Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-08-11
OFIRON HANDAND HEART
One OF the Old Time Pedagogues Who
Spared Not the Rod.


DIR. Ulysses Dow, the iron schoolmas-
ter. was brother of the eccentric but
brilliant Lorenzo Dow, the removed re-
viyalist. The BOWS were of French de-
scent, and both possessed the French
love OF formal manners, including what
may be styled stateliness of personal
carriage. Ulysses wore at all times q
fantastic queue at least four feet long
and large pumps that always were
brightly polished. His stern face was
thin and hard as q prize-lighter's in full
training, and his eyes were filled with
the glitter, of subdued ferocity. Of his
pupils scores are living to-day, all Of
them far advanced in years. Many and
almost marvellous are the anecdotes they
tell of the famous pedagogue. He might
haV been called the great inventor oil
tortures. Nothing could surpass his
satanic ingenuity in the invention
and elaborate execution of grim novel
ties in punishment. No ragged boy, 30
often and so soundly beaten that he yer.
ily believed himself to be a rag carpet,
and the tall, tireless master beam pole
could tell what was coming next. His
chief instrument of torture, as well as
the sceptre of his authority was slab
ruler, which he called his broad arrow"
1t was about four inches broad, an inch
thick, and nearly two feet in length.
Weighing over 200 pounds, and with
arms like human windmill, DR.. Dow
was able to apply this corrective weap-
on with herculean force an vlgor upon
the writhing body of an offending ur-
chin.
improbable as they may seem, the
following are few OF the many strange
stories told of MIR. Dow and his inQuisto-
rial methods of punishment: One of his
most sinister, and, in fact, his favorite
method of tiogging pupil, was to put
him in what he whimsically called the
notch. 1t consisted of a semi circular
big enough to admit the body of a full
grown boy. Now it is Master John
Smith who is to be savagely whipped.
he of the heavy ruler. William leaves
the desk, enters the aperture. and
leans his body forward.
John Smith, mount~ roars the mas
ter. John, with a shudder of dread,
stretches his body upon the body of Will
liam Brown.
"Peter Jones, crcupierp again bellows
the master. Peter climbs upon the table
holds down Johnnie's head and adjusts
his pantaloons for the blows that are inn
minent.
Joseph Jinks, David Trip, the stir
rupsp once more shouts the schoolmas-
ter. Masters Jinks and Tripp step for
ward, extend Johnnie's arms, and tight
ly grasp his hands to prevent struggle.
All being in readiness, the massive ruler
descends with many meiciless whack,
whack, whack, that more than one boy
hears thereafter in his dreams and
wakes with cry of terror to find the
hot tears scalding his cheeks. Poor
Johnnie cannot even sQuirm, and he
realizes that SO much as mu filed moan
will call down upon his pinioned frame
an additional series of whacks.
Another pet scheme was what DR..
Dow called '.ISpanchezzling." He laid
boy upon the floor, spread eagle fashion
with four boys to hold his feet and
hands. Then this scholastic Nero wou Id
stand over the PROSTATE lad and, W it'll
Gantalizlng slowness, pour diminish ing
stream of water into his face.
In one corner was cruel structure
called 1.-THE Gibbet." Upon this an OBJ
noxious boy was stood and the Internal
machine could be so regulated as to bring
his head against the ceiling. This in
literal sense, was the summit Of fortunes
But, horrible dictu! a>op was super
structure known as THE Pinnacle" r.
the culprit moved an ell or made 40