Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-29


 There was Miss wl;;.ams and a Miss
 Vail MT. Whigham's family consisted of his wife do not think he had any chill dren. He had for an assistant teacher a Miss Georgianna Freeman, a Vermont iady. who taught languages and music She was for some time the organtst at the Congregational church across the street from the schoolhouse. She. was great ! chess player and taught me how to play l the game also helped her when she ], played the organ, by working the bellows which furnished the wind for the pipes of the organ. Rev. Hiram P. Arms was jsthe pastor of the church for many years. A perfect Christian man. and great l lover of children. He had his study in 1, the rear part of the chapel. and any of l the children of the school or town were welcome to visit him during certain hours I of the day.
 A MT. Stevens was the sexton of the church, also choir leader he having ldeep bass voice A. MT. John Sterry also was singer in the choir. The organ and choir was right over the front entrance of the church at that time. One of Mir.
 Stevens, sons was mixed up in the John Brown affair at HaCper's Ferry just prior to the Civil war.
 Shortly after Mir. whigham took over the
 school the Rebellion took place and the
 
 of military tactics to the school curricu-
 lum and put the scholars through the army manoeuvres. Any of the town boys
 who chose to do so could attend that ses-
 sion free of charge.
 MT. Whigham also had day scholars,
 both male and female, as well as his boarding scholars. and soon had a very |, hourishing school Under his and Mir Saxton's administration the boarding l Ter bn1 2 cyiypn 70 1tAa of visiting, and the companionship of the l town people. and I think that their gen. 1 eral condition was improved thereby , rather than being detrimental as Mir 7 Stone feared.
 People Were Kind.
 t Some of the people of the town whc
 always welcomed us at their homes ant , were very kind to us were as follows : Lewis Hyde. superint endent of the Sun !, day school, and his daughters; Benjamin s Huntington and wife and daughters Mrs e Edgerton and two daughtersi Miss Lu : cretia Carew. a maiden lady of the req ! old stock who was never too tired t' e show us her tapestry work. some of whicl n was very beautiful. George and I neve d went to Benjamin Huntington's hous d without calling on Miss Carew. n I must not forget to mention our visit d to a colored family who lived on part o | Benjamin Huntington's property by tn y name of Henry. The mother was typica q colored nanny and just worshiDped u It boys One of her sons. George Washing : ton Henry, used to make irecrackers ou e of elderberry sticks, by removing the pit and inserting a fuse from a firecracke or the long fuse from pack of cracker T. to which they were attached He mad n. pine plugs for each end and filled thel -o full of gunpowder. lei George and used to help Gleason L; D. throp somewhat on his farm. He ha Y Y two sisters who always had a welcon A 'Aa for us at their home. te Miss Mary Steadman our Sunday scho ,,s teacher. and her niece Mary. Ferd'nar =. Steadman. who was merchant on Was " ington street Mir. and Mes Hyde VI A, A, lived next to Mir FuT,er's store on We ~ ~. Town street and their son. Frederi .r Hyde. who was recommended for appoin ,o ment to the naval academy by. his uncl - Mir Foster, senator or representative - con ngress from Norwich. Fred. was O ea of my closest nlaymates and reached t 3s rank of lieutenant in the navy before ,g demise.
 sd Peter Lanman and daughters and sor liz Two of his sons met in Columbus. .s @ in after years and his son John met 5r Hartford. Conn. in 1S95-6 before nd death Peter Lanman had a textile. m nn- in Yantic and think stocking knitti -a factory on his home lot in the rear ne .is the old burying ground.
 Mr. Fuller. who kept a general mt
 chandise store, which believe fs st
 standing. He was always accommodati ne and as far as I know had many frien l.. He was also the postmaster for Norwl his Town. oid Mir. Sterry his wife and daughter C. not rie. who was another schoomate of mi as and very loyal friend. and a cousin of Fred Hyde. believe; always seemed gl in- to see George and I. Mrs. Sterry of He invited George and I in after school a my gave us such delicious doughnuts and the big glass of fresh milk. NIT. Sterry l. rec a brass foundry just north of his hoi lad and down by the Yantic river. and s sed eral cottages down there for his .wo md men to live in. One of the cottal i'm. caught fire one night and when the I zine company rushed by the schoolhol en. we boys took hold of the rope and heiI