Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-05-21
y MORNING, MAY 81, 1850.
The Late Dr.. Jacob S. Spauldiag Of Barre


SOME "REMINISCENCES.
I" the Editor OF the Free Press and Times;
The recent and sudden going hence of
him whose lonored name heads This article
;,.,;,o, ,,,., ,..;,;,, ,,,,, Of 60, ,o.,o,,a,
J"''''''' '''o "''7 ~ p'Soni
"reminiscences connected win Dr. Srauld-
mrs early teaching.
II wos nearly ,lirtv.s,.v.n Years arm ,ho,I
All "iicou'h YOUTH previously srauua'ed from
the district school which was kept in one OF
the ru,lcsl of los school houses. sbouldered
mn, I;,,l.. LurlIo of ,lo,hi,,, and bools and
SET OUT on 1901 l"r the theh soiieWlai Ia
nous village Of Bakersfield All unculturcd
n. | WAS. knovinr lille or NOTHING of the
.,,I .,,,,,.,..,.s -, .,.:.,,.,,,, 80,
''''s am '''''N'''' VI is''" so'i''s anu even
having liit!i' ida Of what would he expected
of me as a student in the academy. it was
with ,,u;,l,,.l ,,,lso o,,d mann. ,,,;,,,;r;r,
''
''''' ''''i'" mo inc presence oil tue pre-
ccptor at the end Of my long and dusty walk.
Who he was how he woull look and how
he n,;,,bt ,ac,.;vo ~. HAD mo lilac Pint
r.c,lI NOW ,ln,os, in to.,f,Inocs L;s t;rd
onJ Genial n,,,,r., on ,l,t oocasion Uo not
nnIv ,IiJ nat rnool mo Inn, Jrou. mo nooror 10
h;,,, ,I,an Id arnr o,non,oa , ,n ~, ~
frnn, ,i, ,, n,.' g, ,ho ,a, rs liz To- a.
M, ,;r,'' anI ,.aI,,,,d s,;'nJ w ''''' III was
AZ teacher orJ d;sc;nlir.r;on :, 10 ,o,,-
we'll ,,n,Iars,DaJ r. =.
t,king Dr SnouI,inr was. In, II il 70 snool
If other ,hipgs th,t tb;s Ir;cf ,onar "a
nri,,on
liz i;d many tl,i,,,s ,hio, ,,;.,h, oil h;s
nu,;Is No, ;nj;ca,oJ i, an,J oourso ~ s,rJ,,
,,,,aJ 10 ,;II;aal s,,,i,, sn ''rl,,i,n,,ia - oil
r ~, ~ sa,,, NJ, III, i,; y. a
"rc;HoS 10 ,,i;nI, ,hnro ,,.as p;,,,a raad;n1r
s;nnin', amt nra,.or h,, ,ho f,;,hfrI toachar
ono VII ro,,on3,,nrs Tho aoadon,y ohn;r
ne ,I,o,. orron,raJ ,han,s,I,,os IN tJ,n cots on
,Lo 90, - r. a., Ii H.. I'll aaoi,
,.';,I, -, So ,,anI - -, r;r;J
W. o,i'I w., IL -, ,i - ioa,,,.a w.,
~ ,.ar;"t, nf ,an;ca ,rh;ch nre St;Ii chor;SbeH
ord ,.oiv.J IN t,ll,s on ..,aIIo mannorc "
..strc,, r,anrorc y amI al soc;o,,- n,onnors
orc fresh in mind n Ills dav In tbese
fau;i;,r ,oIts a rroat dnaI was dome IN bur.
misI, ,hn rnm,,i, Is and ;n,nrnvn The gener-
nj TOM. of c9ndnc1 Then thrrc were the
ro,hrrings If the d,boiin,r clnh in which the
honorcd nrcccntor ever took a deem interest
Somn,;mas he p,t nc ,,esJnnt and some,imes
cr,nrcd 40 - d;snut.,nt hnt aIvravs cyerc;Scd
| , hp,IthfuI ovnrciobt in tho ofT,irs of tho
..CnIumLinn societv~ DR. Snanldinu al
WAYS indul~.d the students in whatever was
I,md,llc ami in b,rn,onv with ,ne ccneral
,,,r,,,sns 81 lie snhoni at parre co at
| E,Ee,stcli he was nunc,ilious in attend.
anro mon ali tho annn;ntmonts of the church
of which Lr w,s a mrmhrr suner;n,endino
,ho SmnJ,v,scInol nresd;n, in SOCIAL meet,
in~s and sometimes rendin9 sermons when
,he minister was absent One of the rules
nf his school was th,t The students should
attend service on the Sabbath Where they
should attend. he did moi presume TO dictate;
hut that they should attend somewhere he
was careful 10 enioin.
Among tbcse who were pupiIs nj Bakers
field a, The time of which | write and little
later. were +. ID. Shattuck. the present chief
Justice of Oregon c. b. Hubert, president
| of Middlehury ColIrre Hon. II. A. Burt of