The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06
Farewell to Barre Academy.
REcoLLEoTIoNs OF ITS PALMY DAYS, ITS HON
oRED PRRoRPToR AND ITS WIDELY.
SCATTERED ALUMNI.

How aptly the words of the old song
voice the sentiments of many an old stu
dent of Barre Academy as they watch with /
regret and sadness the demolition of that
venerated pile, around which cluster such
historic memories and hallowed associa-
tions, covering period of full forty years.
q" Would that the hand of progress might be
stayed, and this honored and familiar land
mark be allowed to remain!" Such is the
first wish of the old scholar, as he sees the
work Of destruction begun, but as he
glances toward the larger and more impos-
ing structure now finished to take its place,
and bearing the name "Spaulding Graded
School" he becomes more reconciled to the
situation, and is half inclined to join in the
acclaim, " The king Is dead! Long live the
king" Yet, stop moment for a little ret
rospection. Who can estimate the value of
the inspiration and influence shed by this
dear old academy? Think for moment
what the history of Barre might have been
had it not included this element of its
development and character. Think of the
true and good men and women who put
their hands to its maintenance, and were
themselves enlarged and enriched by their
own labors in so doing. Think of its long
line of inspiring teachers, and of him who
acquired the ripe experience of nearly
thirty years of devoted service as its NOV
ing spirit; as we'll as that long line Of young
men and women who came up here as to the
unlocking of the gates of the temple of
knowledge, and who were trained in its
academic studies and inspired by its teach
ings and standards for the battle of life 1t
is, for all the years through which DR..
Spaulding lived and labored here, as If
wel-spring of pure and living water had
been bubbling up and overlooking all the
land, making clear rivers and green past
ures. Who shall say how much higher has
been the level of conduct, how much more
refined the whole intellectual and aesthetic
sense, and how much more resourceful the
inner life throughout this community, and
wherever the influence Of this institution
found its way? How many a graduate re-
calls, not the routine OF his student life at
Barre Academy, but especially the personal
impression made upon him, in the forma-
ton and bent of his character for all time,
by the man at the head of the school, rather
than by the school itself His was the
power felt over all things else-an influence
which was itself an education to every
pupil. DIR. Spaulding established for him
self and the academy here a reputation not
only deservedly high, but sustained by the
character of the men whom he fitted for
college and the rank which his students
have taken in all the various walks of life.
They are known and honored in every state
in the Union, and in many foreign lands.
Maine has an old Barre boy in the person
OF Edward B. Cook, successful merchant
of Portland. New Hampshire possesses a
member of the alumni in Charles f. Stone,
Esq, popular lawyer and brilliant advo-
cate of Laconia. Massachusetts has large
number, among them being Hon. Albert
Clarke, secretary of the Home Market Club;
Rev. and Mrs. j. j. Lewis (Abbie Davis),
DR.. Benjamin Tenny. Mrs. Ida L. Henry
and Irwin Carpenter, all of Boston; Miss
Henrietta F. Dwight, Cambridge Miss
Alma l.. Tucker, Mrs. George w. Clark
MARY Bass) Somerville; DR.. Byron l..
Dwinell Taunton; Mrs. John B. Egerton
EDNA Flint, Newton; Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus
b. Fowler (Heen NJ Wood) Worcester;
DR.. and Mrs. G. II. Cook (Rosa L.:Perkins)
| Natick among many others scattered over
the state. New York is the home of De-
Witt Stafford and c. H. Beckett, both sue
cessful lawyers. and DR.. John B. Ridlon
all residents of New York city; Walter E. An
drews of Brooklyn; Hon. Simon Rosendale,
the present encouragement of the state, in
ator of Malone; James r. Bill, president of
First National Bank of Ogdensburg Mrs.
DIR. Bailey (Martha Abbott), Oneida; Mrs.
Dr. Bailey (Perss Abbott), Ticonderoga
The old academy is represented in Phila-
delphia by Josh o. Cook, well-known car
pet dealer on Arch street, and John H. Con-
verse, one of the proprietors of the Baldwin
Locomotive Works The great VESTS filed
with Uncle Jacobs boys and girls. In Chi
cage there are Mr.. and Mrs. 1. n. Camp
| (Flora M. Carpenter) both members of the
academy faculty after graduation Hon. j.
NJ Thacher ex-commissioner of patents,
and Captain l.. L. Coburn, now forming the
patent,law firm of Coburn & Thacher; Lewis
! l.. w OOu, Esq, CndrltS ". Davis, OOlmdu
S. French, John NJ French, Dewitt Clin-
ton French, Edward E. Carpenter, Frank
| X. Kinzie, while Miss Julia French resides
al Evanston; Rudolph Stafford is a thriving
merchant in Milwaukee; Charley ID. Joslin
is a lawyer at Detroit and the present
United States consul at Windsor, Ont, just
across the river John A. j. Cutting is in
trade at Indianapolis, while in DesMoines
there are Colonel G. l.. Godfrey and Mr..
and Mrs. Will II. Wheeler ella R. PERRIN;
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reside at Cedar Rapids, and Hon. w. Bur-
ton Perrin at Nashua, Iowa. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Comins Emma Currier) are resi-.
dents of St. Joseph, Mich, and Frank c.
Smith is completing college course at Ann
Arbor. Hon. and Mrs Hiram Smith, Jr.,
Mrs. G. A. Collins Hattie L. Follett) at
Hannibal, Mo. DR.. John B. Crandall is at
Sterling, H., while C. L. Waterman of
Plainview, George H. Fifeld OF Winona,
St. Paul j. j. Josin and wife and Mrs.
Parker Frances Comins) of Minneapolis
and Hon. Charles NJ. Start of Rochester, one
of the brightest legal minds of the state,
make up the list of Minnesota's acad-
envy students so far as known to the
writer. In Nebraska there is Captain
John Knzie, of the Second United States
Infantry, at Omaha, and Mrs. c. w. 1. Car
penter Qizzie NJ Houghton) Of Lincoln.
In Kansas City reside Mrs. George A.
Misses Eleanor s. and Hattie S. Flint.
In Denver can be counted Hon.
M. B. Carpenter, president of the state
senate and Heman G.. White, a popu-
lar commercial tourist; while Byron j.
Reynolds is making money in the filling of
land in Oregon. Alpha A. Weber has been
prominent in the financial circles of Cali
fornia for many years, and Arthur N.
Wheelock is engaged in grape culture in
that fertile state. Others there are who
| baua ms "A THAR mark in VariOua gaptiOna
of the country, while in our own state
Barre Academy numbers among its former
students such well-known citizens as Hon.
Seneca Haselton mayor OF Burlington;
Hon. Henry X. Start, judge of the supreme
court; Hon. Hiram Carleton. 7. j. Deavitt,
Esq, Hon. f. A. Dwinell, j. II. Lucia,
Esq, George w. Wing, Esq, A. n. Blanch-
ard, Rev. S. c. Hayford, DR.. G. A. Bailey,
f. w. Morse, A. ID. Farwell, Misses Amy
b. and Hattie c. Fisk and Mrs. j, W.
Brock Sarah Wells) of Montpelier; Rev.
Perrin b. Fisk, Hon. Henry G. Fisk and
DIR. and Mrs g. G. Rublee of Morrisville;
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