Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-12-05

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through ticket can be purchased. Rail.
roads have their rights which should be
respected. and so have the people. In.
dividuals are often unreasonable in their
demands ~ well as railroads. A uniform
adjustment of railroad fares, so rs tn
avoid SO much friction between the en-.
ployees OF the road and the public. is
certainly very desirable. L.
TO Teachers.
| | have seen some very interesting
sights in Oxford County within tho last
three years, and IL had had twenty lives
| could have seen twenty times rs many.
have seen school OF boys and girls
rise in their seats, one after another, and
tell all they knew about arithmetic. and
then look in the book 20 see If they could
find something more to reciic. They had
learned to depend upon themselves, and
not upon their teacher TO tell what they
knew 1t wa, n beautiful sight, because
knew they were learning habits OF self
reliance. have seen class OF little
boys and girls from loul TO eight years OF
age, 90 to the blackboard and write all
the words they could think OF which they
knew how to spell. They loved to do
il because it was something they knew
how TO do. have seen many just such
classes the last year, and it waS most
interesting sight. because | knew they
would not grow up without being able to
write. have seen school away oil
among the mountains that could spell
everything in the school house. and ont
OF the windows and on their way to
school, and al home and in their reading
lessons, so that found it very hard work
TO find words which some of them could
no, spell. They were learning to spell
the very words they would most need
when they should be men and women.
have seen class of boys and girls in
a school trying to read perfectly. They
would take verse and study ii ill they
could read il almost TO perfection. ]
wanted To hear them read II great deal II
was so pleasant m exercise. ] have
seen some little boys and girls learn
some pieces and speak them before the
school so distinctly that they could be
heard all over n large school house. They
were learning TO do what they may wan
TO do when they become men and women.
have seen school where all The
scholars that could write. had n little note
book in which each one wrote down at
least one new idea he had learned every
day. II he spelled word wrong, it was
sure To- be written down aud remember.
ed You may lie sure that was good
school. Almost every day the teacher
would ask them what they had written.
This aided them in remembering what
they had written.
have seen school where all that
studied geography would go to Tie black
board ami diaw map of all they knew
about Geography. There were some
quite small boys and girls in that class.
They did not easily forget their scogra-
ply. They would also stand in their
fstat and tell NIL they conld remember oi
what they had learned in that study. |
thought it was very interesting.
have seen several schools. and wish
! | could sec more OF them, where the Oil.
er scholars were learning how To write II
good letter. aud how To write u bill for
goods note and receipt. while some
of them were learning the art OF book
keeping. They seemed very much III
terestcd in the exercise, aud will readily
! find somebody who will want their SER
vices when they go out into the world.
! have seen a class OF very small boys
and Girl, who were too small To study
grammar, yet they were learning TO
speak The English language correctly
/ They could correct almost anybody's bad
grammar. They knew that the express
sion, Ihad ought 10 do ii, was bad one,
and knew how To correct it. They had
learned in this way in one single term a
great deal about grammar that will al
WAYS be valuable To them, although they
never rccitcd u single lesson from The
! book.
have seen the little boys and girls in
n school able to add all the numbers as
high rs six, arranged in all possible ways
Just as fast rs they could speak. They
could buy and sell little articles ut the
stores and make The change with these
numbers. Il was delightful, to see how
rapidly they would do il. They never
thought OF counting their fingers when
they were performing their little ex,
amplcs. They had learned to do it in 4
moment. have seen class of boys
and girls write down their figures on
their states in perfect order. and which
looked almost rs though they had been
printed. The habit thus formed will
make them careful all through life. II
was pretty sight.
have been in many schools the past
year where all the scholars attended to
penmanshp. The oldest scholars wrote
ia their writing books; another class
wrote copies from the blackboard. while
the smallest ones wrote Gil the black
board. The whole school was engaged
] In writing nj the came iima.=iust as be.