To the Editor of the 'Evening Mail.'

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 171, 21 July 1877, Page 2

To the Editor of the 'Evening Mail.'

Seal— In reference io / M E. JellymaJli" letter in this ]eveniug*a .-issue, kindly allow -.hie space, £Qr*the*_bn_r'of the StokecHifd|ea • generally and*•tttS"' school particularly^ to supplement his " brief accounts " by remarking that the children he refers to are between the ages of five and six years, and are in the lower classes, and that in both cases they .were kicked (if kicked at all) by playmates, of about theiq oysm ages. But most singu"larly, in both, the instances he refers to, namely, the child that is " not; likely to be well any more " aad the one whose case is likely to be a "serious one" showed so little distress at the time they received these formidable."kicks" that ifc was not discernible afc school, being apparently so slight as not to be brought under the teacher's ..or my notice by even a whimper from the receiver of these almighty powerful " kicks" administered by the strong leg of- a five-year -. old youngster. Everybody has known every particular of the affair long before ifc reached -me. But here we have a practical application of the old adage—" If you want to know news of what happens at home go .from home." I declare truthfully that I only heard from my little.girl (who is in the same class as the boy above mentioned) a hearsay! relation of the facts of the case about 1 two* hours before I received the Evening Mail of this date with full particulars in black and white, which will go forth and be shown to the world, .irrespective of all consideration for either the feelings of the parents of the -children of Stoke or the reputation of the^ mtister of Stoke school. Here L: would _•__: that I have heard from good authority that, the^doctor's opinion is quite the reVerse to thinking that fche cause and effect ara thesame' as your correspondent represents rirr 'his letter df this eveningi-^liam. &c, .-* -. r! - Schoolmaster oj? Stokb School." -: Stoke, July 19,1877. X «■ I «■ 11. imw»—MIIIIKII II I 111,