Weekly Trinity journal., 1865-03-25

OHc Of tuSSe uluCn hDhstu iuulh tuS
village pedagogue, furnished the followingto the
Colusa Sun, recently. 1t contains much of
truth and reality that we consider it we'll worth
<he space it occupies
To-day is the last day OF February, and think
agrees with the usual appelatiou OF . last but
not least. Yes, it is the last. and think the
meauest Of mean month February has beha
we'd itself in very shabby manner this year, and
now, if in very spite, il seems To have enlisted
old Boreas that's what you call him. an
il ? and all the tends OF the elements in his ser
vice and determined on this, last day, to have
regular blowout. showing Yes, Of course it
Is what else could be expected 1t hailed be-
fore sun mp, il has bowed great guns an day.
and now il is showing think the mercury has
gone down to have chat with zero. haven
got a what-yon-call-him and perhaps that
the reason it feels cold. gh The cold wind
whistles through the cracks in the house and the
snow sitting through the roof sprinkes the paper
under my pen. And where yon ask. am | writ
ingt At no one 5 residence, voI may be sure.
Certainly not 70 man that had energy enough
70 blow his nose. or pride enough to change his
linen, would even dream ofiirng in such house.
No man with a drop OF blood in his veins would
offer such shelter to sick sheep NJ dear .r,
fa,s IL ne scAooihouse.' The pp5itc schooi-bo'ss.
The old shcct-iron stove stands in corner. tic
pipe Is too short to run on, at the middle OF the
roof and a dozen ruddv-faced Youngsters st
shiyering around it. The sidcs ot this specimen
Of school architecture bend and creak, the roof
rattes, the door Is kept shut with stone, while
the floor would make splendid -prinebpari for
an amateur somersaul;-tuuiJler Just 3ail until
warm my hanIs.
We'll. to proceed. In describing thj. hoasc
believe an describing uine-teu,hs ci the eonn-
try school house, in this ,roa' this glorious, this
wealthy Statcof Ctltorni1 The drearcst, most un-
inviting spols for the -itGniion, the limsieSt ma
trrial for constitution. and the vericst make shit
arrangement. in desks and seats. Th, is the
way too many Of the cnterprjeing parents Of our
State prepare t5r the education of their ciii3ttu.
Men i:.,t wil cAccr!uliy g,- four cents per pounl
for h,r!c, 10 feed. and twelve dollars ton for
straw to bed decent horse-mca that would
feel their conscience sting thcm if their chickens
hadn good place to rnUst ar Their hogs pleas
ant .iacc 10 ,lccp-mca th1t VIII pay three 80
FIVE hundred dollars for hloOied buck 10 Improve
thcir breed Of sheep. viii send tuJlr chiiren TO ii
honse bat one remove from ont o. doors. not III
for the residence ofH bigger lHiidn--perhap. to
= teacher employed for thirty dollars month
and expect thctn no. they don they c1af cA-
pc: tlc,n 70 learn, but satisfy their condolences
If 'hcg hayc any-by sending To school wh'le
the school money ia>ts. '- Hh YES We vc
got two hundred dollars school rtnl. ani thai
certainly ougut to employ tc.cAcr for i've or >iN
months especially II sc board him round Ih"
e.-hapi hat.r wil. do: there ain - school money
-aoakh 10 baild better one, &. &. Bah
Il i, simply li,gs.fing. have known m"n +
.ucnd fitiy dollar; i: i year for q. ttur'- oi
the yilc>t kind, ,hat wouli growl IN" sore
headed bear l.thry had nrao five d1t,ar, toward,
building dccrut school Eou>.. "r paving cent
towards a: lin, The school fund in ,ay!u- a good
teacher t"inATt"a war"s-
Tha sr,t grand qul'i~ation of teacher in q
,nauYily of country districts, is ,htt 81 c'e fHc ;.
Thea h. must co4.lur, h., school according 10
thc notions of every one Of hlS patrons. ~ 'nfF
nuni>h every i'd in school bat p7 ct,id HD
CHI don : rce3 +. He must entertain 40 rr.l-
riog; or political views OF his own: rlrst ON
body within himself the whole cod. Of morality
an, II tb christian, graccs, including the con-
ccatrat<l essence o. the patience OF iot't JV"s.
Th-n If h. aanws n iiulr 'readin r'jil aud
'rjtbmct;c il dos n injnrr, bat lhose are sec
ondary considerations t.
i, Ji..unoir,ci iemaro-rc. NSthng Of the
kind. have taught school in eight or"t'', ~
this State. and have always received goot y.
Bat know the ropes aud know what am
talking about. Aud say thNt il i a shame and
a disgrace To the country, the manner IN which
matters are conducted in minority of the school
i siricts in this State rhcr" Is ~ district not 4
hundred miles above Coust ia which liberal,
progressive beneficial spirit is manifested -
a.. u horA'
We trust thct every School Trustee in Inc
county will read the foregoing. Last year the
State Superintendent of Public instruction re-
quircd every county Superintendent to report
how many School Houses in his county were .
disgrace to the State Trinity was reported
as containing more than one. and there are school
houses in the county which are 10 better than
the one in which the above was Penred school
houses through which the snow has no trouble
10 sift and at least one whore Youngsters shlVer
round an old shcet-iron stove. II is liSgracefu.
and time that proper attention was given 70 the
public School-housc AMI its surroundings. l.t-
tie army of children is growing UP within the
county boundaries. TIE time i not far distant
when these will have voice in our councils and
public affairs, aui it i meet that proper ex-
ample should be set them, by which to be guided
when they have arrived at years Of Maturity
Parents and guar ilans should give this mater
their attention.
Ho1LowAv.s OI~rNrNr.-A VoicE FROM the
WLprgN -AH,rss. TvMoRs. ScRoFU ors ANn
GLANDvLta SwEl,tNGs.- Livingstone the great
African Traveller relates that he was rs much
startled At the ,i,ht OF pot OF Holloway oint-