Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-09-08

TEE BssAp AID Burffs CLArsE.-Tbe
best joke OF the season 10 the bread and
butter" clause IN the contracts made out
" the School Board Of this city fee teach.
ers to sign. The contracts we're 6rst made
between the Board and the teaehsrs without
the Aforesaid clause; bat Aafterwards-
though the prices agreed upon were much
lower than in no larger schools in other
places-the Board became alarmed At its ex-
ceeding generosity and At 0nce proceeded to
amend BY introducing the " brad and but
ter clause, which provides that should
the price Of living decline-should potatoes
ana onions get unsteady pork and beans
have slight tendency downward-corned
oees and cabbage recedc, er breed and but
ter get weak. why, then, in consideration
Of such fluctuations, the sum Of $4,000
could be knocked OF from. each teachers
salary Thers is legislation for you!
Messrs. Members Of the School Board, we
are astonished. When you made your con-
tracts year or two ago. did you insist upon
inserting clause whereby the wages Of
teachers were to be increased $4,000 Der
term provided the price of living adsanceds
We do not recall such an instance. Why
IS it, then, that you propose to measure
your teachers wages by the prices current
now, when you did not do SO when the ad-
vantage was on the other side? We take
the liberty to tell you that the parents Of
the rising generation hercabouts desire you
to hire the best teachers and to pay them
renumcrative salaries-whether bread and
butter goes up or down. Good school
teachers earn large wages, they are enti-
tied to rsc<ics large wages. Tax payers do
not expect you to take your slate and pen
cil-your scales, peck measures and price
lists, and figure the expense Of the teach
crs' living right down to the last slice Of
bread and last peck Of potatoes upon
that base the salaries to be paid, providing
the ingredients oftheir daily morning hash
has don't decline but they expect you to
pay such wages as will enable them to live
well and make something besides board
and clothes; aud they are willing to foot
the bill.
We are credibly informed that this
''bread and butter" clause was inserted to
conciiiate the Treasurer Of the Board, in
other words, as = member of the Board
states TIT was q tub thrown to the
whale and there was no idea Of enforcing
the clause. We hope not but Why poke
tub at the whale when you don't expect
the whale to interferes Why make It Oh.
ligatory upon teachers to keep close eve
upon the farm produce and live stock mar
kets, when you don't have any idea that it
will have any effect upon their salaries.
Altogether it is very curious proceed.
ing, ard we trust the Board will have the
good sense to expungc it from its records-
at oil events, that it will never think Of nut.
ting the clause into effect.
u
republican dailies - Gazette and Der Demo-
krdt,-continue to give tokens Of intense
natural affection and personal endearment,
damon and Pythias reproduced The
last compliment passed over from England
to Germany -is to the effect that the latter
don't know what belongs to honesty or
truthfulness in the newspaper business.
That's acknowledgment to say flattering. It
shows high state Of breeding on the part
Of ofGreat Britain; but after all will not serious
ly effect the good reputation Of the concern
it is calculated to inure.
GRAND SOLDIERS DINNER.-Thc citizens
of Edsington, below Rock Island, gave !
grand dinner to all returned soldiers who
felt disposed to attend, on Tuesday, It that
village. Delegations in large numbers
were present from Buffalo Prairie, Drury,
Illinois City, Presumption, Audalusia, Cam
den, Rock Island and Coal Valley. Storms
brass band, from this city, headed the pros
cession, which moved to Bope's Grove, two
miles north Of Edgington, At ten O'clock
The procession was estimated to include
5000 persons.
iAPRovING.-Our readers will be clad to
learn that Mr.. Kepner, who was so serious.
y injured BY the late accident on the G. 4
X. l. Railroad, is recov ering, and will prob
ably be about his business again in ! few
weeks. e
NEW MUslc.-We have received two new
songs for the piano, from Horace Waters
publishing house, entitled "Oh would that
! we're his loving wife," and "Dixie Doo-
de- To be found at any Of the music
stores.
DELArED TRAIKs.-The Night Express
on the { Chicago / R. l. Railroad Vas delay
Cd today by washed track near Joliet and