Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-06-11

perfection in the exercise-that moving In
quick time, tho fifteen inches Of bride ein
(allas strap would be seen, after every Cut
elevated 10 perpendicular, above his head
from whence, il descended like fail upon tho
stretched nankeen, leaving " on the place be
nea;h," fiery red streak at every slash. II
was customary with him to address the sufferer
at intervals as follows:- Does il hurfi--(O yss
Master, o! don't Master ,)-thcn IN make 10
hurt thee more--lll make Thy flesh creep
thou shan't want warming pan TO night
iniolerable being Nothing in nature is able
to prevail upon thee, but my strap. He he'd
one boy named George Fudge, who usually
wore leather breeches, with which he put strap
and lis master at defiance. He would never
acknowledge pain--he would not "sing out
He seized him one day, and having gore
through the evolutions Of strapping, Ias USE
less in effect as if he had been thtnthing q
flour bag)--almost breathless with rage, lie
onto more appealed TO the feelings of the rep
roha,e;" by saying Does il not hurt, Tho
os!onishment of the school and the master was
completed on hearing him sing out, No. Hur-
rah for leather crackers lie was thrown on
immediately, sprawling on the floor, with the
heneriction as follows Intole "a bic beipe-
Get out OF my school-nothing in nature b
able 10 prevail on thee-not even my stfnn!
Twas not his "love OF learning was in fault /"
much as the old British system OF introduce
ing learning and discipline into the brains Of
boys and soldiers by dint Of punishment Tho
system Of iiogging on all occasions in SCHOOL,,
for something, or for nothing, being ptotcctsd
by law. gives free play TO the passion Of Tie
master, which he for one. exercised with prsaa
severity. The writer has at this moment, r
his "mcmory" school master, Men of -
city, who about five years ago, went Deliberate
ly out of bis school to purchase cow rkln;
with winch, on his return, he extincuishcd hin
bitter revenge on boy who had offended him.
The age Of chiyairy preferred ignorance N i.v
sons, to having them subjected 10 the fear ofa
pcdagogue believing that a boy who had
quaicd under the eye of n schoolmas,er. Womb
never face tie enemy with Joldness on the field
Of battle; which il must be allowed is \
swing Of the pendulum" too far the other
way.
About this time The CITY had become desc.
lated hy the "Fcver." The schools vc,o .il
dismissed, the stores shut up, ard the sfreets
nearly descrtcd-n nothing 10 be seen in mo,ica
but "sCk CARTS" chair wheels for the dead.
occasionally Dr. Rush, in his one horse cyo,e
coach (hcre Gno thcre,) and nurses in dshs.
b lie, hurrying 20 and fro. St. Pauls Church
was opened daily by Dr. Fillmore, for ''rrave,s
alnnc.' The appearance Of The "lIca,ens a.
OF hfass and the earth as Of iron;" there hnv.
ing been no rain for two months, and the heat
intoera5le. a window suddenly honied. orJ
scream over head, indicated The departure ~
some one friends ground at thai, tins.
or Arch street, had six grave diggcrs employ
ed n'g'h md dar, al one dollar ca ch grave and
no delay! o.adny while sitting there, fool ing
, nn ai tho "oik of Gea;h, in company with an.
other boy, coffin wns hastily brought in from
the "ohoir whccls,' % all adjacent open
gave: some one crquircd "wlose cofin Ia
thaH. Tie answer rncde known to lis that il
was all that remained of"nastcr Of scholars"
! with senators well remembered as being Of
! ihuso 'mOrr IN solruw dian in amer ~ VIC saw
| han lowered down and covered up near tie
north east corner Of the now meet no hor.s
! beng he only one al his funeral Of oil Who
! had known him well LANG SYNE