The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-28

their much loved teacher had been
arrested for fraud and was in Jail.
Great grief was expressed and some
of the girls went to the Jail to con
window. 1t was found his real name
vas Chase. Some of the gentleman
leased though we saw him no more.
| leasd though saw him no more.
Then came the old Academy days
| Does not the very thought of the
building stir up old memories? DO
you not see every crack and Granny
every smudge and DETACHMENT on its
walls?
Horace Herrick was our first
teacher. A portly. arbitrary self OPP
inionated man who certainly had not
| the art of imparting knowledge or OF
stimulating his pupils He prided
| himself on getting the best OF them.
rather than getting their best out OF
them. His favorite punishment for
| the boys was what he called the "trip
and the witch" The offender was
| dragged to the centre of the room and
| by a dctrous twitch of the foot was
| tripped to the floor. the close proxim-
| ty of the desk. the recitation seat
and the red hot stove making it an
even chance of a serious result This
was certainly not an elevating per-
! Torrance.
In small recitation room down
stairs Monsieur Cooley. crooked lit
| tie Eren9hman taught French May
we be forgiven for all the heartaches
we mus have caused his poor SEN
stvc soul. His feet were remarkably
large for his small body and he wore
sat with the heel OF one boot resting
on the toe of the other thus empha-
| sizing their size. At the close OF the
lesson we were allowed to ask him
questions in French. one of the fav-
orites being who made your boots?"
He was. however, a good conscicn-
tious teacher and if our "parlez vous"
has not since had the true Partisan
accent it is through no fault OF his.
DO you remember the room over
head that was dignified by the name
of the laboratory? What a world Of
wonders its four walls contained,
| The electric shocks we received
there, the insulating stool on which
| the boys hair was made to stand on
end, the glass disc which it was an
honor 10 be allowed to turn and
above all the wonders OF that teles,
cope, about as large as a good sized
pop gun which revealed to our curl
Gus eyes now worlds and heavenly
mysteries.
My earliest remembrance of the
old Brick Church is of room where
prayer meeting we've hv,d, mp back
of the pulpit and afterward used for
| the organ and choir. Il was pare
cold room, the bell rope passing
through it in my mind connected
heaven with earth. My flesh still
creeps as it did when as child | sat
there by my mothers side and list
ened to the solemn tunes then sung
one particularly, the words OF whiCh
had great horror to me-:
That dreadful day will surely come,
The appointed hour draws nigh
sung IN q wailing minor key In some
way the bell rope seemed ready to
ring in the appointed hour" can
! imagine how one could pray or read,
with bated breath those fearful
words. but to sing them seems mon
strous.
There was yestry or lecture room
afterward built on to the back OF the
! churcn and it was here that thu sub
ject of giving Mr.. Lord a call as pas
tor OF the church was debated. 1t was
feared he was too young as he had
just left the Seminary. In the midst
of the debate Or. Spalding rose and
in quiet, humorous way said yes
he is young but that is a fault he will
outgrow' That won the day and it
was voted to extend the call Can we
ever forget his coming, What a mag
nihcent man he was physically and
Intellectually; and when later he
brought his beautiful bride re-
member of following on behind them
as they took walk drawn by the at.
traction of their personal magnetism.
The bride wore a bonnet trimmed
with white and q white shawl with
blue palmleayes, The vision is still a
delight to me,
would like picture of the old