Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-01-04

children or should give them poison. who
should refuse TO clothe them or should allow
them to wear garments Infected with disease,
would be deemed criminal. meriting the
severest penalties of law.
Little less guilty is be. who,ih committing
his children to the temporary care VI another.
should allow him to starve or poison them.
Most recreant to duty is he, who, assuming
the care of children, placed under him by
confiding parents. shall take advantage OF
his position to plant in their life blood the
seeds of disease.
There is no plea for forgiveness for such an
act committed wilfully, and ignorance of the
results of our actions can palliate our guilt
only when such ignorance is necessary and
does not spring from carelessness and reck-
less disregard Of consequences.
Do the parents OF our county know what
their children are breathing during the hours
of school? Have you, parents. ever taken
full inhalation of the mixture which fills our
school houses at ten O'Clock, A. NJ. and on
ward on a cold day, when the stove is at a
red heat, and every window closed? Did you
Try to analyze and detect all the ingredients
as they mingled hour by hour in that close
room2 Did any feeling of nausea affect your
stomach Did you not rejoice when you could
once more inhale Whit Of pure outdoor
air. If you have had these experiences, let
me ask you, do you like it2 and do you
repeat the visits often and stay long? If YOU
have never enjoyed the privileges which you
are furnishing your children, make visit TO
the school room at once and obtain, by rich
experience. knowledge of the s'Oeats OF
student life. Take deep draughts; fear not
any symptoms of headache; for your children
are there six hours daily. and you must
certainly enjoy il tor one or two.
The truth is, our school children are being
poisoned by foul air. Most of our school
houses are constructed with very poor facili
ties for ventilation, and the matter is left
wholly to the teachers, many of whom are
too ignorant or careless TO devise any neaIs
to secure Il supply of pure air.
The conseq uences- are, listlessness in study
and dullness i'll recitation, on the part of the
pupils, irratbility, on the part Of the teacher.
and headache, COLDS and the foundation of
various diseases Ia ALL and consumption and
death to many. Probably one-hal' the pun
ishment for restlessness and ina tention could
be avoided by allowing pupils to breathe
a little of the pure air Of heaven which the
Creator has adapted TO human lungs, and
designed to he inhaled deeply in all ils Furi-
ty.
The man who would reject pure water from
the living spring and prefer, instead. that
which had been successfully swallowed and
elected from the mouths OF fifty men, with
all the concomitants of decayed teeth, tobacco
chewing, beer drinking, foul language and
profanity, would be considered as lacking in
good tasle.
" hat shall we say of him who eagerly
breathes in the mingled exhalatious from the
lungs, through the mouths and nostrils of
fifty children. in ell conditions of cleanliness
IRON perfect purity do,,ooard2
1t is in vain to point out means for ventil-
lating our school houses until existing evils
tit iCNoSulNS anu lcll anu all 6sIbtSl uSSlle
shown To remove them.
Every teacher is responsible for the health,
comfort and progress OF his pupils as far as
his power extends, and no one condition Is
more essential thaH full supply of pure air.
School officers are bound to ste that the
arrangements of the school house are such
that this is possible, and then to insist upon
il, and a failure in this should Le deemed
just cause for dismissing teacher. holding in
this, as in other things, that a poor school is
worse than none. R.
ENTERTAINMENT.-Our friends, of Prescott
and neighboring towns, will be pleased to
know of our success, in securing house and
lot for the widow OF the late Rev. L. b. ROC
Frs. at this place. To such, by request,
cordially extend an invitation to meet at her
house. for entertainment, On the afternoon and
evening of the third Tuesday of this month
to further interest themselves in the securing
of home for Mrs. RoGERs and her bcreft
children. Let us all meet there on that day
and bestow OF our substance, as a wise proyi-
dence has favored us, that, if possible, with
the remittance on Tuesday, the sums our
friends have so cheerfully subscribed. may
raise the desired sum. ID. W, HULBURT.
Prescott, Jan. 2, 1867.
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