Another teacher kept for use as a punishment a common walnut, which
when occasion required he first put into the mouth of a colored boy,
and after it had remained there for five minutes or so, it was taken
out and put into the mouth of the white boy, who was thus to be
punished by holding it in _his_ mouth for a certain length of time.
This same teacher had a round smooth stone, weighing perhaps ten or
fifteen pounds, which very small boys were required to hold in their
arms for some time, and stand up straight before the whole school.
These with a good rattan and a cowhide furnished this master's
equipment for teaching.
There was another master who had what he called "the mansion of
misery," which was simply a line drawn with chalk on the floor in
front of his desk, where for trifling offences such as whispering,
etc., scholars were required to "toe the mark," standing perfectly
still and upright for a long time. This was often to a little boy
painful enough. This master had a stock of cowhides and rattans
besides.
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