Show HINGTON first day in the school room A curious fellow in the dancing hall editor I 1 promised to write to you but though 1 I have deferred it a long time I 1 now take the pleasure of doing so I 1 arrived here on the morning of oct and have been teaching school since I 1 was introduced rather late that morning to about twenty seven persons mostly children from six to seventeen y yean ears of age and scarcely a one of them had I 1 ever seen before many of them were poorly clad but most of them were neat and clean it was my first day as actual teacher and I 1 found the little folks for most of them were such as congenial and good hearted as any I 1 had ever associated with I 1 have always taken particular pride and pleasure in teaching children and conversing converging with them I 1 notice their purity and innocence in most things their tendencies that need dey developing eloping and culture these taken to gather with childish simplicity form a field of labor filled with wonder and delight for me the young people and the older ones here are very sociable goodna goldna aured and kind with me as they are with themselves and all others I 1 believe the first friday evening there was a party at the school house As yet I 1 had seen but few of the people of the neighborhood save my students but nothing would I 1 must go to the dance I 1 begged that I 1 did not know any one and would rather remain at my room and study I 1 care but little for dancing anyway oh no that would not do at all I 1 must go I 1 did and enjoyed myself immensely imm ensly I 1 was introduced to the leading men and women and it was with keen pleasure that I 1 looked on for a abart time the boys and girls seemed to be passionately siona tely fond of their mothers especially ally they danced chatted and adisek with them continually it was one round of merriment merri nent ye old dance of old times something of the kind that our older people tell about transpiring shortly after they came to the country for the dance wits was still going on long after midnight I 1 ventured on the floor in corn com aliance with earnest solicitation and I 1 danced and danced everybody that got hold bold of the school teacher seemed to shake him for all they were good I 1 had about as jolly a time as I 1 ever had large women batched a hold of me and I 1 did not know where the floor was A young aspirant some few yea years rs this side the waters from hold old heggland Hen WeD gland whom I 1 had never spoken to before wanted to introduce me to some nice galls I 1 acquits cedhas introduced to three blushing damsels one of them his best girl giri and danced with them galibut b he e was a very jealous fellow and I 1 had to be cautious some of the other boys were not so considerate and there asme nearly being a row several times gol dom he said cant a fellow have a gall wi thought every bloomin hoodlum bryin to get off with her that was why I 1 suppose he came to me for relief he slapped at one young fellow viscously for bis big english was f fully up the road supervisor was after him one day clay well said the road man 1 I think you had better work out your poll tax your old enough aint you yo douthe uThe the peculiar answer was about as follows 1 I dont know when I 1 war born im sure andow iad I 1 ad teeth when I 1 war born and pad iad one of these pointing to lis his must mustache actie when I 1 war fourteen but dont know when I 1 war born lie ile worked though KEENO nov 8 1893 |