placed. But in June of that year the
house is up, for the worthy dignities order that "Capt. John Barnard do
provide a Raysing Dinner for the Raysing the Schoolmasters House at the
Charge of the town not exceeding the Sum of Three pounds." This was
done, for later they order the "noat for three pounds, expended by him
for a dinner at Raysing the Schoolmasters House," be paid him.

After Mr. Cheever's house had received all this painstaking attention
of the town, it was voted that the selectmen should see that a new
schoolhouse be built for him in the place of the old one; this to be
done with the advice of Mr. Cheever. The particulars of this work are
given in as much detail, and are interesting to show the style of
schoolhouse at that day. They are as follows, in the "Selectmen's
Minutes, under July 24, 1704":--

"Agreed w'th M'r John Barnerd as followeth, he to build a new School
House of forty foot Long Twenty five foot wide and Eleven foot Stud,
with eight windows below and five in the Roofe, with wooden Casements to
the eight Windows, to Lay the lower floor with Sleepers & double boards
So far as needful, and the Chamber floor with Single boards, to board
below the plate inside & inside and out, to Clapboard the Outside and
Shingle the Roof, to make a place to hang the Bell in, to make a paire
of Staires up to the Chamber, and from thence a Ladder to the bell, to
make one door next the Street, and a petition Cross the house below, and
to make three rows of benches for the boyes on each Side of the room,
to find all Timber, boards, Clapboards shingles nayles hinges. In
consideration whereof the s'd M'r John Barnerd is to be paid One
hundred pounds, and to have the Timber, Boards, and Iron worke of the
Old School House."

Some interesting reminiscences are given, by some of his pupils, of
these school-days in Boston. The Reverend John Barnard, of Marblehead,
who was born in Boston in 1681, speaks of his early days at the Latin
School, in his Autobiography, which is now in the Massachusetts
Historical Society. Among other things he says: "I remember once, in
making a piece of Latin, my master found fault with the syntax of one
word, which was not used by me heedlessly, but designedly, and therefore
I told him there was a plain grammar rule for it. He angrily replied,
there was no such rule. I took the grammar and showed the rule to him.
Then he smilingly said, 'Thou art a brave boy; I ha