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17 Story of an Emigrant.
average men of his class. He seldom punished his pupils
except by appealing to their better nature, and still maintained
the best discipline that I have ever seen in any school of even
greater pretensions.
My parents were doing well on their little farm, which
they sold about this time, buying a larger one on the
Onne-stad Hills. Here they erected larger and more commodious
buildings.
Near the house was a park, a creek, and some large rocks,
all of which afforded welcome plav-ground, and soon made
this place dearer to me than the old home. We were
followed by the school-master who also settled down in our
neighborhood, I continued reading another year under his
guidance, after which I attended a private school, and at the
age of eight was sent to the village school that was
superintended 1:w a lady teacher, a normal school graduate, who
was considered one of the best teachers in that part of the
country. My parents, desiring a more extensive field for
their activity, also rented a large farm, called Kellsagard,
near the village church, and we nowmovedinto a still larger
and better house. Meanwhile I continued my attendance at
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