The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-10-05

time came IL. IL. PangD0rn, now Maj. IL.
X. Pangborn of the Jersey City Journal.
The boys, quite exhilarated by the sue
cess they had had with former masters,
made u bold stand, with young George
Dewey to the front ard center. George
was at once called upon for examination,
but the spirit of mutiny being rife within
him, he declined to go. The teacher
thereupon seized the collar of young Dew
ey with one hand and his whip with the
other; no quarter being cried, none was
given, and the lad got a whipping the like
of which had never been served out in
that district. He was then told to go
home, and Mr.. Pangborn went along, the
rest of the school trooping at his heels
DR.. Dewey stood at his door, and sizing
up the situation dismissed the boys and
took George and the schoolmaster to his
study.
What is it, my son?" he asked.
| In answer, George stripped off his coat
and shirt and showed back covered
with red stripes. The father perceiving
that George was still rebellious, asserted
that he would add to the punishment if
Mr.. Pangborn had not given enough. The
hint was sufficient and George became
dutiful.
George came tc be an admirer of Mr..
Pangborn, and when afterward the lat
ter established private academy at
Johnson. VT, George followed him thith-
er by his own request.
Fighter at Annapolis.
At 10 young Dewey went TO the Nor
wich Military Academy, and it was while
| there he conceived taste for military
life and expressed a desire to go to An
napolis At the age of II he entered
that institution in the class of 81.
At that time Dewey was strong,
active boy of medium height, with fash
ing black eyes and shoulders beginning to
broaden. He could swim as one born TO
the water and exceled in all outdoor ex-
ercises. At Annapolis he found the line
sharply drawn between the Northern and
Southern boys and he proceeded prompt
ly to get into trouble. He had spirit
that would bear no insult and he was
singled out by the leader of the South
ern lads as the most promising of the
Northern faction for a little excitement
The Southerner was not disappointed.
George was far from resenting the term
Yankee; he thought that of dough
face" more opprobrious, and as the quar-
rel grew his enemy did not stop there.
SO one day coming out of the mess hall
George waited for him and calmly knock
ed him down, getting the better of the
mix-up that followed. Some time after
ward he had an inkstand hurled at his
head in the reading room, which resulted
in another personal encounter, with Dew
cy again victorious. But the matter did
not end even here, for the SOutherner
wrote i challenge to mortal combat with
pistols at close range. The offe: was ac-
cepted with alacrity, the seconds chosen
and even the ground paced off, when the
classmates, seriously alarmed, informed
some of the officers stationed at Annapo-
lis. The duel was not fought.
1t is pleasant to narrate that the
breach was eventually healed and that
George Dewey grew TO be one Of the
most popular members of the class.
Young Dewey was graduated in 1888.
As a midshipman he was sent to the Eu-
ropean station, cruising for two years in
the Mediterranean on the Wabash, with
Captain Barron of Virginia, who after
ward Joined the Confederate navy. In
1850 he returned to Annapolis to be ex-
amned for his commission, and showed
his ability by leading his fellows.