Sidney High School - Reflector Yearbook (Sidney, NY)

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collxlcted lnd flned 'B J 00 And thls IS xx h1t1t costs 1 nlall to kllock allothel down Justlce 19 It costs 3510 on and now alld oppollellt s III thls countly' Yes the plled bl 1ndly thats xvh xt Well then youl hollol heles Ill take the othel 35500 out tullllllg' qulcklv me xsuled hls lellgth upoll the flool MAI THA II-XI I 0 0 SIDNEY S SCHOOLS In the llttle led schoolhouse ves Vou DIOIJIIJIV IQLIII the tune Just 1s well as I do Illd Wlth It no doubt ITIQIIIOIIQS x xgue hazy nlystlc memolles of d1vs 20119 by d1ys th xt novx QXlSt III youl IIIlIIdS IS al most faded dlexms The llttle led school house euloglzed 111 S0112 plose alld poetly xx IS no mele tlgule of speech alld though H1916 ale fexx tod xy xxho dld knoxx It Ill plact1t1l 1lld xctual use thls s1nle llttle ltd school house had lts day It thc tlnle tllat buggles xx ele III xogue dlld at the tlme xxhell lutomoblles 11lpl1lles gallg tcnlpol 11V dlscox elles hxd not yet IISGII to the llght ol d xv Sldney too has ln 1tS closet of town skeletons 1 txmed led schoolhouse dlld xx lth thls schoolhouse b6glIIS the hlstoly of xx hat h IS noxx 2102111 lllto a splendld edu CALIOIIEII system You h'lNQ I anl Celtdlll seen nl 1ny plctules of the log Cdblll xx hlch Ablah 1m LIIICOIII the emanclpa O1 1QC6lXGd hls IllSt lllstluctloll Iecollclle tIIlS pO1't1 alt to 1 deselted sectloll of Sld ney xx hen the town was yet no mole than a babe III alms dlld you WIII haxe xlsual lzed Sldneys xely flISt school whlch vxas taught by Mlss St9bb1llS vxhose nlodeln ldeas Clemembel I meall modelll fol the pellod of vxhlch I speakb vxon hel vxell de selx ed DIAISQ It xx as to thls school that the youngstels of Sldnex tlacked thell xx ay ln the mldst of Wllltel s Nllglll blanket of sllow O1 ulldel the blazlng heat of mld summel sun But llfe ex CII then had ltS llg ltel moments Mole than one iludllltlx humolous anecdote has m xde IfS xx ax thlough gellelatloll upon g'9II6!d.tl0lI to be lelated OXQI alld oxel agaln We heal 01 the teachel xx ho xxas attemptlng to haxe the chlldlen lealn the Catechlsm fO1 the IJ 1 conllllg of the new mllllstel As the task vx IS III extlemely dlfhcult one he taught the chlldlen the ansxx SIS to the questlons III SUCCQSSIOII VVhen the lollg awalted day dld dlllxe unfortunfltely f0l the teachel s plans IS well as fol hls leputatlon the boy xxho slt lll the fIlSt seat was absellt The nlllllstel when he xsked the secolld boy who m xde you ' IECGIX ed the shock of hls llfe when the boy responded thus Dust of the e1l'th The bov God made IS home xxlth the mumps todav Pelhxps the txle hxs glowll a tllfle elcxggelated Wlth xge fol what stoly doesn t but It I9 flects the Splllt of the bllghtel slde of llfe f01 xx hlch ex ell III III hlStOllCII16CO1d xxe do 1lw xys seek Soon howex 91 the llttle led school house went the way of the holse cal lnd hoop SklltS and was supelseded by lllgel fldI'II8WO1k glamm 11 school bulld lllg Thls was the tl IIISIUOII school lf 1 cln use the tltle fol It nl xlked the change flonl the tluly old to the modeln a med 1'1ll so to speak whlch selxed Sldney well vxhlle It lxsted but gl xcefully letlled 1IIt0 obscullty IS dld 1tS pledecessol to be sue ceedcd by the old yet lex eled hlgl scllool bulldlllg Thls led bllCk stluctule todxy ox elhung Wlth C1Qbplllg' VIIIQS cob webbed 1lld musty odoled Vxlthlll was fOl a good HI lny yeals alld Llllfll only a com pal xtlxely fexx yeals ago the pllde of Sld ney As she stallds today st lllllg' ploudly 16SQIItfLll It the school whlch came to take hel pl lce she seems to embody the splllt of the ye us not fal golle the y63lS whose buldens she stlll callles as best she can But tlme whlch walts IS we say fol' no man Illd ollly a moment fol a woman mal ches on