Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . my until he had taught in nearly every district schoolin town, with such marked success that he obtained permanentschools elsewhere, and in 1838 was appointed master of the Har-vard school in Charlestown, where he remained until 1847. Hisdiscipline, method of teaching, and playful humor gave him greatpopularity with his pupils, rendering his work eminently satisfac-tory. He was prominently identified in establishing the Massa-chusetts Teachers Association, and its organ,
Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . my until he had taught in nearly every district schoolin town, with such marked success that he obtained permanentschools elsewhere, and in 1838 was appointed master of the Har-vard school in Charlestown, where he remained until 1847. Hisdiscipline, method of teaching, and playful humor gave him greatpopularity with his pupils, rendering his work eminently satisfac-tory. He was prominently identified in establishing the Massa-chusetts Teachers Association, and its organ, the INIassachusettsTeacher, of which he was an editor during several years. Thereports of the school committee of South Reading and AVakefieldfor more than twenty years, while he was a member thereof, at-test the versatility of his pen. He was a ready and very effectivespeaker, as the writer hereof can attest from personal was both earnest and impulsive, as well as instructive, whichalways secured the attention of his hearers without wearyingrnem. Early in life he became imbued with anti-slavery senti-. HON. EDWARD J. COLLINS, of Newton,County Commissioner, 1860-1872. ANCIENT MIDDLESEX, 101 nicnts, as well as with the cause of temperance. To these andother reforms he lent the best efforts of his splendid equipmentof thought and speech. His reverence for spiritual things andhis high moral tone has come to us in scraps of poetry and hymnsof special excellence, some of which are preserved in permanentpublications. He held many offices as the gift of his fellowtownsmen, and after giving up the profession of teaching, wastwice elected as a County Commissioner of Middlesex County,serving from 1856 to 1862. His favorite maxim was to owe noman anything. In summing up his character, it is safe to saythat his personal and official acts would bear the most scrupulousexamination because they were based upon the fundamental prin-ciples of the Golden Rule. Hon. Edward Jackson
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