I did. After many
experiments, attended by very considerable
expense, and by employing English
machinery, an article of buuting was
made, which, upon competitive trial
with the English, was pronounced by a
board of experts to be superior. The
demand for the article is very limited,
except in Presidential yeaft and the
centennial year. There are now three
or four other establishments which manufacture
buntirg in this oountry, besides
the one at Lowell. The effect of
the manufacture here has been that
bunting is produced at 810 a piece, gold,
as against $36r which our government
paid lor over 11,000 pieces yearly during
the war.
Life in Oregon.
Mrs. Frankie Reed, of Portland,
Oregon, received from the purser of the
steamer Bonita $120 in coin. The transfer
was observed by two well dressed
young men, who followed the lady as far
as the post-off oe, where they accosted
her, demanding the money. She refused,
and intimated that a polioeman
would be called if they attempted to lay
hands on her. The hour was somewhat
early, and as persons were passing frequently,
the individuals departed in
haste. About midnight, while the gentlemen
of the house where she was stopping
were off some distance, the same
parties approached the door of the
kitchen. Mrs. Reed, who was engaged
in that room, noticing the iutruders,
called for assistance, and this caused
them to leave. At a later hour they *
called again, but the barking of a dog
?mx Mntfl fcho rx-rsistent
WHM HUiUUiOuv ?*? r
costomers to furn taiJ. Next day Mrs.
Reed departed for her home by the
Scholia Ferry road, on horseback, taking
with her the money. When abont fonr
miles out she was stopped by the parties
who bad previously followed her
and attempted the robbery, and again
the money was demanded. She told
them that she had deposited it in the
bank, less $8, which she handed over.
Tipping their hats politely, they quietly
disappeared in the brush. This time
they had changed their dress, giving
them che appearance of soldiers. The
lady had taken the precaution to secrete
the greater portion of the money inside
of her dress. For persistency these fellows
beat everything, and the spoils
were very light in all conscience.