. &~0-&^ HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. 299 Who didnt know him? A good penman, and the very man who could manageschools with a hard reputation. He had an abiding faith in a liberal applica-tion of Solomons celebrated euro for a fools back, and at the same time couldwork out any number of knotty problems. As he taught many years, he wasalso contemporaneous as a teacher during my career. Beginning in 1849,your humble friend figured in a modest way, trying to teach the young ideahow to shoot, and to keep the boys of that day from carrying
. &~0-&^ HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. 299 Who didnt know him? A good penman, and the very man who could manageschools with a hard reputation. He had an abiding faith in a liberal applica-tion of Solomons celebrated euro for a fools back, and at the same time couldwork out any number of knotty problems. As he taught many years, he wasalso contemporaneous as a teacher during my career. Beginning in 1849,your humble friend figured in a modest way, trying to teach the young ideahow to shoot, and to keep the boys of that day from carrying me out of theschoolroom. That would not be an easy job now, but in those days I was ex-tremely spare—in fact, lean—so my weight could not have been a great matter,but I was active and rather muscular, so they never tried it. However, I waselected county surveyor in 1856, and in those days there was more official bus-iness than now. I resigned my school after a short career, though I havetaught fractional terms since. I was one of the first two wh
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