The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-04-08
Things About Town That
Need Attic NtiOn.

Our town needs the active attention
and aid not only Of its officials but of eve
ry good citizen in shaping and fixing up
its streets, and it's public park. The streets
are to be graded, and where they are SO
situated as to retain the water that falls
or in other ways accumu'ates upcn them,
means should be provided to conduct it
away. Side walks too should &c con-
structel along Peck stree: to the school
house by those whose duty it is to put
hem down, and other links in walks to
be put down should be Immediately built.
The town authorities should, to max c
them available, take prompt measures to
put d""n all street crossings. Yet all
should be done with strict regard to
pe,mancncc. economy. and practical
Utility. This is the work of the town. or
Of individuals specially int crested.
The public park should also he embcl.
lished with shade trees of various kinds,
the trees now standing on it should b.
properly mulched, and the dead limbs all
removed. and tie ground put down to
some good lawn grass. This is work in
which every c,tzou is more or less inter
ested, and if done at al, must largely he
done by them without other reward than
such rs a just pride in the beauty and
adornmen, of their town will give. Who
wiz move in arranging the time when Il
genuine old fashioned bee. under the d.
rection Of our eficisnt incoming or out.o-
ing Mayor, or such other scrsoa as may
be chosen. will supply and transplant the
forest trees needed! This, remember is IL
wo.k that must be accomplished before
the foliage puts out, Or deie rred ons entire
year.
Then there is our school house and its
grounds What the living room should
DO for the family, they and thei, surround
ings should be to our chi!dlen,-;hc pride
of their youth, and the place of all 9TH
ers Except tho parental fre.ide) cherish
cd and remembered in maturcr years. :
II to make happy their offspring; create
a taste for the beautiful, the pure, and the
good; develop the physical powers; expand
purify, and ripcn the Intellect Of their
offspring wards, or pupils, is the duty Of
parents guardians or teachers, then the
proper establishment If their h ,mes 0,
school edifices with their surround ingH is
sacrcjly enjo,nod by every pr,ncirl. Of
duty and right. While man may slun a
duty, he cannot shirk tie responsibility OF
his own deliberate acts, or Of his wilful or
criminal negligence. The wealth that
communities hoard by ncglecting to pro.
vide for the mental and moral culture OF
the youth is only an accumulated fund for
the erectiols Of prisons and furnishing
courts with the paraphcnalia Of rest rain
! ing those that cur schools and teachers
have failed to direct Alright.
But why sheuId teachers take more in.
tercst than parents? That the surroun,.
.ngs Of cur school house may DO properly
| embcllishcd it is proposed that We have
bee, every individual Of the town who is
allie dcvoting one day t. procuring and
.ransplanting desirable forest trees. In
this way without scarcely fee!ingit, we
may ornament tho grounds about tie
public school house 20 attrac,ively that in
after years thny will be referred to as the
| dearest spot on earth.
Shall We do i'll and If 80, whsul