. History of Northfield, New Hampshire 1780-1905. In two parts with many biographical sketches and portraits also pictures of public buildings and private residences . e that filled the room, I d thinkthey d better buy shovel and tongs than rum with the neighbor, also a visitor, present, spoke up and said: Let umhave their rum; let um have it. It does ums much good assalt does sheep once in a while, and the shovel and tongs werenot forthcoming that term. In another case Mr. S., who sent an apprentice boy to school,concluding it was not wise to have the boy present when thetreat went ro
. History of Northfield, New Hampshire 1780-1905. In two parts with many biographical sketches and portraits also pictures of public buildings and private residences . e that filled the room, I d thinkthey d better buy shovel and tongs than rum with the neighbor, also a visitor, present, spoke up and said: Let umhave their rum; let um have it. It does ums much good assalt does sheep once in a while, and the shovel and tongs werenot forthcoming that term. In another case Mr. S., who sent an apprentice boy to school,concluding it was not wise to have the boy present when thetreat went round, decided to go himself and claim the boysshare. The youngster was more than willing since a promisedflogging must take place before he could stand in line for histreat. How great was the mans surprise, however, when goodMaster Gleason stood before him with stick in hand, with the re-mark: You must take Jakes whipping if you take his rum,which he proceeded at once to administer. The old fellow alwaysdeclared it was all right and cheap enough. It was quite the custom for the femals teachers to instructthe girls in sewing or Imitting, and one overworked mother. EDUCATIONAL. 57 could see no reason why a man should not do the same. Accord-ingly, a well-started stocking was sent along in the dinner pailwhich, after the lessons were learned, was duly brought forthmuch to the teachers dismay, who invariably directed the littlegirl, when applied to for orders as to what should be done next,to narrer. The next answer was the same, as was the nextand the next. The work went home that night to stay nar-rowed to a peak half way to the heel. SCHOOL APPARATUS. Untif 1875 the schoolrooms of the town were entirely devoidof any of the modern helps or any maps, etc. In 1880, our Cen-tennial Year, through the generosity of former pupils a copyof Websters Unabridged Dictionary was placed in every names of the donors accompanied each gift. The one at theCentre enrolled 100 names and O
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