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THE COUNTRYMAN.
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and 1804, is, that lie went to 6cliool
at some time, during that interval, to
one Duncan McLean, who taught in
Hancock, in the neighborhood prob
ably of Mt. Zion.
Coming to tlie year 1804, my fath
er then being in his 17th year, I will
allow him to speak for himself, by
giving extracts from his journal, as fol
lows :
“ On Saturday, the 21st day of July,
1804, I started from my father’s, in
Hancock county, to an Academy kept
by the Rev. James H. Ray, and ar*
rived at his house (wherb 1 boarded)
in Greensboro’, on the same day, in
the evening. I paid him seventeen
dollars and an half, which my father
had sent to him, and which lacked
two dollars and an half, of being
enough to pay for my first quarter
year.
“ On monday the 23rd July, I be
gan school under the tuition of Mr-
•Ray, in the Latin Grammar, which I
got through in — weeks, and — daj’s.
“ I boarded with Mr. Ray three
months, at the end of which time, we
had an examination, and an t exhibi
tion. I began to myself, and com*
posed the 4th class. After a few
weeks, I got into the 3rd class ; which,
not being far behind the 2nd, was ex
amined with it; and I got the prefer
ence. After this, we had a vacation
of three weeks; in which time the
Legislature convened, and I went and
wrote with Uncle Hines Holt,” [who
was then clerk of the House of Rep
resentatives of Georgia, in session at
Louisville, Jefferson Co.]
“ When I returned, it was nearly
Christmas, and I deferred commen*
cin^ school again, till it began for a
new year.
'«On Sunday, the 6th January,
1805, I came to Mr. R. Sharpe’s, to
gether with my brother Charles, Dan
iel Richardson, and cousins John and
Richard Manly—there to board for
the term of one year. I began, to
gether with Richard and Robert Ken-
non, in Erasmus,
“On Saturday and Sunday, the
?5tb and 26th of* Januaiy, 1805, 1
wrote a composition on Gambling,
which was preferred before any that
had been shown.
41 I began in Eutropius on monday,
the 4th February, 1805, together with
Richard and Robert Kennon,
“On monday, the 11th dav of the
mr ** *
same mouth, I showod a composition,
which, agreeably to Mr. Ray’s orders,
I had composed for the week before;
but, through neglect and forgetfulness,
I aid not show it till friday ; and he
being in a great hurry, on account of
the burial of Mr. Cowles, who died on
31st January, deferred examining it till
the time above mentioned ; so that it
answered, instead of a new composi
tion, for the following week. The be
fore-mentioned composition was com
posed on Morality ; but Mr. Ray,
judging it suited Religion better than
Morality, struck out ‘ Moral ’ and
‘ Morality,’ and inserted ‘ Religious ’
and 4 Religion,’ and it now stands com
posed on Religion.
“ 12th Feb., 1805. ; —I yesterday
went to sec the body of Maj. Brown,
who had cut his own throat, and had
lain out five or six days. He was the
most horrid sight I ever saw, haviug,
as was supposed, made several at
tempts, before he could effect his de*
sign, and then, at last, having run his
knife through, or nearly through, his
throat, jerked it out, cuttipg his wind
pipe and big veins, so that his neck-
bone might almost be seen.
“ Wednesday, YJtk April, 1805.—
On this day, between 10 and 11
o’clock, A. M., arrived at Mr. Dale’s,
in Greensboro’, with whom I expect
to board at $100 per annum, he allow
ing for time lost.
(“On friday the 11th April, 1805,
I had left Mr. Sharped, together with
those who came with me there, on.6th
January, having boarded with him
three months, and a few days, and,
for certain reasons, I alone returned
to school ”) [on 17th April.]—•< 1 then
started home on foot, and, having got
as far as Mr. Elippin’s, 1 tarried there
all night. The next day, about din
ner-time, to the great displeasure of
my father, I got home, where I stay
ed till the Sunday following, when 1
returned to my school, with the inten
tion to try to obliterate the disgrace
of having run away from it, by a
close application to my studies.
44 I began in Virgil, together with
Richard and Robert Kennon, W.
Gill, and Archibald Perkins, (28th
April.)
“ Having staid with Mr. Dale a little
better than a week, I again returned
home, almost distracted on many ac
counts. A few weeks after my re
turn, my worthy teacher Mr. Ray
died (very suddenly) and I determin
ed never to study Latin more. But
at the request of my father, I again
commenced the sudv of it, under the
taition of Mr. A. Caldwell in Sparta,
on monday 1st July, 1805, boarding
with Mr. W. Abercrombie, at $65 per
annum. I began in 3rd Eclogue, of Virgil,
with Richard and Robert Kennon.
“21sf July, 1805—Cousin Fran
ces Gatewood, Aunt Tabitha Turner,
and Cousin Patsy Manly” [afterwards
Mrs. Josiah Flournoy] 44 with many
others, were converted at the camp-
meetiDg near the Pine Woods House,
about 12 or 1 o’clock Sunday night.”
“The following notice of a substitute
for kettles is from the Montgomery
Mail, which says it has been tried
and proved to bo satisfactory. We
publish it for the benefit of our friends
and planters who may be in want of
such an article, and have not been
able to supply themselves, trusting
that the experiment may prove equal
to the necesities af their case, and
not so very expensive as the iron
kettles are at this time. The Mail 1
says:
‘As kettles are in great demand’
for numberless purposes, especially
for Soighum, we give a substitute'
which has been tried and proved sat
isfactory : A box made of two-inch
pl»nk closely jointed and fitted to
gether, with a sheet iron bottom, large
enough to cover the entire bottom of
the box, and extend six inches np to
the sides and ends of' the box, used
for all the purposes of heating water,
boiling corn for stock, &c. The box
thus prepared is set on a rude furnace,
and fire applied as with iron kettles.
It is usually four or five feet long, and
two or three wide.
The whole thing would cost but
a trifle, and will supply the place of
kettles, if the rolling mills can be
prevailed on to roll out the sheet iron.
It will bo found riot to leak a particle,
and will boil more rapidly than ket
tles.”