The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-08
FIGHTING FOR THE GLOBE.
WHAT MADE 4 BITTER DTVISTON IN
THE TOWN or COCHECTOM
Accusing one OF the School Trustees Of Not
believing that the Earth IL Round-Why
the Cau-e Of the Trouble was Destroyed.

the Cau-e Of the Trouble was Destroyed.
Tho teacher of the Tyler's Crossroads dis
trct school in the town Of Cochecton. Sullivan
County. N. Y. Ia pnld in the winter months
1850 week. Formerly no was not paid 80
much. hut was permitted 10 board around
That was the od-fashloncd way" Mr.. Asa
Holistcr. who sends two children. said " Now
we pay him little more. and he pays ~ a wook
board"
The hills In the district are dotted with
charred hemlock stumps. Most OF tho tan
ncries In the neighborhood have been closed.
owing 10 the giving out " the supply OF bark.
The land is soft. and makes deep roads, but
good deal Of It Is described rs hard TO keep up.
The sod gets thin on the knobs, and lets the
brown soil show through IT, Stones are so
abundant that the farmers cnn mako double
walls around the fields after thoy have cleared
thom OF homlock stumps. Sometimes tho
stones are left in a field. and tho fences are
made OF peeled logs from n half foot to u foot
and half thick at tho butts. This is tho kind
OF fence which fronts the school house. on the
opposite side Of the road. The school house IT,
self. which Is large enough TO seat twenty-five
pupils. il enclosed ON the sides and in rear by
stone walls. There is no paint on the perpen-
dicular boards which form It's sidngs. and its
chimney rises through the middle Of the ridge
boards; In this latter respect II differs from
most OF the school houses in CochectOn town
ship. which have their chimneys ut one end.
In this building and in the roadway in front
Of it, occurred nj the last school meeting the
elimination Of u dispute which hHs divided the
district for four years into two bitter factions.
Mr.. Benjamin Van Schaick, who owns saw
mill in the district. and who WINS attached to tho
Construction Corps ~ Gen. Thomass nrmy In
Tennessee. say that about tho time Thomas
wns making his stand against Con. Hood near
Nashville. while sherman was marching TO the
son, a Union officer sent him globe which he
obtained. Van Sehaick doesn't know precisely
how. from some southern institution Of learn
lng. The officer got into some trouble with the
Goyornmcnt and the globe was given 10 Van
Schaick with the understanding that II should
bc given back at some future time The officer
never called for it. ana It wis retained by Van
S'haick in his house ia CochectOn uniil four
At tlnt time Isaac Bullivant was serving his
second term ~ school trustee. lie is a brother
~ samuel Bullivant. Justice of the Peace. aud
b.iicNf- IN an the modern improvements. The
Elohe was eighteen inches In diameter. and
stood three feet ID igh in an iron frame No one
in the district had ever spen ono ~ large.
Ben wanted me to buy it, i-aao Bullivant
said but thought he asked too much. FL
nall he said: Ike. II you'll agree to put the
globe in the school house. I'll let YOU have II for
30. Jumped at the chance. because | knew a
glo9n, not much bigger than my list was worth
-. This globe was of London make. aud was in
up-top sh4pr. p4 "a" globe IA w school
house. and included tho - IN tho bill Of eN.
i.in7,r LOT ,Ur N11F. n,cl, Mt- Eood uHal oi
want u would take the globe myself How
ever. ai th" next school meeting the - WIS or
dcred e. De- puid with the other school expenses.
Then the globe belonged tu tho district and
had no more % 90 with u hut they Kept talking
Dion Tyler said that globes were not much
Aso Holstcr said he didn't bcliryn ~ such new
tangled notions. and III Tyler said that nobody
IN the district could Use a globe. any way. and
that this globe was out Of date. because good
mnny names OF TOWNS had ne,en Ghanged since
4 WAS mud" and new railroads had boon
built MS n 70 man would ever look on q gloho
Tor the name ot town or Tor a railroad. when
Tho, said. Won't toll YOU who said this. but
We talked VIII thr'r men in this district, and
earth WINS round. They said they'd travelled n
pretty good ways and hal never come to the
edge where II made turn: Well they talked
AMI talked. and every school meeting we'd have
H. All Nrcring WIS the trustee after me. and
then my brother. the squire. held 1t for two
Tho globe used to stand on the platform
beside TIA" teachers table. As soon n they d
see 4 they Il begin. bui at tho last school meet
ing th"re wasn't a great deal said and began
To- wonder what Ias Nie matter. ~ Tyler wis
IN the chair. All Of asudden Ase HOLSTER got
- move we cIuck the gl.-..e out doors
They say HI T>ler seconded the motion.
