Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1864-1865, 1865-07-20

5 mark Of wisdom in the parents
. Randolph county to expend eiol
, thousand three hundred and sevent
t dollars and thirty cents, to kuo'
: where the rat is? To have in on
r schools, where all eyes could see j.
= picture of "lamb in the bush?'
The charge that Wilson's book
were compiled for the South. Nh
Cropper thinks is trick of design
, ing men. It wogld he TO his al
vantage, could he thus dispose 0
this argument Unfortunately. th
facts are against him. IIarpe
Brothers wrote and published for th
South. Their house was known rs
southern publishing house. VIII
sons books were never offered fo
sale in the North until the rebellion
closed the Southern ports. Th,
want of proper grade, the soft, film
~, trashy literature, found in them
IS another evidence they we're never
designed for use in Yankee schools
Mr.. Cropper labors to palliate the
Objectionable features Of lesson Sth
part Cd, Wilson's Second Reader
Here is another group from Will
son 5 camera. IT represents n scene
familiar, in the South. The group
is composed Of q white lady, two
negro wenchcs, and a little negro
! boy. Wilson introduces his favor
ite group to the youth Of Randolph
county in the following touching and
pathetic style; Miss Mary has
gone TO the kitchen TO show Susan
how to make pies. Do yop know
which Miss Mary Is? What is she
doing now? What is she holding in
her left hand? What has she in her
right hand? What is she cutting of
with The knife? She is cutting oil
some Of the dough which the PIE
crust is made OF. Is Susan n wl.ite
woman2 DO You think Susan is
talking now? Does she look pleased:
What 90 you think she is pleased
about? | think she is pleased be
cause Miss Mary has come down to
the kitchen to show her how to make
pies. Which has the biggest nose.
Miss Mary or SusanY Which has
the thickest lips? Susan says she
can make pretty good pies, but she
says she thinks Miss Mary can make
better pies. Do YOU see the young
girlg Is size 4 white girl? Does
she look like Susan? DO you sup
pose she thinks her curlS are pretty?
What has Susan on her head? Are
her arms rs white as Miss Mary 5?
Is her face as whiteg Are her hands
black? lee; but they are IS clean
is they would he If they were white
What is the little boy doing? Has
he any cap on his head? What kind
Of hair has he? Why does he open
his mouth soY Can he see any bet
ter with his mouth open? What
kind of q pie do You suppose Miss
Mary is making: 1t may be al
peach-pie, or mince pie, or on ap
ple-pie, or n cnrrant.pic, or some
other Kind of pie. What kind Of
a pie do you love best?
What do you see on the table? !
see n bottle, with long neck, and a
cork in it, and q jar with a spoon in
it. Do YOU think there is any thing
else in the jar" This is a glowing
specimen of the reading adapted to
the engraving IL designed as an
object lesson, it is failure, because
void of point. 1t is but one of
Wilson's foolish, flimsy, gihbeIish,
"picture talks" intended to tickle
the ears OF q Southern aristocratic
nabob, and teach his children that
God made the negro for the kitchen.
In another instance ne labors OF a
horse are represented as being per
formed by negro. Such literature
spyors much OF the rice swamp and
cotton field.
Mr. Cropper is displeased because
McGutfey says The hen was i'll, but
not so i'll as to die" There is moth
ing vulgar in thought or language
that my friend should dislike it. He
does not fancy Fido with n hat on.
Perhaps he is better pleased when
Fido wears an apron, rs Wilson
shows us. Who says The fox has n
broad head and a sharp snoutt
Wilson. Who represents an OK
and horse harnesscd to wagon.
side by side, the driver riding the
OK. and 4 poinuess reading lesson
attached? Wilson. What books
abonnd with unreasonable dog
stories:" Wilson's. Who can not
distinguish between real and sup
POSED convers alton? Mr. Cropper
Lesson 30th, McGuffey's Third
Reader, seems very offensive to my
trend. The lesson has been before
the public for more than twenty
years, and never shocked the most
delicate scnsibilities found in tie
sehool-room. Every ehiid that can
read the lesson. at once sees the
point. and feels the force of the
moral taught in t. What would my
friend think Of .Esop's fables?
How shall account for that ''clas-
tic boy?' / give an extract from
the lesson. which will remove the
mist. "The boys strength AT last
was gone. He let go his hold on.
the tree. and down they went, boy
and bear together, making q great
crash among the branches. till they