The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-07
Why is it?

tnui very recently, When any lhins
was about to be done in connection with
the school interests of the county, our
sanctum was literally run down with no
tices of institute meetings, reports of pro-
ceedings, and such like matters, almost
always accompanied with" please cor
rect errors as | had no time," or " it was
written in a hurry" We always, like a
willing wheel horse, did the work request
ed of US, even when the time was imperi-
ously demanded by other and more profit
able work, and we did it too gratuitously
without charge for either our labor CT
correcting or for the space occupied In
our paper. We latter ourself, too, that,
we, on more than one occasion, by the
care exercised in making the matter fit to
appear before our readers, added no little
to the literary stature of more than one
of our am bilious pedagogues, and even of
those of higher degree, who would other
wise have made very small appearance
in the world Of letters. We did this the
more cheerfully, because we felt an in
terest in the success of our schools, and
because we took more than a common
share of pride in having our superintend-
ents and teachers appear to outsiders as
" some pumpkins" when they chose to
spread themselves with pen and paper
Our paper then seemed to be the favorite
with our scholastic literati, and we were
often complinented over our cleverness,
both in taking on the soap" and thus
giving our time and room. Latterly, this
thing has all changed. Our sanctum is
seldom graced with even an apparition of
those who called so often; and if we wish,
as We most certainly do, to do our share
in the good work of building up zion of
excellence in our common schools, we are
left to smell out the things that are to
happen, or to take them from our cotempo-
rary the Democrat, and lay them before our
readers when a week old. Now, why is
this? We have thrown no stones into
the garden of any our former friends that
we know Of On the contrary, our whole
aim has been to make their course run as
smoothly as possible, aud their places on
earth as pleasant as can be desired. The
last Getting of the Teachers Institxe was
case in point. Not whimper had We
that such meeting was contempla-
ted until we saw the notice in the Demo
crat, when it was too late for insertion in
our paper: and we should have been with
out report of proceedings, but that the
geatlemanly Secretary of the Institute be-
thought himself to look In upon US and
see that We were provided Now in view OF
all our liberality in the past-and in view
of a course, with which even the narrow
minded Of the managers in this affair can
find no good grounds for cavil, we submit
that we are suffering grievous wrong,
not only in ourself, but, also, in oul
readers.-They and VIC pay school taxes
ungrudgingly, and the right is ours to
know, and, if We see fit, see and hear
what is being done and said by our young
Solons for the advancement of the cause
of education in our midst; and we hope
that in future, we may have no cause for
complaint. In any event, we DO hope and
pray that the school system in our county
is noeto be made a mere political. ma
chine.