Tombstone Tuesday: This teacher was not well-liked

Copied from a tombstone in a Massachusetts Churchyard:

John T ______, Schoolmaster.

May he be punished as often as he punished us.

He was a hard old shell.

He said the Lord’s Prayer every morning.

May the Lord forgive him, as often as he forgave us,

That was never.

We his scholars rear this stone over his ashes,

Though they are not worth it.

We are glad his reign is over, Amen.

Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey