Rambles about Portsmouth. Sketches of persons, localities, and incidents of two centuries: principally from tradition and unpublished documents. By Charles W. Brewster.

THE BRICK SCHOOL HOUSE IN STATE STREET. 317
can find no record of the early teachers. Before and after
the Revolution., Major Samuel Hale here taught for many
years, and gave the right bend to the twigs of those days,
as the after life of some of our best citizens, who have
continued with us until the last thirty years, show. Auother teacher who kept in the old house after Major Hale,
was Mr. Morse, of whom we only know that he requested
such scholars as Dr. William Cutter and others of his class,
to leave the school, as they knew as much as the master.
The last teacher who filled the chair in that old schoolhouse, in about the year 1787, was Salmon Chase, a recent
graduate from college. Boys then, as they sometimes have
been silhce, were unruly. Master Chase, who was a portly,
athletic nmaiL had occasion one day to chastise young
(eorge Turner as he deserved. The boy looking out of
the open window and seeing his father, Capt. George
Turner, coming up Buck street, sprang out and ran to him,
complaining of the whipping. Capt. Turner was rather
excitable, and rushing into the school room commenced a
torrent of abuse. Master Chase was calmly seated at his
desk preparing tihe boys' writing books. He looked up,
told one of the boys to open the door, and pointed the
visitor to it. He still continued his abuse. Standing up
at his desk, the master raised his round solid ruler in such
a manner as to show what he could do, and bade him
depart! The old sea captain saw but poor chance in a
personal contest, and departed, leaving the master to govern his school in his own way. Mr. Chase was a good
teacher, but did not long remaii here. He removed to
Portland, and we think there studied law. Ile afterwards
settled in an interior town in New Hampshire, and in 1808
was born to him a son named Salmon P. Chase, who has
been Governor of Ohio,'Secretary of the U- S. Treasury,
and is now Chief Justice of the United States.
The -next teacher of whom we have account was Deacon