St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-04-07
An Outrage.

MIR. EDITOE:-ln the school Suprrin
tcndrn'S rc"ort. for the town OF ST. john,
bury. read the :olloWin" under the re-
marks about school dis; rict No. If:
"Thc school appeared renal kably we'll
| ut my first visit. | was therefor,
much surprised to learn afterwards of tn,
conduct of certain boys. or rather y0WHa
men. in the school. who were doim" al
| they could To destroy il.
y great many things are said that should
not be said under oath. especially il I'M
true. | hein" an eyewitness To an out
rage that took place in district No. /, Jan.
nary 20. ISL. wish to state 4 few facts
which expect nj some future day to bC
called upon To state under oath: On tn,
above-namcd day | was told both by tn,
committee and school teacher that there
was no trouble with one OF the youn" mci
spoken of in the superintendent report.
Al the same time held letter from the
teacher, Ora Bishop. attn" hat he meyer
saw better boys in school. He said on tina
day one of them waS Slucy To him. WhcI
he asked him how he was gcttin" along
compared To last winter. he said the boy
told him that he lid not know any more
than he did last winter. The boys broth
or told the teacher that he va, mist aiken
that he knew just what his brother said
that he wa- not getting alom" much taS.c
than he did last winter. Al this the cnra@c,
teacher spran" into til" corner of TIA" room
| ,,I ,.,n,yI,t -, lnr,r,. fin. -h,N,l srNiu.r la
Wa> too larmc Il mln 10 he called Il liar
aud went for the boy. sayin" he wuIl,
| Kill linn. An Individual lrr>cn! told hin
| the boy did not call him Il liar. Bishop
him. The teachers father was pr",cn
and stepped between linn and the boy
and caught hold at the shovel and told the
teacher to put it down. lie siid he woul'
not and twitchcd the old gentleman
across the school house till he twisted hin
oil. lie did not strike the boy. but said h'
would procure pistols and u.s. them. NJ
one present intertrrrcd; but | give the ole
man the credit OF >ayin" the boys life, al
though at the expense OF hcin" shamrinllN
treated and talked to by his only son.
The next mornin" after the occurrence
about onc-half OF the scholars were sen
to the school house to get their books. IL
their parents considered such Il teacher
unsafe and unfit to have the charge oI
children. The next mornim" the boy wa
expelled for tcllin" the Teacher that h,
wa, mistakcn--of which there is ampl,
proof that he was.
Now who tried to break up the school
the boy that told the truth. or the scholar:
that lett the school on account of Tia,
teachers outrage. or the teacher that rails
ed weapons and threatened to Kill. ant
said as he left the house that he shoul,
procure pistols and shoot Them dead?
| leave til" public To Judge.
The superintendent was notified OF ihi'
outrage and it was supposed he would at
tend To it in Il few days but did not ; TO
the reason ~ ! am informed. that th
teacher cnt 10 him and denied the Who'll,
of this outrage. of which think his la>
state j. worse than the first.
have witnesses 20 these facts. ard re-
main a lover OF truth. but awfuily onpos
ed to lies. HENRY PAGE.
aver that the above il cOrIcct-bein.
present when the above outrage was com
miltrl. (SigncD DAVID CHAPMAN.
st. .Johnsbury. April 3. 1871.