. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. the winter term and a strong one,for the big boys Hke to show their strength and will measureit with the teacher the very first day. Some years they suc-ceeded in putting a school-master out of doors; they haveeven been known to rub himin the snow. If he could nothandle them his usefulness wasover. The teacher of this yearwas a good wrestler. He de-termined to meet the boys in afriendly spirit and challenged thestrongest for a wrestling
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. the winter term and a strong one,for the big boys Hke to show their strength and will measureit with the teacher the very first day. Some years they suc-ceeded in putting a school-master out of doors; they haveeven been known to rub himin the snow. If he could nothandle them his usefulness wasover. The teacher of this yearwas a good wrestler. He de-termined to meet the boys in afriendly spirit and challenged thestrongest for a wrestling won and was henceforth themaster, and thus he was alwayscalled; a title that meant agood deal, when the spirit ofinsubordination was liable tobreak forth, as often it did, inan old time school. This wasnot so strange, considering thefact that the teacher was supposed to rule with a rod. If itwas not a rod, it might be a birch stick and many a boy hasbeen sent out tocut one for hisown back. Thisold master wishedonly to cause tem-porary pain in hispunishments, sohe generally useda strap, whichonly stung for a moment. The boys called it the
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