St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-11-12
The True Story" of the Dartmouth
Row

tUnate business.
The True Story" of the Dartmouth
Row.
\ writer in the Boston GIobe. who is
evidently student. OF one in sympathy
with the students. gives what he calls
the true story" of the disturbance
there. which varies somewhat from the
JoWHdi account. which We publish else
here. He SaN> that Parker had got
'closr dealing" The writer does not
explain what he means 10y close dealing.
but we understand from other sources
that Mr.. Parker insisted on pay for his
books that some of the <tudcr t.. VIII"
were furnished money 10y their parents
f"r books. spent that money for other
things. and got trusted for their books,
and Nj. Parker was 81 un.ciItlcmanly
~ to send their bills to their parents
and insist on their payment. This nat
uraliy aroused the ire Of those students
who were conscious that they had
Squamdcrcd money given them 10y their
parents for necessary college expenses,
ami Mr.. Parker brcame quite unp"pu-
lar. Parker had also just bought ont
the other book seller. and was likely to
have no competition. This too WAS
diSta>tctul to the students. But let tins
writer tell his true story :"
The boys, alive to the fact that Par
kcr was now left without competition
to restrain him in his acts of SmallncSS
felt inclined to give vent to their feel
ing>. This llcl did on Friday after
noon, 10y fastening Il rope around an old
stove and pulling it nut of the store.
Parker made threats and acted in IL
manlIcI that would he likely to increase
the desire of perpctliting their jokes
upon him. On Saturday afternoon the
hos cmpticd Il set of drawers .,hich
were tull of old and worthless pam
phlrt>, into the street. In the evening
again they pulled down an empty book
cast "f no particular value. These
things Wcr,. not done III Il !iotnuS man
FER, but ON the contrary So quietly that
those who were not Immediately CON
celncd knew nothing about what was
going on until it WAS done. and no one
could tell certainly who were runccIIrd.
One can easily Imagine that any one
heating an account of this from the lips
of some would think that a very serious
offence had been committed. Far
from il. On the contrary. it may he
claimed ;> .ju>tiiiahlc. on the ground
that lir has Iricd 10 get il monopoly and
grim ~ much MONEY nul of the stu
dents trich rs we'll a. r""r,) as he pos
Silly can. Parker has thus rendered
himself odiuu> 10 the students and the
students have expressed THEN dislike of
him. in his blunt and perhaps Thought
less hui At least urcn way. Aud the
fact that the students ~ ii body Il" not
regret hat has been. is an act ut j,t>-
tlcc. hnt ii" regret that it gives such Il
chance ion mI-c"iI>tI uction, aud that
the l"wn~I""lric and all ~ h" understand
the case y nli'dthiZc with the students.
shows that Parker has not received any
more than he deserved.
li"Ic We have it in NUTSHELL BY
their own admissions Parker had made /
himself ''odiou>" to the students by his /.
''clnSr dealing. and 81 they went into
his place ot business and '.faStcning IL
rope around an old stove pulled it out
of the store. The next day 1.-The boys /.
empticd IL set ot drawers which were
full of old and worthless pamphlets. in .
to the street. The same evening .'tlIeN .
pulled down al empty hookca>,. of no
particular Value" And the '.tI IL, story +
adds : These things were not done in .
a riot"U> manner. hut on the contrary
quietly. ind further. lit may he
claimed rs iu~tiliahlc. on the ground
that he tli"d /" get II mon"p"ly and
grind is much money out of the stu
dents a> ll' possibly can
The plain English of the students
own side j. this: They did not like
Mr.. PARKER bccttr>c he asked of them
too imuch. - they thought. tor his books;
80 they went into hi, store and threw .
his stove ont into the. street. empt;cd .
drawers of pamphlets in the Samr re .
ceptaclc. aud tore down IL bookcase
Yet thcl '.in>till" these acts. and do
not regret what has bren.' Let these
young men 20 to Boston. or any other
town. and undertake to clean ont Il
bookstore il the same way bccauSc they
Il" not like the prices ct the books. and
see now long before they get into Jail.
II is time students understood that they
were amcnahic 10 the same laws rs
other folks.