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 The Founding of Dartmouth College. 269

After loug weeks of travel 011 the Conuecticut's strauds,

'J'hey came to the place where Hanover stands,

And pious Eleazar sunk his far-famed well,

And i)itched his tent and pre[)ared to dwell

In this region (^ forest and hill and dell,

Determined to give the redskins — well

An awful dose of Latin and Greek,

And other emetics just as antique :

For pious Eleazar was full of vim.

And was in for business, sink or swim.

Now one of the first things in cooking a rabbit,

Is to gently acquire the felicitous habit

Of catching the beast, or else 't is |)lain

The methods of cooking will be in vain.

So pious Eleazar at once turned scout,

And scoured the forests round about

In search of redskins to educate ;

And the chronicles on this point relate

That good Parson Wheelock, after a toilful tramp.

Succeeded in bringing four bucks into camp,

And started next day in the Grecian tongue,

To tell them the things Anchises had done.

But " Lo the poor" redman was not in that state

That he 'd take those vagaries into his pate,

For they thought Parson Wheelock was about to have fits,

And were frightened completely out of their wits,

When the parson scanned ton d'apomei homenos prosejjhd,

He was bade by the redskins an uncivil " good day."

They uttered a terrified yell of despair,

And that was the last of the scanning affair,

For they fled down old Tempe and crossed the creek,

And were marked by Eleazar •' deficient in Greek."

The further accounts of this thing agree

That they continued to cut, and were put on P. C*

From the scanning event it must not be inferred That good Parson Wheelock was a bit deterred P'rom his hard undertaking, for the stories relate That he braced up their parents to '^ cooperate,'' And moistened his fist and took a new grip On the rudder that guided the venerable ship ; And the Ions; and shoi't of this historical tale Was that the good ship Dartmouth continued to sail, And never did anv rough waves overwhelm, JFor sturdy old Wheelock stood fast at the helm.


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