. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . ty to cause me to speak ofhim as above. I have simply written what I beUeve to be true. 156 School-Days Ended. agement of boys, bitterly sarcastic ; in pleasing contrast,and to do justice to two worthy men, the professor inmathematics, Stevens, was genial and winning in man-ners; and Enter, another professor, was mild andgentlemanly. It seemed as though fate had conspired against me, andprevented my obtaining an education. The sheriff laidhis rude hand upon the academy and drove me fromthence, and the great fire of 45 swept th
. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . ty to cause me to speak ofhim as above. I have simply written what I beUeve to be true. 156 School-Days Ended. agement of boys, bitterly sarcastic ; in pleasing contrast,and to do justice to two worthy men, the professor inmathematics, Stevens, was genial and winning in man-ners; and Enter, another professor, was mild andgentlemanly. It seemed as though fate had conspired against me, andprevented my obtaining an education. The sheriff laidhis rude hand upon the academy and drove me fromthence, and the great fire of 45 swept the gloomy oldbastile from existence, and it was thus my school-dayswere brought to an end. Whatever relish I had for study was dissipated by myexperience at the university; otherwise I might havetaken a collegiate course, as often since it has been mywish that I had, in order to have acquired a solid basisfor gratifying literary inclinations which were necessarilycurbed and blighted. Henceforth I was left to my own resources for thelittle education since
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