Please Pass the Salt
As a member of the Conservation Commission, my opinion about road salt is that it is a necessary evil and should be used as sparsely as...
Jun 16
Noyes Academy: Coda
This is the last post in the project. So I sum up, a bit.
Apr 4
Noyes Academy Part 11
Some of the Noyes students were the best and brightest of their generation.
Mar 28
Noyes Academy, Part 10
For Wallace, the story of Noyes Academy was the pointless loss of a school that would have transformed his beloved Canaan.
Mar 21
Noyes Academy Part 9
The destruction of Noyes Academy came down to one man's ego.
Mar 14
Noyes Academy Part 8
Did they have to have such a damned good time dragging that cannon up and down the Street?
Mar 7
Noyes Academy Part 7
Noyes Academy was destroyed on August 10 1835. On August 11, the corpse was dragged down the street.
Feb 28
Noyes Academy Part 6
August 10, 1835. Come to Canaan. Going to be wild. Bring an Ox.
Feb 21
Noyes Academy Part 5
The destroyers of the school went to great lengths to pretend they were within the law. They weren't. Not even close.
Feb 14
Noyes Academy Part 4
Once Noyes Academy was established, both its supporters and its opponents held rallies to drum up support for their side.
Feb 7
Noyes Academy, Part 3
Would Noyes Academy have survived without Trussell's war on "perjured Masons?" Wallace thinks it might have.
Jan 31
Noyes Academy Part 2
Noyes Academy ended up in Canaan for a whole bunch of reasons. Most of them revolved around abolitionist N.P. Rogers.
Jan 24
Noyes Academy, part 1
This is the beginning of the story of Noyes Academy as told by William Wallace. In this post, I mostly provide context.
Jan 17
The Congregationalists
The Congregationalist church hired its first minister in 1825. He wasn't much of a success.
Jan 10
Barnicide
Mrs. Avery had something to say about her living situation. She said it with fire.
Jan 3
Mrs. Wallace Triumphs!
Part 2 of Mrs. Wallace vs. the evil forger Isaac Dole in which famed abolitionist N.P. Rogers rides to the rescue
Dec 27, 2024
Danger Stalks Mrs. Wallace!
Mrs. Wallace (our author's mother) was the victim of a swindle. She got her revenge!
Dec 20, 2024
They must have been drunk all the time
I had two interests when I began Wallace’s History of Canaan . The first was Noyes Academy and the second was apples. I'm surprised to...
Dec 13, 2024
The Tragedy of William P. Weeks
William P. Weeks seemed to have everything a man could want. But he seems to have wanted something else.
Dec 6, 2024
Elder Wheat and The Condemned Child
Elder Wheat was his not always his best at a funeral, despite what Wallace wants you to believe.
Nov 27, 2024