Sldlley has blought forth lll a blaze of gloly the latest thlng III school bl1lIdllIg'S has plesellted to the progeny of the students of that llttle led school house a home of lealnlng unsulpassed 111 any de tall Th It IIIIIJIQSSIXQ mass of bllck alld mol tal h'1s HIISQII as a Slgll 11 tokell of Sld neys unfalllng plogless 111 the vxolld of hlghel knowledge ln exellastlng symbol of a Stlltllllg' exolutloll vxhlch tlme and labol haxe vxlought the ex olutlon xxhlch IS the keyllote of the Annual of and WhlCh IS cleally depleted o1l the cuts f e1cll p xge lll thIS book PHII IP I EINIFS I. 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In this wild and woody settknnent in the year 1793, this frame-house was built. Although it was the very first frame- house, it is still standing, and is inhabned by the Miles family at the lower end of River Street REVOLUTIONARY WAR DAYS 0 This village and vicinity was the scene of many stirring events during the Revolution- ary war days. As the English had secured an alliance with the Indians, the patriots were in danger. The colonists endeavored to break this alliance and had Gen. Harper disguise himself as an Indian so that he could make a speech to the Indians and read a letter to them from the Colonial government which message tried to per- suade the Indians to promise that they would not fight against the patriots. Gen. William Butler had forbidden the Indians to harm the frontier settlements, although these settlements might be sympathetic to the Colonial cause. Nevertheless, the next spring Gen, Brant, controlling chief of the Indians and an English supporter, with his Indian forces, demanded provisions of the settlers, who refused to give any, where- upon they were forced to abandon this sec- tion so that they fled to Cherry Valley. After this Gen. Herkimer was sent with 400 men to restore peace and safety. He had a conference with Gen. Brant, but it ended with ill feelings and with nothing accomplished. Brant remained at llnadilla making it his headquarters. It was also a settlement for Tories, deserters from the American army and runaway negroes. In the spring of 1779 the Continental Congress planned a campaign against the Indians and Tories in central New York. This campaign was under the direction of Gen. Sullivan and Gen. Clinton, who met at Union and thus gave it its present name. The division under Gen. Clinton came down the Susquehanna from Otsego Lake L3 to Unadilla where it destroyed the houses that remained after the village had been burned by a detachment under Col. Butler the previous fall. Rev. William Johnston had the last glimpse of his land at this time, as he died the year the war ended. At the close of the war this territory was in a desolate conditiong buildings had been burned and farms were uncultivated. Thus it took some time to restore and resettlc the territory so that advancement for a short time was retarded. MARTHA HALL HISTORIC TALES OF SIDNEY 0 A few stories form a link between the past and present generations. The ground on which the Congrega- tional Church and Parsonage, also the old Cemetery stand, was given to Sidney by a Squire Dovener. That he was not a strict- ly religious man is shown by his greeting to Rev. David Harrower, the first minister, upon his return after being absent in pur- suit of education. After his first sermon, Dovener said, Well, David, you have im- proved devilishly . Dungeon Hill was named after an early settler, Thomas Dungeon. He is said to have lifted a barrel of salt with his teeth and carried 8 bushels of wheat up a pair of stairs on his back. The ready wit of our Irish Ancestors is shown in a court scene of primitive justice. Soon after arriving here, an Irishman, be- ing charged for assault and battery, was nj

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