The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-03-06
TO THE CITIZENS OF Upton.

l feel called upon, 10 consequence OF
Upton Union .school being threatened
with . second death, to make few state.
ments, sud to place myself in position,
that If the school should be overthrow,
no part Of tho responsibility may rest
upon me.
accepted an invitation five years ago
last fall, to act as principal OF your
school. and accordingly on the LIST day
Of December 1856, opened school. l at
once commenced grading the school, and
cndcavorcd to divide the labor amor
the different teachers as best | could m.
der the circumstances.
The school prospered IS we'll a' could
reasonably have been expected with the
limited school room facilities, and the
many other 4 Fl ul,ics under which it
laborsI. Tho first years experiment
Va, considered a success. It was resolv-
cd 60 continue the school. In the mean
time the new school house was completed.
I was i,vi,cd to supcriutend the school
the second year, and accordingly upon
the 2lst day Of September 1857, entered
upon the duties.
The second year was decided success
But in consequence Of the District re-
fusipg by vote to provide for the co"''n'
Cd, 1858.
was however invited to open a select
school the following autumn. To this in.
vi,a,ion l made the following reply: 81
can under no circumstances consent to
teach school from, uhich the lille Irish
children, the G.rman children, and the
children Of the poor Of my own country
are erc 'uied"
The following spring, I wa. invited to
reriee Upton Union School. accepted
the invit tion and commenced tho work
on the ll,h of April 1859. acted as
during the year and the
'o!Iowing spring was fourth time invis.
ID to fill the pace. Tho fourth year of
Re school was orcncd on the 9th of
April 1860 At the close Of the fourth
'ear, was invited to superiuterd the
chool the eth year, upon which labor
uttered April 9Th 1861. They closes
N the 18th Of the present month
March,.
| will leave i. for others to say what
he school has accomplished for the good
t community. would say this much
n reference to the students who have
t,ended the school Serenity one of the
Dung ladies', and forty seren of the
Dung gentlcmen Tone hundred and eight.
en- have acted as teachers in Public
chools. Thirty sir have been engaged ,
. teaching the past wintcr-supplying
tout one third Of the schools of Cedar Il
'unty. Several arc teaching in other Il
Fhefse are fsea J" @ ses!n S ia tic school
is time who desire to teach the coming Il
miner. 81
Forty Of the students have enlisted to q
fend the stars and stripes, and to per- u
'tua'e our free institutions Con \
less THEM. These bravo boys have ?
Iantly represented TlpToN UNION c
'HooL ou more than one bloody battle ,,
ld-prominent among which l would
'ntion Wilson's Creek, Blue Mis-. ara
Donelson. Two have fullen victims
the war -onc Of :hem les 10 q distant
ID, far FROM friends and home They
III died as patriots die. The school at
$ time has its Representatives in the
ay Of the Potomac, Western Virginia,
Tennessee, Missouri, and Ar
nsas. There is, however, ono Of its
llents "a. s. Kincaid) reported to be
the secession army. I hope the report
not true
l have thus briefly, alluded to the !
hool and my connection with it, aud |,
al! now call Jour attention to ;he re
for my sercices; as, this has !
en- represented as erorbitnnt
Tha. all may know just how much I
ave been promised, aud how much |
ase receiced, I will make an exhibit.
irst year, seven months. 1925
aconf year, ten 600
Total prior 70 the discantinsanec o,
the school, $os5
OF this amount there is still due me
rom the District abou. $500. In this
800 is included some ST., which / paid
liss Hcning a year after she left TIP.
On, due her FROM the District, and which
&c oadiy needed also, about 500 which
forwarded to Miss Goss, and which
he received on her death bed. She had
ain'y tried for nearly two years to obtain
: FROM. The District, and for want of
which she represented herself as suffer
ng
In justice to myself might also state
hat | was authorized to employ Miss
ieming at salary of SIS per month,
nd that at the close of her first three
nonihs, the salaries Of the female teach.
rs were reduced to S25. l felt under
Obligations to pay the stipulated SUN,
nd did so. and have mad, M ,c,or,, IS