Litchfield enquirer., 1845-12-11
VISITING SCHOOLS

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VISITING SCHOOLS.
Parents who send children 10 school, should v;s.
It u as often as their svucations will slIvv "a sau
WI al sort oi progress he made. and whether everv
thing goes along as u shoald. The importance of
80 d'ing, we know has heen greatlv underraled A
TREND tells US hCw he got neighbor Of his in the
habit Of visiting schonis, which was after the fol-
lowing fashion:
6 had, said our friend, frequently spoke IA
nv neighbor upon the subject of visiting The dis
trict school,. He considered ID the the teachers
business Ia see that all went light there but I
told him it was his business ALSO told him that
il the parent took no interest in the school. the
chances were that the teacher would not either
said so much, he finally consented to CO. and the
time was agreed upon.
On the day appointed, happened to b. away
from home, but remembered the engagement,
and sometime before the hour arrived, sci out Tor
home had nearly arrived there, when, who
should meet but my neighbor. apparently in
great pet, proceeding in the direction whence I
had come
7 swell where now ;" said I.
"I am going out about three miles. TO Mr.. Some.
body's who took my calf 10 keep this summer
He agreed the calf should be kept ina cnyer field,
| and don't ynu think, tina, instead Of keeping him
in clover pasture. the old villain has turned the
animal into one where there is nothing but low
lherds.grass and red-top:"
"No!" said |. ...... ..-
"lt is mean" said 7. -" and I am surprised that
the individual YOU speak Of Should do il. II is
perfectly outrageous " ..,.
"Yrs," said he. it is outrageous, and am de-"
termined will not submit to it. I am going ont
to blow him NJ; and I will either take the calf
away, at he shall do az he agreed"
' But you will not 70 to-day" said to my neigh.
Dor
cet,ainIy--why MT can't submit to this
| thing any longrf," said he.
"Yon tecollect we were to visit that school to.
gether today" said |.
eyes. hut { cant attend Ia 1t day. That
calf must I've seen Ia at any fate. Some other day
| | will 90 "a school with vnii "
| &" knt." said I. lork here neghhrr: ycu have
fur ra!ues-or raIhet offspring -pssessti oithink-
ing and reasoning facpltts in that school al h. me
A.hotv d" you know that they have not been turn.
ed out Of the clover pasture into one where not
even poor herds-grass grows! They may not have
anything al all to feed upon"
'The idea stuck my neighhcr fctcihly, and he
concluded To return with me and visit the school
| Ard from thar time. he has heen in the schnol
room as often as his leisure would permit, to see
what sort Of pasture his children were feeding
| IN"
How few there are who attend to the intellectual
culture "f their children closely as fhey do to
their hot,ses and lands? How few parents ate ~
careful to provide suitable food for the minds Of
their ofspring, they are take Fare that their
dumb beasts are properly ted ahd Provided for!
Lawgho6h LsrisSeak lin the new melodrama,
recently got Up al the Chatham theatre. iamot,s
robber is taken and behesdtd and his head 10 ex.
hihited to the audience BY being placed on table
in the centre Of the stage To accomplish this ia
the life the robbers body is fixed in the table. and
his neck is fitted into hole in the centre Of the
leaf, 10 that to- the audience II looks precisely
though the mans head had been cut off and stood
NV IN pool of its own bl6od up6R the table. On
the fifth night Of the exhibition wag got into the
third Ter Of the stage boxes. and by some unex.
planned manenver, managed to blow a LOT If Scotch
snuff over the stage just a: the time the he ad was
placed on the table As SOON rs the snuff had he.
| gun to settle dUwn, the head commenced sneezing
10 the M sma! amusement OF the audience; and,
as The sneezng could not be stopped. the curtain
fell amid roars OF laughter and confusion.
Prentice says:-" The leaders of the Lncofoco
party seem bent on achieving two objects, namely:
The embrolng ri this country in war with
Great Britain, and the accommodation Of Ia.
riff TO the revenue standard We think the two
objects utterly inconsistent with each other. II
the nation cues to war with Great Britain, reve-
nue. Of nearly hundred millions will he necessary
to deiray the expenses Of the Government. We
think il will puzzle the financial genuses Of Loco.
fncosm to adjust the details If the tariff 20 o. to
enable it to provide the meais necessary to cor.
duct war.
PopULARIzrNG IN THE CHUncH-Several Of
the PRESBYTERIAN Churches are discussing modf.
cations Of their form Of Government, % as 10
bring the elders and deacons more perfectly into
the people. The plan generally proposed, - the
substitution of elections TT term, instead Of for
life. Rev. DR.. CoA's Church in Brooklyn. after
several meetings for discussion, resolved on Mon.
dav evening" tha one. third of the number If their
elders and dracons should go out o office directly,
and that hereafter third shall gO out every two
wears and new elections he made TO fill their places
The nominations Tor new elections ate to be made
nv jcint committee one half to he appointed ny
the Church, and the other half byThe session the
late incuinbents being ineligbie.-JoW 81 Com.
A correspondent Of the London Times has writ
ten letter complaining Of the commercial hcn.r
Of the United States. II appears, according tn his
own statements, that In 1889. he invested twenty
thousand dollars in Illinois State STOCK Hc raid
A,lSH Since 1912. he has net received any d'vi-
dends. Last week he sold his stock at less OF
2,7l5k He now saws that the loss IL now written
Of his ledger. but when his son asks him why ne
siinis him Of cduratIou, his answer will be. " The
American has robbed the F" This correspondent
conc ludes his letter to the Times quite ~ the Sid
ne, Smith s,,le lie savs.--'. The Americans m
| proceed IN a successful course of commercial aud
| Q. litical triumph. They NAV C,ver continents
with their race. and Dreams with their fleets. bht
the s,ain remains 6xt ard 'nreves They are not
an honest peopIe; snd. believe me. II 70 NJ 'uI
| wri,ers. INT their swindless which have orr nHhi
| on them pationalJy aud ird vid"ailv: Inc '""'rU
4 the world Their hands are driven IT. T ire
r,ur.. am, ,o. Ia oow az s'ar,t at meeting on
,merran in society, as to hear oi Robert Maea're
| al Aimacks
A cotton factory NJ hatcher. Miss. has receni!y
b,en established nd IL descrih, nv the proprietor.
Mr.. McAIlisipr. IN a ie't.r to the N o. Fnllei'u.