Milford chronicle., 1925-03-13

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boys proceeded to put il
ans which would cause hin
the school building. Fou
# the largest and most ag
would approach the teacher
ke rush catching him By
rs and legs, throwing hin
much like they do now il
botbal games. If he remain,
INT, they put two smaller BOYS
his stomach and proceeded tC
him out, stopping long enough
door, to give the teacher seV-
Its against the door post, and
With a swing let him go into
itch; throwing after him his
pail, oVercOat, ETC., then lock-
The schOOlhOuse door and leav-
The keys were usually return
arly the next morning. Only a
teachers ever detied the boys in
Ter; as they would either allow
time, or enter a friendly con-
which genearlly ended in favor
the boys.
During the winter months when
low was on the ground, the boys
ould roll the snow into huge balls
nd build a fort in the corner of
fence or the school yard, if there
was one, he then would choose
Bides, putting half the boys in the
fort" to defend it, while the other
half made an attack to destroy it.
Hard battles were fought at such
lines; sometimes victory would
swing to the side of the hardest
.hrowers. but frequently it was a
1raWn battle. The small snoWballs
lsed for attact and defense were
Dften hard as ice, so the boys would
lave black eyes and sore arms and
bodies as the result of these fights.
In continuing the "reminiscences
he old man said; that they used to
'hange teachers often in the public |
chools in those days Of his youth.
The parents of the children had to |
uy the books, and for that reason
be numbers and kinds of books for
be same kind of studies were nu-
lerous and in various stages of de-
IructlOn. The readers, spoilers and
rlthmetics were of whatever kind
le parents could buy the cheapest,
D that it was impossible to get in
ne class more than three or four
ecause Of the different kinds of
ooks brought to school by the chill
rem.
You may judge what the length of
day session of school meant, when
ere was about one hundred schol-
s in the winter months on the
Ills, with only one teacher; you
Il also judge at the same time, the
nd of attention the little ones re- I
iVed, who had lessons of A B C 1
sted on a paddle" I
At this stage of the talk, the v
liter of this report, noticed that \
g old farmer who was detailing n
early life story of school exper- f
ices, was growing weary, so 1 n
ked If he was tired? I then a
mixed him and asked that he de- Il
t for time, but he replied, No,
have one more incident to relate F
fore starting for home. Y
lie then said: when I was about
ven years old, there was another al
:, about my age, who went to III
ooI at same time and sat on the tb
ne bench. This boy was as full il
mischief as a dog generally is w
b feas. Sometimes that boy was nr
lished time and again by the tb
cher, who was the same Mr.. T.
erred to before, until he had be- br
le 1ncensed to a degree which Fl,
red him to do anything so that N,
could get revenge or be even with f-i
teacher; so he bided his time
Il 1t was his turn to make the 81
and sweep out the school room. - ~
vas then he borrowed a gimlet W.
bored a hole through the teach -
chair seat. He then got a piece p. gIl
arrow whale bone, in one end of .n'
ch he fastened a needle. The LII
r end he fastened to the chair.
'eby making a spring. To this he gu
he'd string which he led back owe
he chair; as the teacher always 1
with his back to the wall; the Irl'
used bent pins to carry the las
g along the walls to the desk
led by that boy and myself. He
waited for books" to be called,
h set all in their places and
the teacher would take his '
Then was the time for action mis-
rive. The teacher took his seat Ced
just started to open his mouth T
vi a class to recite, when the give
III pulled the string, and up pub
the teacher into the air with a on
When the teacher came down rehC
'as nghtln' mad. Seeing the Mrs
3 he followed it to my desk. ever
anne at me like a roaring lion, will
me no time to explain; and youl
received one of the most severe ciaI
ngs during my entire school well
en- the truth was finally known, lead,
found that the boy when he eive,
the string, threw the end to nh
de OF the bench; making me evnr
Ike the guilty one. nori TeE1
roino - Iii u 4t Tue Doy tnat becal
+r,1%1, ~ ohoS,4 ov.t Tue teacher tne moth
id that he oo'-1S TJ sat entire aHalr. week
0uld also suffer, when I had 5o,.n, ~
= received the punishment; '.!tS ursus
1 would keep quiet about the quaSe 1Se
, he would give me two sticks IN ~ !
candy and rubber ball, 49, 49, :
he possessed. After consider IITiL
matter for a time, I took his : a., II Luz "
md accepted the bribe. We tne q
know that young girl had an "
'ed the whole transaction and very
'ss had informed Mr.. T that I Wi
t the guilty marty. as she bod guests
he other how mil The s+r;no inc week.
'ow the end over on my side MIS-
desk. So. when recess 1ToS nos with
nd we had setteld down to son.
he teacher before HEARING anv Miss
recite, asked me To como ~ end a.
torn; also asked the other Georg'
do the same. He smoke very Mrs.