The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-01-12
OUR SCHOOL vIsITS.-NO. 5.


new, teacher. Here we found a small
school,-the number enrolled being II,
and the present number s. School had
been in session AZ weeks, with regular
attendance, s cases of tardiness and no
visitors, although two or three had " call
ed"
The school room is very small but large
enough for the present school. 1t is we'll
painted and quite well seated. 1t has d
hall but no Noodbox AS consequence,
the wood, which is at present green oaG,
is placed around and unders,gthe stove
and subjected to a drying process pre-
vious to burning The day we visited
the school was cold one, and, as might.
be expected. our sympathles were enlist
ed for the little ones who were vainly
endeavoring to shiver up little warmth
around the smoking, sizzling, steaming,
Kissing, green oak fire. The site is small
and unfenced.
Dist No. 7, Paris NJ. J. Andrus,
teacher, The school in thisI district is
held in a building whose exterior has a
very slight resemblance to a schoolhouse.
The room is small and furnished with a
blackboard, map Of the United States
shovel, wood box, bell, water pail and
window curtains. The school had been
in session nearly seven weeks. with fair
attendance of 90 pupils The number of
cases hardness recorded was g. with flee
additional the morning we were present.
Visitors numbered 3, none Of them dis
trict officers. We were not able to deter
mine the size of the lot, but think it very
large. It is unfenced.
Dist. No. 8, Somers. James Cavan-
augh, teacher Winslow school" The
register of this school shows regular at
tendance of 33 scholars, with 25 cases tar
illness in z weeks. During this time the
school has received but two visits, one of
them from the district clerk. The
school room, like most school-rooms in
Somers is papered, well seated, has q
good clock, and is supplied with large
blackboard surface. Coal is the fuel
used. The schoolnouse is well painted
inside and out. The site is very large
so large that we cannot give an estimate
of its size. 1t is partially fenced.
Dist. No. T. Pleasant Prairie; Club
lin." In this district we first welded the
crabapple sprout as an incentive to
study /" thirteen years ago; and we now
find our namesake, P. r. Barnes, here en-
gagged in +" teaching the young idea, &c"
But alas the we'll known and prolific
crab tree has long since been despoiled of
It's available sprouts and bonghs, and
now it stands sad but Suggestive wreck
of its departed glory. 1t might be we'll
to add that in this district our friend V.
V. Barnes commenced his career as 3
pedagogue also This of course had
nothing to do with the dsmantled condi-
ton of the aforementioned. We find the
names of the 81 pupils as members of the
school, with "a cases of tardiness marked
IN two months. The attendance is regu-
lar,-remarkably so for this school
Thele have been II visitors, none of them
By district officers. The schoolroom is old,
small and inconVenient; but is furnished
with charts, maps, small blackboard, cur
tains, pail, dipper, &c, and is neatly pa
pered. On the site, which is not enclos-
cd, we find good well and pump.
Dist. No. 5, Pleasant Prairie "Har-
kins school" w. J. Fox, Teacher. This
school had been in session five weeks pre-
vious to our visit, with an irregular at
tendance of A members. The number of |
cases Of hardness had been 81, and the
number of visits 2, not By the district board. |
For want of a shovel the teacher takes
the ashes out of the stove with chip,
and for want of wood box the wood is
kept on the floor. The walls look hun |
cry for clock, maps and chart, and we
hope they do not hunger in vain. With
some repairs the blackboard would be
one of the best We are pleased to notice
a new fence in process of construction
around the school ground. We hope
this second hint relative to shOUcE and
ao0odboc will be acted upon. If not we
shall try it again.
Dist. No. 4. Salem. Miss r. 2. Wagner, |