Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-04-16

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| C1Abos u pssEA -Uades tlis hsaeial
ws said . few sAinss Saturday that h
Schssl Dsaa al uptssG ! Il seems thal
~ Bard has bsss spsculaaisss litalss asd
ils opesstisn = The natter was 20 shrewd
thst tbe psspss have misundsssteod then.
IL issaF seisiee th6a sAsy hase nae6ag good
shMf 6ut efths change, end, q TIE Books
are superior V ths ethsss, Z vill be great
bsnsat u both tsschefs and 'pdpils. For
The bsneas Of the people We ststs the facts
in the case ~ ws have then from the men
bers Of the Board. Superintendent and
\ sssra Psios % this change ne schools
vsrs usine : vssiety of tsst books, which.
a. every teacher knows, il sefions dstri,
msnt 70 the pupils. Some two months ago
Ssuudes's books were. BY order Of the
Board. introduced At retail prices, but the
change Was 10 bc made In such a way that
j. would take stwo years or mora - esspple,e
the change (altogsthei too slow for vest
srn Board Of Education). As soon IS a.
class got through with old books. instead Of
| spurpAasing numbers Of the saAs sefies'
they we're TO purchase Sanders.
Tie poeat 5sr Hilliafd pucpeses to take
all, 81 Ssunders and givs the co'sespsn ains
number si Hilliarde in return. For all 9th.
ers he proposes to make .(a3 esehangt,
which, ~ Mr. Hiskey accompanies him,
win be done in unsatisfactory manner. We
arc we'll aware ef The prejadics entertained
by the people against the changing Of
books, but il We look At this 10 right light,
We cannot fail to see the great advantages
70 accrue to teachers, pupils. and psrents
by thus having uniformity in our text
books, and particularly IN the matter Of
srpesss, - younger children can use the
books Of the older. a12#t SIT
We had understood that Saunders series
he'd been introduced throughout, whereas
only about 20s had thus far been used,
leaving balance Of three or four hdhdred
to be put in at the commencement Of this
term. This change takes the place Of that,
and is in effect the same as that, only bet
ter, a. il gives Us . complete series and .
uniformity in all the grades.
st
SAD AcCInEnT.-S0mc time ago there |
vas employed in one Of the merchant es-
ADJUSTMENTS Of our city. gay youth Of
about forty summers, who was noted alike
for his magnificent head Of hair, and an |
Isaac WALTON psnehant for fishing. On 4 |
warm and pleasant morning last summer
he obtained = days leave Of absence to
visit the "rocks" above our city. to indulge
in his fAvorite recreation. Returning in
the evening, be very inadvertently hung a
fish line on the hrst unoccupied nail he
could find, while be should attend to some !
other duties, and there left it. On tie fol
lowing mSniug blushing yoong lady en-
tsrsl and called fer two bundles OF liking !
cotton" The sls'k / amiied languiay ~ he |
thought Of the prospective fate of tie cot
ton, and stopped 10 procure il fran bot
tom shelf, vhen lel his trsachesous flsh>
hook caught his "ambrosial locks" lifted
them dangling into the cir. and revealed
craneum Is bare and dassling - that Of
poor Yorick," the gentleman who was
known so we'll. The lady ssys she cOuld'n.
keep The secret any longer. |
Dvsleus wl1.-SpsAking Of Miss Diokia-
sons's lecture the other svening, the Rich
Emond Palladium says:
We are told that she hadn't progressed |
very fer in kcr speech before gentleman |
arose and star ted for the door. Hating in |
her address she gate him special attention,
by rcnarkirg "that there was some pots |
that only beld A.pint, and tLat some held
quart, and some a gallon, and she presumed
tnat the gentleman who had Just taken his
departure cnly held pint, and that his lit |
tie pot was fullr'
Either Miss Annie must imagine that
''goak" one Of par excellence, Or she is most
wonderfully deficient in poinsiess Wit. She
got oa" tha qape thing while lccturing u
Metrcr olitsn Hall. in this city. on the occa.
sion Of sick soldier leaving the hall, and
We are informed that she did the Same At
Chicago and other cities where her humbug
lectures were tolerated. The next time she
gets peany -a-liner to write hsr Z lecture,
~e ady;ss Aer 10 introduce some new ''pint'
which the public viii be enabled to see.
The cream Of the Richmond joke was, that
her uncle WAS the man Who goat gut
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WEsrwARD Ho!-To- morrow morning.
at eight o'clock, eleven teams will leave
Judge Cook place, below our city, bound
for Denver city, and other western points.
The parties owning the teams arc NJ Mark
Westlake, Of Rockingham, and VI this city
and vicinity, nsssss. Jshn H. Taylor, Jo-
seph Risloy, VIM. Cook. son Of Judge Cook,
IIagh Barnsides, John Kearns, and Nr.
Platz. About thirty passengers and dri
vers are included in the party. NJ. Taylor
has passed upwards Of six years ID the
gold regions, and loads 6vs teams with
eight hundred pounds Of provisions essh.
We wish the advsntuits safs ana pres
rerous journey, hoping tbst in duo time
thcy win secure IN abundance Of the dust.
4 portion Of the partv intends ssturniig b.
March nsx..
QvAsssalr Statsnsst efths First Nssisa.
a College Bank. q Davenport, 1ews, Vea-
nsedAy April llth 1885: . ass
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