Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-11
PRAISE TIE LORD"


Cdoothcs scriJendii The symptoms are
somewhat alike. DO these babbling rem
ipiscences utterly lack interest for your
readers2 DO the columns Of the SEMI
WEEKLY begin TO groan under the bur
DEM You have the data from which
these questions may be answered more
truly than from my stand point. II all
are answered in the Affirmative, comfort
yourself with the assurance that the Day
ton visit cannot last very long, and in 9th.
err places the same temptation does not ex-
let to ramble off into prattle forty-6ve
years old.
When Father came TO Dayton he put
me into the Dayton Academy. The old
building with its sharply pointed cupola
has given way to modern public school,
with square tower and massive architect
ure. But that building il it stands 1000
years will never have such a teacher as
Mr.. f. +. Barney, who died a year ago,
full Of years, and worth millions Of money.
He laid the foundation Of his colossal for
tune in the careful sccumulations Of the
school-Ioom, and afterwards carried his
perfectly systematical training into one Of
the largest X. X. Car Building Establish
ments in America. When you see "Bar-
ney & Smith, Manufacturing Co., Dayton,
o." on a car door-that is my Mr.. Barney
the best teacher ever saw. That he
made no more out Of me, was owing TO the
intrinsic badness Of the material, not the
carelessness nor incompetency Of the teach
err. As passed the place where once and
again he drew me gently over his knew,
with any thing but gentle application Of
a hardwood ruler after he got me there, it
stirred "a host Of moving memories" That
was his favorite mode Of manipulation,
and think he did it on principle, in or
der 10 strike horror and terror into delin-
quents. For the sense Of degradation, /
keenly remember yet, as with blood rush
ing to the head, eyes almost bursting, face
within few inches Of the floor, feet alter
nately touching the boards and flying con-
vulsively up at every application Of that
ruler aforesaid, sharp congestion Of the
parts afflicted with the merciless touch, all
these made lying over "Old Bsrney's''
knee las we young heathens irreverently
called him, such a serious matter, that we
had most wholesome dread of getting
there again. Really, he punished very
little, but when he did che meant bust
ness" To give sharpest pain and com
pletest loss Of self-respect, were the saluta
ry ends proposed, and he accomplished hi
purpose. lie was not first Glass scholar
but what ne knew he knew most perfectly
and could teach others most thoroughly
His training made my dear brother
Charley, one Of the finest teachers Of hiI
time, as hundreds in Kentucky well know
In the basement or Laboratory Of the ole
Dayton Academy, | well remember, Char
ley, assisted by Lote and myself, once un
dertook to raise silk worms in the time
when the "Morus MllticaUlus" fever rsgeC
the country over. Gray haired men will
remember il and the way men went mao
over it in 1910. Well, we took the fever
Mr.. Barney lent as a large unoccupieC
room; Charley stored up pocket none.
and bought silkworm eggs and hook o
directions. Lote and laboriously clippe'
boughs Of fresh mulberry leaves to fee'
the gentle monsters who chewed from
morning till night and from night til
morning. Our worms grew apace, were
healthy, spun lovely cocoons, ate out il
butterfly form, mated, laid eggs by tn
million on large sheets Of paper prepare
for them. This was the ultinldtum of pro
duction. At this point we were to get oul
money back by the sale Of eggs. But tn
market was dull. The "Multioaulls" feve
was abating, and horror Of horrors, on
eggs began TO hatch on our hands. SO on
day in sheer desperation, we lighted fir
| in the old stove, burned up all the egg
and quit the business. can hear tn
poor little eggs popping now, as each on
b in perishing uttered its feeble snappin
7 protest. We laughed hystericsllY in eac
Others faces and affected ROaehdidnce, bu
this utter failure Of our hopes gave us
: sad twinge at heart. In consequences
= this little anto de Js we determined to max
= a living IN some other way than silk Gu
: ture,
' We met Gov. ChSs. Anderson, on con
[ ing to Dayton, and he was a regular an
I deeply interested listener at the Rink sci
vices until he left on the 3rd inst. lie wa
}. Lieut.. Governor of Ohio, many years az
I and l we'll remember him as the mo
brilliant lawyer at the Dayton bar, in NJ
1 boyhood. tie was our model Of all thi
I was eloquent and heroic. Boys are gre'
s "hero worshippers," and We worshippe
| him. Shall ever forget how he used
/ make my very hair stand on end, in b
!. thrilling appeals to the jury, or his lof
a flights of rhetoric and eloquenoe1 tn
4 old Dayton Courthouse was a most favor
I lie resort for us boys, and was always
a treat when Charley Anderson had d
l. floor. lie is the same loyeable, gents
Ie whole. souled, brilliant man as then. /
d resides now near Eddyville, KY, a lar