The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-07-17

dies. have attended to English gram
mar and arithmetic.
Text books, languages: Latin,
Andrews and Stoddard's Latin Gram
mar: Andrews Latin Reader; And
rews' Latin Exercises; Caesars Com
mentaries; Gould's or Coopers' Viz
gil: Cicero's Select Orations; Full
SONS Liyy. Greek: Anthon's Greek
Grammar; Anthon's Greek Reader;
Greek Testament; xenophon's Anaba-
sis. French: ourrauil rrencn
Grammar; Vie de Washington; Des
Aventures de Telemaque; LH1stolre
des Etats Unis; LHistorie de Charles
XII.
Mathematics, .Bailey's Algebra;
Smyth's Algebra; Crumbs Plane and
Solid Geometry; Davies 'Legendre;
Smyth's Trigonometry. Flint's Sur
yeying.
Natural sciences: Comstock's Phil
osophy; Comstocks Chemistry;
Blake's Astronomy; Barritts Geogra-
ply of the Heavens; Mrs. Lincoln's
Botany.
Mental and Moral Philosophy and
Rhetoric: Watts on the Mind;
Pearl on the Mind; Abercrombie's In
tellectual Powers; Wayland's Moral
Science Abridged; Newman's Rheto-
rio.
Common English Branches Smiths
Arithmetic; Greenleaf's Arithmetic;
Green's Grammar: Fisk's Grammar;
olneys Geography; Goodrich's His
tory of the United States; Rhetorical
Reader; American First Glass Book.
Terms and vacations: The acad-
emical year consists of two terms OF
twenty weeks each and between
these, there are two vacations, each
consisting of six weeks. The spring
term commences on the first Monday
of February.
Expenses. Tuition, 25 cents per
week Board, including room, lights,
fuel, and washing, from $1.00 to $l.33
per week.
An exercise in composition or In
defamation is required of each stu
dent every week. The students have
under their direction flourishing Ly-
ceum for improvement in extempor-
aneous speaking, and connected with
it, we'll sustained weekly journal,
composed of original contributions.
There is a public examination at the
close of the first twelve weeks in each
term"
Samuel A. Bickford was a member
of the firm of Dinsmore &c Bickford,
and the firm name is still continued.
John Cushing was undoubtedly John
S. Gushing, afterward a prominent
Skowhegan physician. Isaac Dyer
was the father of Albert Dyer of Mid
die street. He became very prom
inent citizen and attained the rank of
colonel in the Civil War. Bryce M.
Hight was the father of Henry Hight
for so many years clerk in Ordway's
Dry Goods store. 1t is interesting
to note the name of John F. M. La
bois of st. Francis. The initials u.
c. undoubtedly referred to Upper Can
ada as that district was then called.
1t is undoubtedly the same town
which is now spoken of as st. Fran
els, P. O.
Charles F. Mcclellan will be re-
membered by many of the present
generation. He lived for many years
at the home recently sold to the town
by Amos *. Butler and his death oc-
Cured there. Joseph l.. Patten at
one time published a paper here, The
Somerset Farmer. He subsequent
ly moved to Brooklyn where he died
in 1885. His widow is still living
in that city. Sumner A. Patten
practised medicine at Monson and
Skowhegan for about fifty years. 1t
will be observed that the name of
Weston is more numerous than any
other throughout the long list, there
being ten of that family. OF these
boys, at least one, Horatio Weston,
enlisted in the army of the south
during the war between the states.
He early volunteered, joining Steed's
from Hancock County, Miss.
This was cavalry organization,
engaged in coast defense La
ter he was transferred to the army at
Tennessee, fighting with the south
ern troops at the battle of Chickam-
auga, Missionary Ridge and Atlanta,
under Johnston and Hood With
Johnston he retreated before Sherman
when that general was on his famous
march thru Georgia and undoubtedly
with the remnant that
was left about the time this campaign
was completed He was buried at
Logtown, Mississippi and his tomb
stone bears the following inscription:
of
Horatio s. Weston
native of Skowhegan, Me.
Born Jan Sth, 1888
Died
May 10Th, 1856
Undoubtedly others of his name,
perhaps even of his near relatives,
fought with the northern armies.
1t is interesting to observe that the
catalog printed above gives 145 boys
and AZ girls. In these days the fig
ures would very likely be somewhat
reversed, as our daughters are more
apt than our sons to pursue higher
1t seems there were then two terms
of twenty weeks each. This custom
has also changed with the passage of
time as theirty-six weeks instead of
forty is now considered the fitting
length of the school year The ex-
penses do not seem high. twenty-five
cents per week for tuition, while
rooms. lights and fuel were avail
able at the very moderate prices of
81 to $133 per week.