Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-01-09
From Hoods Magazine
The School. Masters Dream.
ny Mns. 9 e. HALL.

--o' earning, md still greater reputc;
B., rhool was the most crowded Of
.t school within fifty miles Of Kill
-'tu yet he Hodcstly designated It
small COLLEGE, and his pupils 'hlS
rao Of boys Dlcaty never conSld-
r,I the Nu'oarians' rs h, termed
.'-" who only earned English, WI
IA, and arithmetic worth counting.
y boy, IN his estimation mcritcd ma
ing or notice until he, entered Virgil;
30 began his school catalogue with
sic Nlrglls but was so decidedly
,roll Of thrlIomarlans,' I hat he often
,,gr,,cd that ne had no opportunity of
taking the shine ont of them ignorant
chap, up At Dublin College by a DIS
NAV Of his GracIans FIVE or SIX
Gear headed, intelligent boys, whose
t-ogncs WEE on their tongues ; whose
cotacs hung about them 10y a Inystc
r.: and yet, poor fellows, were ne
uroud of their Greek and as fond Of
cappng Latin verses, as their master
himself
% James OLcary deserved his rcputa-
ton 10 n certain extent, as all do who
ochrve one. nhis boyhood he had
been himself poor scholar. and tray
ocd the country for ms learning he
had graduated at the best hedge
school IN the kingdom Of Kerry, and at
one TIM had an idea OF entering May
nooth but, fortunately or unlortu-
na,rlv, as II might be, he lost his voca-
ton by falling IN love aud marrying
Nary Byrnc, To whom, despite n Ger
tam quantity Of harshncss and pcdan-
Try, hc always made kind husband,
aluongh Mary, docl!c and intelligent
~ every other respect, never could Il
chcyc ncr 4, b, {; this he was fond
'Ius .ancIng as II proof OF thcnicriurity
ol ,lcial sex. james looked with the
.tctt 81 contempt at the system adop-
ted by the national schools, declaring
th,'Lltin WAS not worthy OF beng con
,dcrcd by II man at all
DonnybcI, tHe parish III which he
resided, was "A vc:y remote silent DIS
'."' an isolated pace belonging
chjetiy 10 an apoPrcuc Oh ls.,..m.'n
whose ,diI,i having granted long lea
scS on Iclulnrratlu4 teens, lett Il Ger
IA n income, sullci, n tormms,li, anG
NOT distressing To others. The slmpl,
farmers had So long considered MastcI
Olcary miracle, aud he confirmed
th,m IN tins oplnou 50 frequently, by
SAVING III various languages, what the!
had no, understood, If spoken III TN
Ncrnacular, that when national SchOo
Wa, proposed III the parish, by som
c!liclous person, they offered To SEM
up In .ir schoolmaStcr, attended by IN
ann aud Greek scholars tail lash
to brother the bJord.' Tn
threw James INTO Il state OF such cN
element, that le could hardly rcstral
himself and indeed his WI does ne
hesitate 10 say, that he has never bee
night since.
Ihc old landlord was as decided
an enemy to the national school sy'
TEN as James himself and the ma
ter dropped without OLeary's havin
an opportunity of 'hoorIn S the boord
when Inc bitterly regrets. James i'
many years after hs establishment
Donuybrg. was exceedingly KIND
the ,ualrcut elias. Of whose merits !
was so bright All example lor Ion
time his college was the refuge oil ever
poor scholar, who received gratuitoI
instruction from the Master, and Il
attention and tenderness OF, n moth
tron the Mistress This gcucrosl
ON the part of James OF. AIRY, lncrca
Cd his reputation, aud won HIM gre'
many blessings from the poor, VIII
upfs throngcd 10 HIM from d!sia
rarls Of the kngdom-not only the
uncraut scholar, but the sons Of snl
farmers. who boarded III his nclghbC
hood, aud paid largely for the c.ass:'
and all accomplishments.
This. james found very proiltab.
in due tine hc slated his house, p!acIt
round stone as a pinnacle on eth
gable. representing the one tcrrcStr
the o,A.. the celestial globe; he pax
the ltl,c court yard with the muitip
ca.pn table IN black and white stone
and INSTRUCTED a summer house to Il
IN, own phraSc, on scynctrical prln
u,c,.' who c'Iu,e.ur~ wa, dccoTat
..i,h maps and 'rauslc>, aud eve
,prlc>ol information. Ii pupils cal
l.,,rr they ran, on mm' after
.T.--,.um. "a I. .hcl and hc h
r..r... lua'l4uN . -u,... .-h
,.ov, no a.,, .''ch. ..Cl was the
,,,,racy olo'd habit way, stood
,,.lt,t pf g., I.trI H., ..,