The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-30
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A CARD.

In fragment Of the Troy Rsppsticdn bearing date ni
septemoerzWh-exae'ly" one month ago. nav ,'e n.y.
the nrst time seen most oitter reekiess ~ ''.
in communication over the signature OF hae |i'un
IL Is true had previously inferred no" ~ .s
Che that had been the subject Of certain ou,
supposed these to be merely in the nature Oh
allusions, rather than that was the theine ." An al.
tirle teeminy with faisehood devoted 10 'ne Pu " "
suting me and covering me Win aspers"hs. e
nication bears unmistakaole evidence "i oens '"e
ton OF Mrs Laura u Coehran-ner mo.'e '
manly an assault can only snrmise -si's' .''s ~ y
have never wronged her; nor can sne shese 'n@' nave
ever said any thing either in public OF private
her animosity On the contrary it Is some'nns re"A
ble that 1t has devoyed upon me- or rathe'' nav
ed 20 defend and apologize Tor TINS woman =" - 20
clcs, from the INST time ever saw her "n, .., H. "
advent into White Cloud anu eon1hu""ss
most up to the day oil my removal !" Se"ee
Troy, in ls7o, when, II mistake ho'' Ane 'DAs.
before Teachers Institute She was " an.
ed, in terms which shall not repsal Inc sa~
thrna- when she failed to carry On tne
best Essay Wen do rememoer fie' epAk. % - -
occasion, and again tue snetrs ana goes vi '"e
throng assembied al the motel ana inc poPos
rairoader to award her TN ~hisue'-an ol "S" ''"
and there denounced As unsenuena"s, 1'
worthy was my conduct respecting Are Coc",sa
the event OF her marriage ana reno'ai 70
She was almost an entire stranger anu pe'p'o
and marveiled al the social Positioh oil one
such an alliance. was repeatedly Pheu VIZ. f"
respecting her character her st4naine' anu NC. a'a
ments ana may ehahenge any ihn'i1uAi v SOY - -
not uniformly speak 9" her In terms ~ op'ninen'n VI
that did NOT nun nrs' 70 last ' us'
bat the uniarorame judgment ~heh ner
ture called forth. AS evidence Oh my ""
rious times can refer To MI. springer, m rai
ter Palmer VIM Penny anu ns. "Anen'i'' u me-
Cioud' and think have spoken VI her IN
terms at different tunes I'd my irlenas, ~ +" 'Dio""
Rose, and Prof Reyes "heh M Coohian "' ''n''
date for Office last SPRING supPo'.eu n,'" anu
ed TO persuade others 10 'o'e io' n,n' "o .o"'' w
their way clear my arguments oeins o'seu ON
tons for this woman VINO now outisseS ueoenes !"
that she may overwhein me Win inoisn'!' '..'
not ALL for when she brnke down IN her sehoo ast sum
ner the charge made by OF her pupils that she
was incompetent and by adults that her pupils were her
equal in schularship repele The claim untenable,
and assured that they going too far The ground
then took still maintain; for will not lie against this
woman though she scrupled misrepresent
in the most offensive possible To be entirely fair
however willing to concede that in her attempts to
teach young lady Algebra she should have been true to
the dogma she lays down. vz that although teacher be
Obliged to learn night in order to impart
10 his class next day. il nobcdys business 1t
happen that the teacher has not capacity learn
over night" and collapse is impendingl Still will
qo hack on any thing have said and now r.erate what
told Mr. Springer and Mr Penny last Spring. in
uending her for position their respective schoos-that
.bs ia one of the most capabe teachers o)he lass in
iphau County Nav more: am willing to roncede that
she 1, woman of spirit notwithstanding the abect spec
ace she of accepting present position third
cbo;c.tbat is after her application had been subordina
ted IN Mrs Devs option Cwhat humiliatong and then
ubected To the contingency of Miss Kerner ability to
,re III. plare Ate "bumbe ME- she NAV have done
r,,ixelvbut tn use one Of her own can't expressions
her bread and butter were stake-literaly. Have
not paid sufficient tribute to this womans sterling worth
10 of those of her own sex who have given her the
serial snubbinp demand word more in extenualion!
Then IN one st. further in arnanmity and pronounce
their ndemep, incousd.rate in ascribnr to her low ex
,ract;on because of her questionable. affiliations
"She vould IL she eould
If she couldn't how could shel"
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall
Let all whom it may concern, now hearken to brief
vindicatOn of myself Among the tests of a teachers
worth perhaps none conclusive as the following;
Is the periodical examinations through which he is
auired pass and ID his ability to sustain himself in a
single locality series of years Now to the first of
these have in possession credentials Of the
imum grade from every Board before which have
appeared As the second standard specified nearly my
entire teacher comrsed in four localities
three Ohio and in Kansahe several periods being
three four four, and four years. As Offset to Mrs
Cochrans charge Of "idiOcy" and imbeciy. well
neciency in the school recall the formal reports
of Mcsss Brown and Rose given at divers times to
mention the frequent compliments Of the which this
veracious personage is pleased to style pufs will not
deny that may have been the auehingstock of this dis
eliminating connosscur Of manly intelligence, % of com
GD of geutlity C!D-ye gods.-but have it
from reliable source, that Pref Banded pleased to
single out for the most haterns compliments his
return to Leavenwoth from his attendance at the last
session of the Donhan County Teachers Institute Then
here comes the testimony Of Martin b. Bowers whose