Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-02-03

A MSS. on the Profound Secrets OF Ed
Mcatton-. John and Henry visit the
High SchoOi-Its Teachers, Condi-
tion, &c.
saw the cid school-room yesterday,
Within whose classic walls
learned to read my A B G,
And toss round paper balls.

4 saw the cid school-rooni Yesterday,
Within whose classic walls
| learned to read my B G.,
| And toss round paper balls,
IT was fine sunshiny afternoon on the
| 3lst day OF January, 1870, when | threw
aside my books--books wherein record
bualness transactiOns-and sauntered ont
| apparently ior the purpose of visiting the
educational institutions Of our city, com
monty called "High Schools" history Of
| which tormIa fraction of this brief paragon.
We were accompanied by another journal.
| lstic shuttlecocll, an active, good looking
| good.humored young man, just the stuff
| you know to construct a village beau. or
| bully, or both 1t is not, however, his pby.
sical qualities that has rendered John hls
| renown, but his endowments, with little
more than on average portion of common.
sense. lie can drive quill to the tune Of
"Spencerian is the hand | write" and use
qualifying adjectives as well as Henry. He
has received the rudments Of a liberal ed.
ucation, bat in no wise does this iptellectu.
al superiority over his fellow tovnsmen
make him skeptical, sophistcal or dsputa.
tious, for never vet have heard him doubt
the existence of God or ghosts. John il
not one of those persons thu IS too law
to carry his own weight, Ga plague that So
clety is too often overrun with, but is viii.
Ing to undergo any process Of painful sac
rihces, or privations attendant on an hon.
est method of earning his bread. and butter
Another, and the last best point in his char.
acter is. that he has resolved not to PASS
through this world in single blesse1ness
good thing for him, for he was awavs in
love before he made this resolve and we
know from facts as strong as proofs of
holy writ" that literary man in love js n
literary man lost--bettcr he had milestone
hung about his neck. Henry has resolved
to avoid the fatal meshes of matrimony
while yet In the formative period Of ex-
lstcnce, but not without admitting that
q He who loves not women, wine and ,ong,
Remahs fool his whole life long"
because he thinks it stale. fat nnnroHt.
able business, and if Johu doesn't think
so to he will be prccipitated down the In.
tnicated steep of the apaQue profundty of
dsmnation But stop John, dare no,
discourage you, for "whom God hath ioined
together let no man asundcr"
we emigrated on contentedly in the IN.
interrupted sunshine until we came t. A
sidewalk crossing, where we came in coli
sion with two ladies. They stopped sfter
they had sent John sprawlinp on Mis- back
III the snow. and asked pardon. bus Iohn
dldnt consider this sufficient reccmpense
Tor such an oiiense, so he started IF on
foot for Madison, where he saws he shall re-
main until the Legislature passes law that
shall require two or more persons who are
approaching Junction Of the sidewalk, TO
come to full stop, and neither shall start
tlll the other has crossed the point Of June.
tion. This accounts for his non appearance
at the school room.
Pardon us, good friends and readers, for
our digression, and follow to the subject in
which we first enlisted our attention.
few minutes walk brought US to the school
rooms. We ascendcd winding stairs an
I'll we came to the door of the FIRST Grade,
which is under the instruction of Miss
Alice Temple. We gave a laundering ran
which called Mr.. GAYLORD, the Principal, to
the door, who at first sight stared at us
with holy horror, but on learning that the
designs of our august visit we're not like
King Richards
"who with twenty thousand men,
Marched up hill and then marched down autIn "
for nothing. b. became more digestibe.-
We found Ar. Gaylord gentleman Of hiph
culture and learning, evidently possessing
what too few educational men possess. a
thorough knowledge of the principles by
which all schools should be conducted, viz
The means by which mental faculties may
be best developed and strengthened what
is the most successful mode of study how
much, and when, and how, &c. an attain
ment which accounts for his success and
social excellence as teacher. We were
conducted by him through the seyerai
Grades, on leaving the first Grade we came
to the Second under charge of Hiss Emma
Woodruff This Grade chiefly for disci.
plning students for the more difficult stud
les Of the First Grade. Here we found a
spelling class under instructions by II meth.
cd that by no means will allow those inter.
ested to 60 asleep, under penalty Of for.
feting their position in the class for one
that is worse. We now pass on to the
lUlru Oraue cOnuucteu by mrs. LlZZle
Rowe, who appeared to have her school un-
der good control. Only two things | find
here worthy Of note, one is saw little
rosy checked chap asleep, but suppose he
was tired, and we all know that WEAKNESS
can snore on flint. Another thing WAS
they stared at us while entering "all ston-
led like a sort Of steers.
We now advance TO the door Of the
Fourth and last Grade (The Fifth was des-
MISSED, being composed Of little chaps)
Where we enter upon the colony of monk
les commanded by Miss Jennie McNair,
who welcomed us with How dye dogn and
politely requested to take a seat in the
premier baae de droih which means When
translated into English my only chair
Here for the first time on our tonr through
the several Grades did we find heavens
first law, "Orders Miss McNuir we IN
derstand is new Teacher there, she hav.
ing taken charge OF her Grade when its
scholars were in a very unruly condition.
But she went i'm Wild her r0j in hpp hand