, 1879-01-23
DAnnINu.0UT.
How TenneaRrn School. In Old Times, Con.
qlseres1 IT. pes1aXnEne.

tho bosom friend Of Old Hickory jackson land
ia1nous also fur the saying In reference 10 tI,e
nany divorces granted by him, "Whcn svo pco-
plo get rs cold a. frogs to each other, they ought
to DO separated y, has luat issued in Nashville
iH'ok Of anecdotes Of Jneksou. Among tue most
entertaining "reminiscences related IN tho book
is tho following account Of u "barring-out
SIY early life was made miserable b. ono Null
berry Hangs, q gentleman u the old school,
VIM devoted himself to rea,linE, writing, and
atfthmctfc. mil the general ttse OF a stick.
t'nt! f1y head anl nthcF paris Of my person he
h't', nav ~ plainly n il WI taa parted but YES
t"r'lhy. lie wAB stout man, who tnadc In hjs
i'Enrc. when ma'ia In profile. tiogartE's line II
sManty, lwlng round. .Raiuscrcu ainl crooked tn
tf1s trEs. lie MA. q blDnue. Thu hair of his
head l,al tlaI SHINY tfnEc much admired to-
t!ay, nnd when rubbed dawn with taltuw- cam
ulr. nE wns Its wilt 10 tlrLss II. Nas 70 smooth
anil Btraiut that tho lOss believed that the tics
slipped t!uwn null brIkc .t.rir legs. Ills eyes
were dark and fierce. and. hi uHdcr tho taycr,l-
otis fGccsscs made by his b1,sllv ErtI eyebrows,
seemed 10 watch like evil spirits over ifs
precious no'c. lhe nose was rua'y muse, but
appeared to hc alt tho ine, i gIuwetl like the
headlight Of Il locomotive. lis tEoutn wis tI,,-
ishc'i without lps and resembIcl slit tn piece
Of sole lcathcr.
Old Bangs was famous for hts rowcr Of re-.
klstaiics, a1l toasted TINT nn schooi III lis 1u.l
errr succeeded III conancssnv ii barrlng him out
There were twu big boys In srlIH,l nan,ed Bill
llennny and boo Strong: They were knoity-
l,calctI. brtmd. .souuclc'l, and har.l-tlstcd fcI-
lows, s,wtu worked thtough The summer for means
tu attend scilt,ul during the winter Eauh, IN
turns t,Ml bccn Numerically Whipped by llu
tnasttr, ntlu it was underat0Ol Throughout tlla
sct.oE'l TINT the barr1ngtut Ut Master Dapgs was
To l1c accomplished and old scores actiletl. The
evening before the general engagement BILL aud
linf,. ni1r nohlo ra.lrre, with fcw ronte!rsa:cs
st.tc baSk to lc cf'ouI.fluuscarelwft hickory
rsolcs. breaking open tic duoF, they Whitfield
unc cna of th.tc tough sapplings. tu II point, ard
then i,nrdenci the pofuts ii tae tfrp. Then l!ac-
Ing these IN coruvr Fcady for usc, with q stout
ctird. they gave orders to tho boys willing to
lake part III tnu light to bc On hand nj the
srho9l.housc bctorc daylight the nert morning.
At tho time ind!cutcti rcarly all tlIr las we're in
attendance. sumo were ra!c md trembling,
others were noisy aud loa*tln. but observed
that the real 'caless a,lI reliable soldiers wcru
tlnlet-so Hu!et. |ndcr,', that ODE might 1oubs
tncn. Our first order was to cut utd garry In
cl1ugtI wood 10 tcEyc tue garrison during tho
t:cgc. Ills wus promptly executed. Tile
window -sl'llttcrs were pulled to and securely
l.allcu. the dur closed mt! desks aud bcnc1cs
pild agatnst II. After two purt holes were
opcncd by removing the clltnk* ana tlaul,inl:,
amt gathered ahnnt roasitlG lire IN the huge
cncfny. As the TINY approached for tho
nlastcr'e cnnltng dread aIIenec fell upon tho
t'1t crowd. so that w1leh Ac dill como VIC could
raf Ills heayy trend uspi thu crushing snow,
anu mats II heart sntk hId 1ace wtftcucI IN
terror; TI,e lenders sr4auE 10 their tosts IN
raeh b!'lc Of tho.tloor. Md, OH being ordered 10
surrender, boislsy demanded weeks holiday
aud trcat Ot cider aud applcs.. THIS
WIS sternly rc!uscd. "Fite!" cried Nltl
and lsoh and two poleh were Thrust tut
With all the strength tte stout artns could Eiyo
lflcnl. They toni thr Indignant pcdagoEuv IL
TIN sides With such IoErc TINT but for II thick
tanual oyereoat holes might hare been inauc IN
Ills Wfekt1 bdY. rs Il WA, he Ftui.treG,1 hIrE.
and ioF twenty minutes OF more W.. saw lin,
sitting upon a lou catshtnG hts breath and rub
hing bis wounllctl sides. We gave 1T, e1,l of
loud e',cers, ;s'amlns for "nate'vcs tho ilrst
At ihp rn1l " iwcnty minutes thc master
arn>e. Digging largo stolr from the sl,nw, hc
nrpruached unl tnrew 1t with great ylulcnce
against ths door.. The stout uak batting tatrly
sioux ullIcr the 6low, but held It's 0wl. An
ntlcr anl auo.her followed, anllA jrrrs an,l
laughter, encouraged by our noble 1eu.ters to
lrcr up the cuutuGu Ut thLtr followers. The
fourth stunc split tile tiour, and tho fifth broku
the uppcr wuuIvu iln.u, u.ul but for tho harr,-
rals within thu drearl, would ilavc oeet avail
nnlc. The ulseluy, nav ectng awaru Ut tic tle.
tcu:e wilhiu. suddenly dronicd the stone ul,d