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GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE GREAT
SMOKIES.
(From Midland Methodist)
I first attended school In the au
tumn of 1866. It. was taught hy
Ben Morgan, who is still living, and
who has been for many years a Bap
tist preacher. It was taught in what
was then- known as th "White
house," not far from the present
town of Judson, Swain County, N. C.
I Bay town with due respect to other
euch places, and beg their pardon for
uch familiar and common use of
this term; for while Judson is a very
large lumber camp, the town is yet
to be mostly. The white house was
on the opposite side of the Little
Tennessee River, about half a mile
above and about the same distance
below the mouth of Alarkee. I have
already stated in a former letter
that while on this tramp through the
mountains I had the privilege of
standing on the spot, though the
house is, now gone. It was a frame
dwelling house, and at some time
had been painted white, and the
name stuck long after the paint wore
off.
I shall never forget the morning I
entered with my blue-back speller.
I had been told about the rules so
often and of the dire punishment
meted out to offenders that I fully
expected, a3 I had been often told,
I "would be thrashed within an inch
of my life" the first day; and espe
cially when I saw the teacher armed
with a good switch about four or five
feet long. It turned out, however,
that he was too kind to "thrash" any
one; and he never whipped a boy
through the whole school, although
he carried his switch every day. His
kindness was his only fault. There
were a few things worthy of mention
in this school. First, nothing was
taught but the spelling book, and
each pupil was In a class by himself,
except the spelling classes just be
fore dinner and Just before night.
Of course some of the pupils read
what reading was in the spelling
book. Beyond that there was no
reading. Secondly, those who came
to school first were first to recite;
and as that was a point of merit,
there was great hurrying to school
in the morning. I have been at
school by "sun-up" In order to be
first. When the teacher arrived and
"called books," he gave us a few
minutes to spell over our lessons, and
then called "first"; and the first one
to arrive went forward to recite.
Then he called "second," "third,"
and so on till every pupil had re
cited; then he called "recess," and
away went books as we scampered
out for a game of "base" or a
"hickory race" or "jumping the
rope," which was only a grape-vine,
or jumping "half-hammond." (No
charge for the spelling.) When re
cess was over the teacher called
"books." Other lessons were recited;
and as soon as he was around he
cried out, "Get your spelling les
sons," just as If every lesson was not
a spelling lesson! Another pecu
liarity about this school was that
every pupil studied aloud; and the
louder he 'hollered the better he
studied. "When the teacher called,
"Get your spelling lessons," the fun
began in earnest. The small chil
dren were spelling In monosyllables;
some were at "baker," some at
"horseback," some at "botany," some
at "publication," and some at "im
materiality," and every one spelling
as loud as he could scream. Of
course this lesson was to be spelled
by heart, and the best speller stood
head. They were required to spell
the word, pronounce each syllable,
and give the diacritical marks that
is, "key" the word. The "typos" and
proof readers will no doubt be sur
prised when I tell them that in later
years I became one of the best spell
ers in the school. They will either
think I have forgotten much, or the
others were poor spellers. As long
as they do not know in which class
to place me I can at least keep up
my boasting.
But the strangest part of this
school was the Friday afternoon ex
ercises. This consisted in "making
manners." This I never witnessed in
other school, though I understand
it was quite common up to that time
throughout thi3 regions. The object
was to teach the pupils polite man
ners, and these were fashioned after
the court manners of England. When
the hour arrived for this exercise,
two boys were called out, and each
chose a girl who was to act the part
of his wife for the time and assist
him in the exercise. The first couple
took their seats near the door, and
acted the part of host and : hostess;
while the other couple went into the
yard and returned as visitors. As I
remember, the gentlemen were al
ways acquainted, but their wives
were supposed to be strangers to
each other and to the gentlemen.
When the visiting parties arrived,
the host, prompted by the teacher,
was to receive them according to the
customs of polite and gentle society.
The gentlemen, both standing, shook
hands with each other and inquired
after each other's welfare in the
most elaborate manner possible,
making use of terms that neither one
had ever heard of before In hhrlife.
Then in like manner the host pre
sented his wife to his friend, who in
turn presented his wife to the host,
and then the host presented his wife
to his friend's wife, and the matter
was over. A Chinese mandarin could
not be more exacting in manners
than these children of the mountains
in thi3 Friday afternoon exercise.
Following this introduction, the vis
itor and his wife became the host, a
second couple retired and came in as
visitors, and the whole thing was
gone over again; and so on till all
had gone through the exercise. I
remember my first experience vivid
ly. I was asked to choose a partner.
