Insisted on His Rights.
Some parents still believe in the old adage that sparing the rod spoils the child. An Indiana paper tells ot cne of thi& class who strode into the sehoolhouse, and confronted the teacher after the scholars had been dismissed for the day.
" I understand you whipped my boy this morning," he began, angrily. " Yes, sir, I did," the terrified teacher responded, "but I did not whip him severely." "That's what I'm complaining about," rejoined tfee parent ; "you didn't wallop him half enough. Now, look here. I am one of the largest taxpayers in this school district, and my boy is entitled to as good a whaling as you give any other boy. Understand that. If you slight him again you'll hear from me. Good afternoon, sir !"
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Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 87
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