Hammond gazette. [volume], May 19, 1863, Image 1

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For the Benefit of the Sick and Wounded in H‘vmmcynd(}enmal Hospztal
¥k i . POLNT LOOKOUT, MD., MAY 19, k 863, NO. 27
PrRLISHED BYERY TUEEDAY MORNING BY
JOSIAH HOBBS & CO.
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POETRY, ‘
THE CHAPLAIN’S WIFE. 1
BY JULIA GILL. |
e kissed me good-by and was off to the wars, i
~For the sake of Christ,”’ he said : {
ould not reply, and the symbol stars |
- Weut floating ever his head. .
(o, magy for glory anid gain and might.
Are huckling the good old steel;
Tiere are some who fight for their honor bright,
And some for their countryv’s weal,
mut who for Christ and the thousand years? l
For the unseen kingdom's sake ?
sy thou for the drying of mourners’ tears,
And the binding of hearts that Lreak.
Bue I must go, for His sake, sweet wife;
Theee's a Cross to bear alway :
For Christ, who hath loved us more than life,
I am off to the wars to-day,
For rhes%‘%q%mum apd the souls of men,
~ With a blade for an unsecn foe,
it flock is away in the panther’s den, 1
Wicre else should the shepherd go 7
Ul he said, ¢ For glory, or wealth, or place,”
Iwere easy to bid him siay :
Ifal he spoken e'cn of the “Hag’s disgrace,”
f <till could have answered Nay.
Hut dearer far was the Name le spake
Than country or friend can be;
e oo take, for the Master's sake,
A cross that is heavy for me.
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“Come Forward and be Whipped.”
““Oapex, September 9, 1350.
James Caridthurs, Esq.
“Dear Sir:—ll will take the situation
jou offer me on the terms proposed. As you
know, it will be my first cxtx‘ricnce in pub- |
fie sehool ; but T will do what T can.
“Yours truly, Fravg Bracpey.”
The letter woull have gone to the long :
home of business-epistles many a month ago
but for a circumetanee which occurred in
:he course ¢f the fourth weck, an event
faving no bearing upon the letter, as such,
but upon the engagement of which it was
the clineher, ; |
‘Thc‘school proved t 5 boa turbulent one.
The distriet formed part of a rough country
own i Western' Pennsylvauia, where the
Uutcp population was being perpetnated in
“enuine Dutch bgs and girls of all sives. .
\ ¢ e 'y - . .
At first Mr. Blagden tried the milder
methods, - Carrying himself with cémpo
‘ure and dignity, he dverlooked every oi
fence which it was possible to ignore, sub
‘Ututing remonstrance for correction, and
rusting to his own cqua‘nimit{, and the bet
ter sense of his pupils, to bring about a
gradual change in the temper of the school.
At the ¢hd of the second week he becane
’c.onscious of rather o brief s:upply; of pa
ticnee. The faet is, the fullest reservoir
! with ran-dry-at length; under never-encing
leakages. ; .
“1 think I shall have to take some of
the big boys down g notch or two before
long.”
This was said at the breakfast table.
“You don't look much like doing it,”
said the head of the family.
“Why not?” i
“I should say you didn’t weigh more'n
a hundred and twenty to Bill Stokes” hun
dred and fifty, and Tom Troop’s hunlred
and s’ixt;,” rejoined the statistical Lost,
Mr. Blagden expressed the opinicn that
some things were better than weight.
“What 7’
““ Why seience and stimulus.”
‘¢ Seicnee is a good thing, T'll low ; but
as for stimulus, the lesz of that you drink
the better. Whiskey makes a man think
he can whip all creation; but he can’t do
half so much as he can without it. Detter
fet your ‘stimulus’ alone.”
“I mean the stimulns of determination’
—the stimulus a man’s brains put into his
museles.”
Mr. Carruthurs shook his head dubious
ly.
“Don’t know anything about that: but
you'd better look out for them boys ; they
are desperate fellows.
Afterward Mr. C. happening to look up,
noticed a certain somcthing in Blagden’s
cye and about his meuth that made him
think he might have underrated the powers
of the young master. The fact iz, Blagden
had forgotten his breakfast for the mstant,
and was going through the fight in fmagi
nation. ;
i The third week went by without any de
| cided ruptare. One thing was beconing
clear, however. The milder wethods were
‘ failing in their effect on a certain portion of
! the school. While the majority were cateh
iing the spirit of self-respect, were being
made better and self-governing, a few were
left upon whom these inflaences were quite
powerless. They must be met with other
Woapons.
Tt was the fourth wees. In the middie
of the forenoon, when the tap of the bell
hiad suggested the fiest moveiment of the
i first class in practical arithmetie, Bill Stokes
' sat doggedly in his seat, Jooking up under
| his eyebrows wiih a pair of eyes containing
“a large quantity of devil. .
“Take yowr place in ordgr, William.”
“] won't.”’
The master saw that this was ihe point
| of contlict between himscif and two or three
Erathcr desperate and powerful characters.
| The unruly bog's began to wink and nudge
' cach other; the girls turned pale; the
| smatler scholars began to exy.
A wave of Lis hand scated the claos
which had risen to advanee,
“Come forward, William, instantly.”
The siont fello 7 wtoppod forward. =
“Did yowintend to disobey wmer”
“Yom” rephiad the boy, ronchly.
“Will you not he governed by tho rulcs
of the school ¥ asked the teacher.
“Not by a darned sight.” The othor
boys laughed at his insolence.
“There is the door, sir.”
““ No you don’t. T'm going to pouul
vou into a jelly fust;”’ and Bill Stk
twrned up his sleeves about his wrists,
The young master remembered wher
he was, and so tarning to th bie boys of
the school asked, *‘Fair play or foul 7"
“Fair play,” shouted the chorus.
Theweupon Bill Stokes drew himsoll
back and leveled a heavy Llow, which be
ing dodged by the master, only eut thas aii,
The next moment he was flat on the floor
The contest was not very ancqnal, for the
bigl bey was tough.
t is slightly difficult to carry ond's s I¢
perfeetly self-possessed througha contest of
this natures for a stingine yap in thy facs
is a powerful guickener of the will, adding
not a little to the species of *'stimulus” ¢
which DBlagden had referroed in the morn
ine. Il may have carried the wartoofar
Perhaps he purssed hie advantare, aftes
having virtaally eongnered. At any rat-,
a young girl sprang from hor seat and rushod
between them, dasping the mastei’s arm ¢,
and bursting into tears. The young man’
museles relaxed, and wiging froin his pros
trate antaconist, he lifted the givl o hee
feet, and became ealm,
This contest settled the contest of supro
macy. The master thought it best, how
ever, to follow it np with delniteness and
strintness of rulez. Ileneo, the next morn
ing, ko quietly announced tlat whisperin
was thenceforth forbidden, and that the
penalty of a single violation would be ferul
ing.
Two hours passed very quietly.
Buzz-z-2" from a corner of the room.
Tha master lookad vp. M was gnict
" “Who wlhspered ¥he inguired.”
No answer.
'The master bocame stern,
“The geholar that !‘:’lliSl)Cl‘ft"‘; then will
come forward snd be punighed.’ _
Sweeping his eye across that portion of
the ehool-room, he vould not prsitively do=
tect the culprit, A pale; hal®sickly face
looked paler thén usual, bot it cotldnct
her. One face was fluthed and ankicns,
but it might Be fear for a friend. One lit
tle girl began to cry; and on-—the peace
malker of the previous day—eat anllookel
into his eyes with a vory strange expresiion,
but it couldh’t be Mira; anl the mast ¢ it
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