. Country life in Canada fifty years ago : personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian . theoM scliool house, where my father,I btlicve, had got liis schooling, was hoisted on run-ners, and. with the aid of several yoke of oxen, wastaken uj) the road ahoiit a mile and eidarged a event Wrought my course of study to an end fora while. I next sat under the rod of an Irish pcda-(foifw—an olci|>line, and the noise we made seemed to rival aBedlam. We used to play all sorts of tricks on the oldman, and I was not behind in contriving or carryingthem int(j execution. One d
. Country life in Canada fifty years ago : personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian . theoM scliool house, where my father,I btlicve, had got liis schooling, was hoisted on run-ners, and. with the aid of several yoke of oxen, wastaken uj) the road ahoiit a mile and eidarged a event Wrought my course of study to an end fora while. I next sat under the rod of an Irish pcda-(foifw—an olci|>line, and the noise we made seemed to rival aBedlam. We used to play all sorts of tricks on the oldman, and I was not behind in contriving or carryingthem int(j execution. One day, however, I was caughtand severely thrashed. This ,so mortilied me that Ijumi)ed out of the window and went home. An inves-tigation followed, antl 1 whipped by my father andsent back. Poor old Dominie, lie has long since put byhis Slick, and beyond the reach of unruly ]» I on fixni Iciicher to teacher, staying at. FIFTY YEAR5? A(iO. 19 home in tlie sihiiiimt, .-iikI resuiiiin;^ 1113- l)on of a very inferiororder. The .scliool .system of Canaila, which \» sincobeen moulded by the skilful hand of Dr. Ryoraon intoone of the best in the world, and which will jjivo Uthis industry and rreci was. perhaps, up with the Ihit when the a«l-vantat^cs which the
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