I'm not certain about ms, but they say he did"
man Z" was asked OF Mr.. BuliNant.
Oh. TINT wouldn't make any difference at
The motion was carried" Mr. Bullivant
continued. with hurrah. | wis astonlshe
but the globe h'lunEeu To the ilStrlH ami | huu
nothing to say. The next thing knew Ase had
the globe on top ot his head and was carrying II
ont q the school house. He took II across the
rond and set u w top of the log fence. A lot Of
em followed him out. II was moonlight and
they could soe il shining yellow across tho road
As soon AS they All saw II there they made a
cork-shot of IT, They say OTTO Mover. hos "A
Dutchman. pumped the first stone through H.
After they hal stoned II little whlle gradually
getting closer and closer they made u rush for
IL and tore the franz all apart.
hi Tyler who was elected trustee that might
IA place OF NY brother. got NE brass meridian;
his neck. MRrve HplliSter got the wooden
horizon that shows where the stars rise and set
THIS WAS the most valuable purt. because with
the iron framework attached 10 il you could
make the top OF nice stand tO sew by. But
Paul Tyler got screw which fastens two parts
OF the horizon together and Mhrye cart do
anything with his part without no makes n
dicker for the screw. Jack Tyler. who lives in
ne next house 10 The school house. got one OF
After the scramble the globe itself yet kept
IL shape and they brought II in; Here win Van
S'nhiek g9t chance and sent his fist through
/. a. but in doing 80 he cut his hand. II was a
splcndid} made globe; s2j wouldn't have be-
gun 10 buy It ont Of a store. When they once
got AZ u they were wild until II WAS finished.
and some more OF Us We're diegusted.'
Mr.. Hiram Tyler Chairman OF the meeting
and present trustee Of the school. was found
mcndng the fence OF his barnyard. He came
slowly toward tho bars. He wore blue ovcralls
twisted band OF the same material sewcd to
one corner OF the high breast piece passed up
around the back OF his neck aud was buttoncd
li inc OlNtf corner Inc ONerullS bulEcu al the
knees, whore they had been blcached nearly
white. His high soft black hat was cohwobhcd
about the bent brim and along the edges OF tho
big dent in the crown. Beneath the hat were
the face and beard of u patriarch
les, he said. | was chairman of tho
meeting, but didn't second the motion. guess
there wasn't any second. | WIS always op-
posed 10 paying for the globe. because II was
about a hundred years old guess before Ike
BulllYant got H. Most of the names of the
places and towns We're worn on Of 1t. aud those
that you could see arc changed now to what
they was when that globe WIS made. They say
thHt Wa was opposed 10 the globe in the school
hocause we thought tho world wasn't round.
That WASH the reason. | believe TIM world In
round. didn't want to pay for tho globe be-
cause 1t wasn't up with the times. Some chill
dren in the district that were sent 10 New York
20 school cnme back and told us that In the New
York schools they change tho globes every 1--WE
years. What did We want of a globe made in
England, that was old when our war broke out
got the brass rim that went around tho thing.
but didn't 70 out doors that night 10 stone 1t.
When Was going out after the meeting | saw n
10y coming in with the rim on his arm. |
thought | could put II tu better use than he
could and SO took II away from him and put
II around my neck and carried it home'
Mr. Tyler led the way into his house and
showed me the meridian. Its inside diameter
was Just 1874 inches
" Do YOU intend" he was asked TO buy n
now globe Of modern construction for the
schOolY
Mr., Tyler gravcly shook his head.
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