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go to "the l>ig- House" of Mr. S. ]). Dour's on Ir^unday even- 

 ings, and si)end several lionrs having saered music, a ]uelo- 

 deon was the only instrument they had there. 1 fear, 

 though, that some of the boys and girls did not attend alone 

 for the music, judging by some of the tctc-a-tcte in the cor- 

 ners. 



'The Cottage," as it was called, Avhere I now live, was 

 a great rendezvous for the boys, and they always found a 

 bed there when they staid up too long with the girls, or 

 too late to go liome. 



Here it was that Jim Morrison slapped old Mr. Percival 

 Vaux, who was visiting Mr. S. D. Doar, mistaking him in 

 the dark for one of the boys. His apology was most pro- 

 fuse when mistake was discovered. 



Here it was that Hibben Leland shot, out of the window, 

 with (unloaded!) gun and scared himself and others. 

 Many other amusing incidents happened here, had I space 

 or time to tell. In 1S59 a new school house Avas needed in 

 the village, and Mr. R. T. Morrison donated the land. All 

 of the planters joined together and put up a building, gave 

 it in charge of trustees to be used by the community as a 

 school house and free church. Mr. Leland taught here on 

 every Friday. He employed the scholars with speaking, 

 composition, rules in arithmetic, mieasures, etc., until 12 

 o'clock, when the Rev. Mr. Hyatt would come in, hold short 

 service and address the pupils. He also preached here un- 

 til his death, in 1S05. Often have I seen him on Sundays 

 walking from Mr. Leland's house, where he staid, in his 

 clerical gown going to hold service, and no one th(»ught 

 about it as peculiar. 



A few words about this good man ; for twenty years Epis- 

 coi)al rector of the Parish, he went about doing good, and 

 wherever he thought he was most needed in the Parish 

 there he Avas to be found, deeply interested, working with 

 might and nmin. He lived amongst his people, and during 

 the War administered unto all that came near, comfort- 

 ing the sick and wear}', burying the dead and serving his 

 • Hock, even in any secular manner that he could, and soon 

 after the Confederacy died he laid down his burden. After 



