The Republican journal., 1914-07-09

in the groves with home made bows and ar
rows was also much in vogue. But the chief
delights of life we're those connected with the
shore and bay-clam bakes, swimming, rowing
sailing and fishing. In the winter came skat-
ing and coasting sliding it was called) and in
the spring brooks were damned and miniature
fleets were set sailing in such artificial lakelets.
(The writer used to frequent the woolpullers
pond on upper High street for this purpose.)
Circus day and Fall Musters were delightful
occasions. The only holidays were Fast Day,
Thanksgiving and the Fourth Of July, and on
the latter were enjoyed 1.-THE consecrated pleas
ures of early church beli-ringing. bonfres,
crackers, cannon explosions, professions of
fantasies, feasting, and the glory of fireworks
at the finish. Christmas was made little of.
The schools kept as usual, and presents were
more generally exchanged on New Years."
What DIR. White says of the early schools
will interest many of our older people. At the
time he was preparing for Harvard the Acad-
envy had been burned, and no tuition was given
for time, SO that he was obliged to pick up
his Latin and Greek from resident clergymen.
The first of the schools OF his early childhood
recalled was "kept by Miss Wetherbee in
lane leading from the house in which l was
born, at the corner of Church and Pearl streets,
(now the Bean residence) down to the river
Another teacher to occupy this building was
Miss Burrill ian attractive. handsome young
lady of whom / was very fond my second
schoolbouse,'' says DR.. White, was built by
my father at the rear of our orchard. Going
up Pearl street to get to it scholars passed un-
der an elm tree planted by my father, which
has grown to be the largest elm tree in Belfast.
now about ninety years old. The school was
kept by Elizabeth Barns, a severe but eXce-
ent teacher" Then our author attended
school kept by Miss Longfellow in the vestry
of the Unitarian church, where later one was
conducted by Mr.. Hahn. After the burning
of the Academy he attended the public schools,
a private French class conducted by Mons.
Giraud, wanderer, and an evening course in
geography, in which the instruc ton consisted
in singing simultaneously the names of all the
capes, rivers, ETC., of one continent after an
other around the globe. using long pointers to
mark their positions on the map The present
writer attended a like course in Machas, and
speaking of it the other day to a relative she
at once said: "B affins Bay, Baffins Bay!' the
sing song way in which the names were called
out. DR.. White recalls among the teachers at
the Academy, Rev. George W. Field. later an
eloquent preacher in Boston and Bangor
churches. and Miss Barns before mentioned
The closing paragraphs of this chapter are
devoted to religion. The early settlers were
byterians, then were developed the Con-
gregationalists, Orthodox, Baptists, and Meth
odists, and later Unitarians and Universalists.
Very much later Roman Catholic and Episco-
palian houses of worship were introduced
The leading church was the Unitarian, of
which DR.. White says: Its Westinghouse was
a fine. large colonial structure, with lofty
pulpit and large box pews. In the belfry hung
bell made by Paul Revere. The ministers
were scholars-graduates of Harvard among
them such names as rockingham and Palfrey;
but their sermons were long and the church
was cold, and morning and afternoon the seven
children of the writer's family were expected
to attend services, the boys carrying foot
stoves in winter, with which to keep warm the
feet of mother and sisters" He makes pass
-. 1891 =.
'hs ieiei ehee " 3u''iei i'e'sh' "hen people
donned robes and resorted to the housetops pre-.
n.rod +o ascend whom tho world can,e to an
end. and saws that here were witnessed the
bso;nninos of the widesnread movements now
caIled Christian Science and Mind C,,re ond in
this fashion.
Abou+ 1s45 M n 1rho b.d bsen . watch.
maker and filled other small vocatons, an in
genious man, became interested IN animal
VI ,s,
and gained COMPLETE control over his will He
would throw him into trance, in which it
CLAIMED ne cou'u reau the thoueh's oi o'nsr
H.. certainIv did marvellous th;nps Mr., o
could also put other persons in d state OF in
sensibllty to operations OF minor surgery and
uenlisly MS .'t va aetoil' p-'sneJ
arms in front of his subjects. The term
"hypnotism" had not then been invented He
subsequently applied TINS power 10 me cure OF
faot1@ns 'i pa5'ridden n,saI;5 ara 49,. 70
walk. imaginary ills banished, piles OF clutches
were left behind unneeded at his door phan-
tohl Juniors VANISHED MS uefhiHaIit " ~ anu