The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-11-15
SCHOOL. HOUSES.


manifested in the erection and repair of
School houses aud Academies. Though in.
tended for un"lher latitude, they will apply
with equal force and point to our section:
"Why IS it tha', in 50 mnuy p'nces. that
so little attention is paid /" the mode OF
constructing school houses? The firm aid
arrangement of these buildings, in msnv
places, has no doubt tended greatly to sink
the character of public schools. Every per.
son in travelling through some of our coun'
try towns. must have noticed certain ambia
guous, obscure huts, Of which he hardly
knew the object, whether they we're design.
ed for pens. or for seminnras of learning
They are generally small cheap buildings,
erected on the bleakest hill, or in the swan.
piest valley, in The distric,;--the seats are
narrow, :he desks uneasy, the floor ripped
up, the plastering falling, the stuve.funnel
broken. the room smoky; in short. everv-
thing seems contrived to render them places
of torture. fit for the purposes Of The inqui.
siIion, rather than fo' the education Of chile
dren.
Even in some of our considerably large
towns, there is often contemplate parsl,
mony evinced in erecting these edifces.-
The ghost of dollar stures at you from
every bench and door.p post. II is unrea.
sonabla to think that child will sit quiet.
~. and bend his mind closely to his studies
while cooped up in such wigwam. Who
can expect a boy tosit three hours without
moving, on hard oak plank four inches
wide? 1t is perfect torment, and we doubt
not that, in these places, habits Of stOop'
ing and dIstDrting are contracted which en-.
dure for life. People, at the first approach
of winter, fnr'lfy their own residences a.
ganst the entrance of frost, bank up the
cellar, list the doors. and glaze The windows;
| hey use every precau'ion to make even
| their dumb creatures comfortable; but the
| school.ro.rn is utterly reg leced. The boys
are left to keep themselves warm by think
ing of the blazing fires they may approach
IN the evening. or perhaps they are never
thought Of q, all. provided only that for six
hours of the day they are KEEP, from teazing
and mnlesting their parents.
Was there ever such phenom enOn as the
windows of schn" house in complete or.
der! Never since school houses were irst
built Once upon time" says con:
temporary, eve travelled cut of our road
mile, TO look at new school house, which
might illustrate the words OF Tommy Moore,
eff there's whole glass TO be found in The
world. here's the place where you may look
for it," Vain illusion! The carpenter had
let the handle of his hammer 90 through a
sash in putting il in. The glass was shiv-
cred out. Gentle render-that school house
hns served the country fifteen years. The
light n! glass, which was broken out before
a scholnr ever entered with a snicheI on his
arm, mas never been set yet. Now, it is no
longer acne in its glory, TOR every year has
added 10 the
"Breaches in glass,
For Jack Frosts' was,eful entrance."
"Mastcr. msyn't put some wood in iha
stovc"-Alayn', 60 ppi22nll
split some W
f"et?" StamDN
llety bang-how can Ina 49,
in such clmate-unless it shoot like Jack
Frost's pcncilIngs. in frozen shafts upon
the window panes-if there be any. And
this is the modern substitute for the grove.
Of AcaGcmu>? Gentle mothers, gentle
teachers, look to the comfort of your school
room!
SMALL CHANGE.-Money changers would
do well TO recollect that by an act of Con.
gress which took effect on the first of Au.
gust. "sIick" quarters are to pass for TWEEN.
~ cents; "s'ick" l2A cent pieces are to pass
for ten cents; and "slick" Ct cents pieces
are to pass for five cents.
The Pass OF TENNESSEE is moving
forward with much unanmily in favor Of
reform in relation 10 legal advertisine.-
The restrictions placed upon this matter by
the Legislature we should be glad to see
removeG-al least, the parties most interes.
ted, the sellers of real estate, should have
the privilege OF deciding for themselves
upon the necessity, or Otherwise, of adver.
Using.
The LATEST GOVERNMENTAL the Vest
n borough Mass. Cattle Show. was exhibi.
ted H".'len Cow, called Jenny Lind !"
with bull calf by her side named "Bar.
num!"
SOUTH CAROLINA MASTERING -Gove,n.
or Seabro"k has accepted the proffered ser.
vices of the Richland Light Dragons and
the Governors Guards. The time for Tho
invasion of the United States is rot fixed.
. whats the matter, Bill,
NANNY has fell up stairs and stuck q
knot hole in her hand. ind John won't 90
for 5o"'.iack to pull it out. Where's the
poIecury's?'
Exit Bill, holering fire!
Thomas w. Dorr, the revolu,ionist "Go,
vernon" Of Rhode Island, is now in verv
W health at his fathers residence, and il e
doubtful whether he will long survive.
The HYrocRITE.-He is the blot of good.
ness. a rotten stick in a dark night, the
poppy in cornfield, an i'll tempered candle
with great snuff that in going out smells
, i'll; an angel abroad, a devil at home. and
worse when an angel than devil.