I was short, thick, and fat. I
promptly chose Ann Anderson, who
was six years my senior, tall and
slim, and tow-headed. We presented
a picture worth seeing. I was about
seven years old, in long pants (never
had any other sort), and wore "gal
luses," and was barefooted. She was
about thirteen years old, wore long
skirts and a bib apron, which was
nearly as long as her skirts, with
her tow hair twisted into a knot and
held In place with a horn comb. We
were the -long and the short of the
occasion. The -se of shame was
the only sense .; i j.d. I pronounced
words and inarticulate phrases, or
tried to, that I- had never heard be
fore, nor have I heard since. No
wonder that I have never known
what it is to fear the face of man
when trying to preach. A boy who
could pass that ordeal and live to tell
it could face a field of muskets and
never bat his eyes. But enough. This
is written only that the public may
know something of both the mettle
and the mold out of which and
through which the men of the moun
tains were run.
WORDS OP CHEER AXD EXCOCR
AGEMEXT TO OLD PEOPLE.
We do not over-estimate the deeds
and worth of young people, but we
under-estimate the deeds and ralae
of older people. The general idea
obtains that youth Is the only time
for achievement and that old age Is
fruitless. This Is wrong. One never
gets too old to achieve. The idea so
generally held, that men and women
are unable to do anything after they
pass a certain age has had much to
do with the Inactivity of older people.
They think that their work is done
and sit down In quiet submission.
As an antidote for this erroneous
dea we are happy to recall the advice
of Henry W. Longfellow, who, when
an old man, stood before the students
of the school from which he had
graduated fifty years before and read
some of the most inspiring words.
urging these young people to work
on Into old age. In the lines which
follow he cites a few notable achieve
ments of men after they passed the
"dead-line" of age.
"But why, you ask me, should this
tale be told
SOLD THE
111 J WORLD OVER.
U Ami tin.
THE SECRET OF TRAINING CHIL
DREN.
If home be a little heaven, there
will probably be children within it;
for it is told of the heavenly Jerusa
lem that "the streets of the city shall
be full of boys and girls playing in
the streets thereof." A home from
which child-life is deliberately ex
eluded is one in which the inhabi
tants are engaged in demolishing the
foundation upon which the home
rests. When the structure tumbles
to the ground, no one need be sur
prised and homes which are not
permitted to remain are of little
value.
- This age has nearly forgotten how
to rear children. There is not the
slightest necessity for the unman
ageable children with whom we are
too familiar. "Order is heaven's first
law," and therefore the law of each
little heaven. When order prevails
in the home, child-life develops
sweetly, naturally spontaneously.
The secret of the training of chll
dren is to be found in the comblna
tlon of firmness and kindness on the
part of parents. Discipline which
proceeds from a parent's anger Is
willful assault and battery. The
sense of justice is highly developed
in the child, almost from infancy
and he understands perfectly the dis
tinction between firmness and anger
The child who first creeps across
the room can be taught that some
things must not be touched. The
mother who removes the low-stand
ing vase so that her child will not
break it, begins to teach the child
that might alone is the standard of
right. The Intelligent mother leads
the child to It, and firmly impresses
upon him: "Baby musn't touch!
The lesson can be learned better at
one year old than at five, better at
five than at ten, better at ten than
but it Is not learned from the mother
at all after that, and the mother who
has allowed her child to grow up
without self-control has piled up the
fuel for hell-fire within her child.
Selected.
William Pruette, the singer, tells
of a servant girl who came to Mrs
Pruette In tears and asked Dermis
sion to go home for a few days. She
had a telegram saying her mother
was sick.
"Certainly you may go," said Mrs.
Pruette, "only don't stay longer than
is necessary, as we need you."
A week passed, and not a word
from her. Then came a note vhich
read:
"Dear Miss Pruette 1 will be back
nex week an plese kep my place for
my mother is dying as fast as s"he
can." Success.
Editor (to caller who has been
airing his views) Look here, are
you the editor of this paper?
Caller No, no; certainly not.
Editor Then, don't stand there
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An Alabama man tells of a unique
funeral oration delivered in a town
of that State, not long ago, by a
darkey preacher. Now, it seems
that the habits of the deceased
brother had not been irreproachable,
to the great scandal of the worthy
pastor of the flock. So, in summing
up the case at the funeral, the
preahcer delivered himself of the
following: "My brethren and sis
ters, we are here to pay our last sad
respects to our departed brother.
Some says he was a good man, and
some says he was a bad man. Where
he has gone to we can't tell, but In
our grief we have one consolation,
and that Is he's dead."
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self, but for others. J. R. Miller,
D.D.
It is not the temptation yielded to
but the temptation rejected, that
makes moral fiber. Henry Churchill
King.
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connecting ai Durham, with train for
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and at Goldsboro for Wilson and
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leading to Degrees. Special Courses for
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Whereas. It anoears to my satisfaction, by
duly authenticated record of the proceedings
for the voluntary dissolution thereof by the
unanimous consent of ail the stocknoiders.
deposited in my office, that the Standard
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do hereby certify that the said corporation
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In Testimony Whereof, I have hereto set
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