Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-04-05
" ming STAR.
Local Intelligence.


questions propoundsd to them; Mary A. Mi
rick, Ellen E. Janney, A. v. Bates, Marcia J
Baker, Laura r. Hilton, Frances E. Hoover
Elisa T Ward, Ellen L. Hawkins, Lucy Ellie,
Moore, Mary A Brush, Elisabeth Ellen Ash
down. Rachel A. Adams, Henry Henshav
Minnie Turpin, and Annie v. Shaw. Fou
others failed to answer all the questions, In
GLIDING those on the subject Of teashing, spell
Ing, reading, geography, history, arithmetic
osmposition, and parsing, the lesson in the az
case being as follOws:
"Thus, with the year,
Seasons return but not TO me returns
Day, nor the sweet approach of even or morn.
Nor sight OF vernal bloom, nor summers rose %
The names Of those who passed the exami
patton altogether satisfactorily. are to b,
placed on the record, and from whom teacher
may hereafter be selected.
During an incidental debate, the remark
was made, and acquieseed in By the member
OF the Board, that the appointment of teacher!
should always be made from among the mos
competent for that responsible post; and, fur.
tner, INA. the persons recently examined were
Tar superior to some Of those now teaching in
the public schools. The latter should under.
stand that the position Of teacher is not to bs
held for life
A resolution was adopted to the effect that 4
communication be addressed to the Mayor.
suggesting that he direct the ward physicians
to see to the vaccination Of such children as
have not been vaccinstsd, in such districts as
the small pox may prevail
Action was taken with q view to providing
some Of the schools with suitable furniture
and educational facilities
Augustus Edison was elected teacher for
the Junior department Of district school No. q
and Miss Eliza 7. Ward assistant teacher in
primary school No. 5, in the Same district.
This young lady was educated in one of the
public schools.
The following is the summary of teachsrs'
report for the month of February: Whole
number Of pupils, 1,169; entered, "a; sus
pended, 1; Withdrawn, ~; corporeally pun
fhed, "; present every school day, SAT;
waiting admission, 138, of whom 81 are in the
third district; average attendance in each
school in the first district, ~; in second, 40;
In third, SO; in fourth, AZ. Aggregate of
pupils attendance. in first districr, 6 Gil DAYS:
in second, 8 1884 in third, 10, 354 in fourth.
-5,647; total, 20 ,29S; total Of pupils absence.
S,S77 days, more than one fourth of the vhsle
school time thus having been lost. In conse
quence of sickness and death in the families
Of teachers, an unusual amount of time was
lost by them: In first district DAYS; second
e days; third, days. Number of visits
made by trustees and teachers, So the best
attendance was made by the pupils of the
second district, and the worst by those of the
first In the first district the best attendanc.
was in Miss Middleton's school; in the sec
ond in Mr.. Wilson's; fourth. in Mr.. Thomp.
sons; and in the third in Miss MOSES; the
average attendance Of pupils in each being
respectively, "a, SO, 81. and 81; and the time
lost, 6S, IA, III, and IA days.
THE ORGAN AND TIE MoNKEY-RecentIy
man OF small stature was seen slowly trudging
along, bending under the weight of an organ.
which. in the usual fashion, was slune on hi
back. Behind him followed his confederate
In business with a monkey under one arm
and q stand for the animal) shut ND like a
camp stool, under the other.
The movements Of those Inherent vagabonds
were narrowly watched by score Of young
sters, who seemed to be in quest of street
smusements., To their great delight, the man
with the organ reversed the position of the in
strument, and his companion erected the
stand. After q ''voluntarJ," lively tune was
played, and, quick as lightning the monkey
leaped to his work. There it was, dressed in
scarlet slip, with cap and feathers, ready
for mischief, and prepared to show its learn
ing.
Oh! how the bystandsrs rsjoiced, and how
their eyes sparkled with Joy. La every d.
seen running at their utmost speed Soop
hundred or more human beings were on
ground surrounding the performers, and d..
yers Of carts and hacks reignsd mp, fascinated.
Juveniles, out on "airing" in their nurses
arms, were held forward and aloft that their
little peppers might behold the cunning. di.
minutivs sold man" in the scarlet slip, with
long black tail hanging q half yard below
the hem) with cap and feathers on his ven
cradle head.
A few gsntsel-looking adult whites walked
slowly along, fsasting their eyes on the anu
sing scene. The monkey, it is needless to add.
was the bright particular star" and, to say
the least, funny monkey it was
The organ man continued to 'scrank' mu.
sic ss an accompaniment to the superior Der.
formapces of the long tailed animal, which in
the course Of i've or ten minutes, wen for Ii.
sell reputation for smartness exceeding that
Of all his many predecessors com bined.
The ring master, or trainers face. was sx-
trsyagantly covered with bair and his dark
eyes flashed with joy as his pupil performed
the required task, such az 6rst, dancing polka,,
next playing with uhirlagig, and going
through "broad sword exercises, and Jump
Ing through brass hoop. Truly wonderfully
Eut before all these things were done, a third
person, the "Barnum" Of the concern, passed
through the crowd. collecting pennies. In
this connection 1t may be remarked vitheut
our mourning the charge that We reflect on the
generosity or the poverty of the spectators,
the small change did not seem to be plentiful
As II to superinduce q more liberal spirit,
the foreign yagabOnds caused the monkey to
perform other diyerting tricks, among them
that OF firing pistol! This was, indeed, the
browning act Of grsatnsss-in the opinion Of
the ignorant adults and the juveniles, who ac-
tually saw the monkey, after examining the
fre-arm, pull the trigger
A bright occasion, indeed, ID was. But seel
the chief Of police approaches the man sweat
ing and toiling at the crank; he tells him he is
violating the corporation Law, by obstructing
the strest, and attracting unlawful assemb lies,
threatens that il he has to speak to him again
on the subject for q similar offence, he will
pext take him before magistrate to be com.
mitted Is q vagrsnt! The organ man, In bro
Ken dialect, Gays he has done no harm, and
looks sad The crowd, their attention for the
time drawn from the antics Of the monkey,
wonder what Is the matter; ANDY tSs
sport 10, temporarily at least, over The organ.
clOaea his tran and