. Stories of a country doctor . om as if she would like to give him aswipe anyhow. It was a long time before Judge H. heard the lastof this story. CHAPTER II. EDUCATION AND PIONEER SCHOOLS. DISADVANTAGES AS TO EDUCATION—THE PIONEER SCHOOLHOUSE—THE OLD IRISH TEACHER AND HIS TERRIBLE DISCI-PLINE—TEXT BOOKS—EXAMINING THE TEACHER—TURNINGTHE TEACHER OUT—STIMULANTS—JOE—THE MAD TEACHER. T will be readily understoodthat, in a community sonew, so far from the oldcivilizations, and with a newterritorial organization, withlarge counties—as large ascongressional districts now are—I say it will be readilys
. Stories of a country doctor . om as if she would like to give him aswipe anyhow. It was a long time before Judge H. heard the lastof this story. CHAPTER II. EDUCATION AND PIONEER SCHOOLS. DISADVANTAGES AS TO EDUCATION—THE PIONEER SCHOOLHOUSE—THE OLD IRISH TEACHER AND HIS TERRIBLE DISCI-PLINE—TEXT BOOKS—EXAMINING THE TEACHER—TURNINGTHE TEACHER OUT—STIMULANTS—JOE—THE MAD TEACHER. T will be readily understoodthat, in a community sonew, so far from the oldcivilizations, and with a newterritorial organization, withlarge counties—as large ascongressional districts now are—I say it will be readilysurmised that the advantag-es as to education were lim-ited. The settlers themselveswere ignorant as to knew and thoughtlittle of the advantages that education confers. Therewas little to stimulate the young to study, because theirparents knew nothing of books and of the enjoymentswhich they bring. Ignorant children do not study of their own accord,as a rule. In the matter of the development of the. Education and Pioneer Schools. 33 mind there must always be some one above tJie pupil ^\\odoes the drawijig out. Hence, in a new country—whereeducation seemed to be worth so little—and where, ifone were educated, his education only served, in a meas-ure, to isolate him from his fellows—it is no wonder thatso little attention was given to the development of themind But, there was a start. There are always men ina community, even amongst the pioneers, who knowsomething of the advantages that accrue to one throughthe education of the mind. These persons, scatteredhere and there through the settlements, stimulated theirfellows, and, after awhile, they began to build schoolhouses. The first school houses were, like the dwellings ofthe settlers, built of logs. There would be a meeting,and noses counted, a calculation made as to the numberof logs needed, and then each man assigned his propor-tion. After the logs were on the ground, there wouldbe a meetin
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