Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-06-15


the contrast between this scene and the
usual morning service.
Behold n company of between 20G
and 800 students seated in the chapel
awaiting the coming of the principal
The last call of the bell has sounded
the bell-ringer has taken his seat
every pupil is in his place, and there
Is general expectance seen IN the
faces of all, for the well-known elastic
clip of the Oxford ties is heard as they
strike the first step of descent from the
hall above. But just as, breathing
hard, the form of the doctor appears
one youth more venturesome than the
rest essays to cuff the ears of his neigh.
bor. The act does not escape the
watchful eye of the principal,--wh
miscbievous act ever did! Instead oi
turning To the left to his desk, he
makes straight through the aisle, rat.
Ting the windows with his movement
and, seizlng the offender by the collar
shakes him in his seat until his eyes
are blinded with disheveled hair, and
his lungs emptied of breath. Then he
makes straight To his desk. and, lean
ing forward rs he stands, resting upon
his knuckles, while the students rising
stand IN silence, offers prayer as though
storm had never broken over his head
or adverse feeling excited his passion.
After prayer all are seated. Opening
his Bible he calls upon the boy to read,
I who SITS next TO him who read last the
/ morning previous. This morning the
\ doctor makes few comments on
Mathew "a: Is, But he that shall
endure unto the end, the same shall be
/ saved. A suggestive commentary
I upon the relation Of the student To the
/ school, and assuming n comical aspect
/ IN the case Of the Young man who has
/ not yet iullv recovered his equanimitv
I from the shaking he has received. At
/ the clos" of the session the doctor
+ rises, takes from his vest pocket on
the right hi- gold pencil and lays it on
the desk. and from his vest pocket on
the lelt little slips of paper containing
notices and the names OF the students
whom, from reason not complimentary
10 thcn, lie wl~he3 - soc. These lit
9" -l.l', OF paper he likewise Laws on
the desk. Then he picks up his pencil
and pushes il through his fore fingers
and thumb several times while he
clears bis throat then he takes up the
notices and reads them; then the Slip
ot paper which everybody knows TO be
the list Of delinquents From mere
force Of habit, though h. has but one
name this morning on the list. he
reads, ~ he has often before, as fol-
lows The following individuals are
requested to remain. P2tuad ," Then
he takes his seat. The. school pass
their classes.
No general ever handled his troops
with greater authority and precision
than dii DIR. TAYLOR handle the stu
dents OF the Academy. In 1858 there
was a disturbance in the school grow
ing out OF evidence that one of the
pupils was acting, through connlyance
Of the Principal, as spy upon his
associates. Unwisely and illegally
some OF the students consplred To pun
ish him. He was cnticed 10 the room
of one ut them TO play chess, and there
covered for the most part with can
yass bag, and at midnight led by q
rope in the direction of Pomp's Pond.
BIT Welding somewhat 10 his entreaties
the students carried him into a neigh
boring grove, where they poured pail
ful after pallful Of water upon him,
until he was thoroughly soaked. His
cries as he passed one of the boarding
houses aroused theological student
who started at once for Doctor Taylor.
we! remember that night, though |
dil not participate in the act, being
one of few, who, though condemning
the spy, thought it not right 10 take
the law into our own hands. Leaving
the half drowned man 10 get home as
best he could, the conspirltors FASTENED
10 the Commons, and before Doctor
Tavlor came TO the scene of disturb
ancc, were To all appearance fast
asleep There roomed beneath my
| room wild, boisterous, but good
/ natured youth, whom, from his general
| knowledge of him. Doctor Taylor at
once suspected TO be a ring-leader In
the trouble. This suspicion was con
/ lirmed, a he passed the Latin Com
! mons, hv the fact that in his room
alone hight was seen. But the fact
was that in order TO give character to
the proceeding, the students engaged
in the ducking would not receive this
young man, or any like him, to their
circle The light in his room was
there to furnish opportunity for his
| chum, who sought the valedictory and
obtained the sautatory, to ''cram" FOR
the next day. By the steps all eager
passed Doctor Taylor. A heavy knock
at the doc" was answered by ''come
in, In he entered. Looking round
he exclaimed, where's your chum z
Don't know sir, he's out somewhere,
was the reply. Doctor Taylor turned
about, and stepped to the head Of the
stairs. just rs the young man he sought
came bouncing up, three stairs as a
time. whistling and shouting, until he
fell into his teachers arms. There
was some heavy shaking for a few
minutes-the inmates of that house
VIII not soon forget it-and poor Pc
land, who hadn't time to collect his
thoughts, or discover, in the darkness,
who had got hold of him, suddenly
found himself entering his room head
long with the exclamation: "1ou'll
leave school tomorrow morning, sir =
When it subsequently appeared that
Poland had had nothing to do with the
ducking, Doctor Taylor made no apol-
ogv. For if he made "A mistake, he
never acknowledged it to the students.
He followed the advice of the sturdy
old Englishman, who said: 'Where-
ever you see two or three boys to
ge.her. thrash them, for they are either
doing some mischief, or have been
doing some mischief, or are about tc