The Newtown bee., 1896-01-10

"Lners" III oroer Go cure his Cimid1ty. One soon came so hot that the lad in a fright made no effort to catch the ball, but took it fairly in the pit of the stomach. .--,e
 QUICKLY DOUBLING UP IN PAIN,
 the leather was caught in the fold the fat boys belly made and the runner was declared out, and Mir Deming says, "amid shrieks of laughter"
 At the Satuday evening dinner in the to Hn hall, which was delayed one and one-half hours by the exasperatiug breakdow wn of the cranky kitchen stove, the spirit of MT Gum seemed to inspire every utterance. It was an interesting dinner to watch, by the way. Nearly every place at the tables was occupied while the gallery was vision of loYeli- ness in spring millinery at S1 seat. Mrs Gum sat at the head and was justly the center of attraction. A face with strong lines, an expression of rare sweet ness and serenity, white hair covered in part by bit of lace-that was 'sthe mother of the Gnnnery" as MT Gibson, the toastmaster, tenderly and with ill., suppressed emotionS kissed her placid brow at the conclusion of his introduc- tory remarks. The speeches that fol- lowed were many and often were filled with true eloquence or reminiscent humor. Senator Orville H. Platt, who was one of MT Guan's earliest pupils, told an interesting story of the school masters advice as to his calling in life. Young Platt was puzzled to know what to do, so he asked MT Gum what pro- fession he should take. The master
 ADVISED THE FUTURE SENATOR OF THm
 UNITED STATES
 to buy the Widow Bulls 50-acre farm and cultivate the soil for the rest of his days. MT Platt felt sure, ss he told the story, that MT Gum would have been satisfied, had he accepted the advice, much better than he ever was with the prominence and prosperity which came later to his pupil. For, the master of the Gunnery was not ambitious that his boys should become famous charac- ters; he aimed to make Gods yeomen of them-which was the. point of the senator's speech.
 Clarence Deming annalyzed the great ness Of this Washington schoolmaster as 8 character builder much as he has done it before but :with renewed earnestness and eioquence. George Hickox of Litchfield spoke as one who had been contemporary with MT Gum In the local life, and W. s. Logan of New York, a handsome stalwart man, reviewed Mr Gunn's place as pioneer of the new education, physical, mental and moral, in the United States. Richard E. Bur ton of the Hartford Courant offered . gracefully written poem, which he read with much expression. ssWill" Beecher, son of Henry Ward Beeeher, who was the dead schoolmaster's close friend, touched upon the more humorous aide of Gunnery life. Some of the stories he told, illustrative of MIR GUNN's QUAINT METHODS OF DIsCI
 PLINE,
 are not to be found in MT Deming'a de- lightfut chapter in the memorial volume. One implicated MT Gibson. The master and some of his boys were gathering apples lin the orchard one day many years ago. boy named Dixon amused himself by pelting his mates with apples. Finally MT Gum, who was awaiting the l chance, took an apple and threw 1t at the offender with accurate aim and con. siderable force. But the sly fellow ducked and '"Will'' Gibson, who was immediately behind and bending over got the apple square on the seat of hia trousers. II havn,t been doing any thing wrong," shouted the outraged Gibson. 'sWell, Will Dixon has,'' an- swered the master, who was shaking with laughter: You can get even with him.
 There WAS also certain boy named Kelly, said MT Beecher, who once tor. mented some cattle So the master told him to go over on the hillside where a herd was grazing mount stump and make speech to the COWS. Az soon as the boy mounted the rostrum HIS BOVINE AUDIENCE CROWDED AROUND