The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-09-29
A BIG DAY IN SUTTON.
The Assembled Wisdom of Draxton
Meet at the Court House.
LOTS or FINE CLOTHES AND EXQUISITE
LOOKING MusTAcnR.
Cigars and Mcerschaums in Great
Demand.

together with his associates, DR.. j. D,
Dillon and Prof, L. D. Humphreys,
met at the Court House Of Braxton TO-
day to examine applicants for ccrtiii.
Gates to teach in tho FREQ schools Of the
county during tho coming winter. On
last evening, from every part of tho
county, tho young professors began 10
pour 10, and to-day, at 10 o'clock A.
NJ, tie buglo sounded the notiCc that
tho Examining Committee were ready
to proceed. l noticed among the ap'
plicants q few who have been for some
years in tho service, and others who
buta short timo past woro numbered
among the pupils. by the way, there
we're some Of The fair sex on hand, at
tempting to measure talcn. with the
strong and giant young mon Of Brax.
ton. AT half.past 10, A. NJ, tho first
examination took place on reading,
lasting for about haitian hour.
MATHEMATICS.
Ouestions.-1ss, Name and define
tho Eve Fundamental rules. 2nd, The
dividend Of a problem is 1890. ro-
mainder 10, qaoticu 2l4, what is tho
diyisor Srd, Find number from
which, IL G5 be subtraCtod and the 70.
lnaindor divided by 10, tho quotient
will be 452 4th, Give tho rule for
reduction ascending? 9th, To tho
quotient Of II divided by q, add the
quotient Of 81 Divided by o.? 9th,
Find tho interest on $500 for year,
/ month and IS days, at 6 per cent?
7th, A teacher being asked tho num-
Dor Of pupils be had, replied that IL he
had as many moro, half as many more.
and ono.fourth as many moro, ho would
have 110-required tho number Of pu.
pills? stb, A room is 90 feet long, 10
feet wide, IL feet high, find the diago.
nal from tho upper corner to the oppo.
site lower corner. 9th, Find the diff.
ference between half of q solid foot and
u solid half foot. 10th, II two-thirds
Of Tue time past:.noOn equal twO-nintLs
Of the time until milnight, what is
tho hour? These ten questions de-
tanned the young professors until half
past noon. Some, however, went
through them like dose Of salts, while
others sweat great drops Of laborcd
perspiratiou and We feel compelled to
chronicle the fact that others emphati-
cally stuck in the slou gu Of dcspcnd.
GEOGRAPHY.
Oaes,ions.-1st, What is Googra-
pLy4 ID, Numc the grand divisions
oitllc landY Sd, Name the principal
natural divisions Of the watcrf 4th,
Bound the United states2 9th, Name
tho principal mountain ranges and the
principal rivers in Tho United States |?
6th, Bound West Virginia, Kentucky
and Texas? 7th, Name the most i'm
portnut Atlautic cities? Sth, Name
The most important Western cities |?
OH, Name tho highest mountain peak
in tho verdi, aud give its hOightht
10Th. Give tue area and population Of
EurOpes In tho answers TO these
questions soma Of tho class passed
through with dignity, while others
made fearful failure, missing tho
population Of Europe ono hundred
millions. Others wcrc of tic opinion
that tic Andes re,o the highest noun
tain peak, go.
fSGLislI GRAMMAR.
Oacs,ioss.-1st, Give the parts Of
spaccll aud define each? "a, Name
the properties Of the verb2 I'd, Name
tho different modcs, give a reason for
their names and state their uses. 4tb,
Write a sentence containing the differ
Ont clements and analyze and parse it.
9th, Name the different lenses, give .
reason for their name and state their
uses. On these Eve questions the
class showed some sprightlincss. an-
swering all correctly, or nearly SO.
HISTORY.
Ouestsons-1st, In what year was
America discovered? ID, BY whom
discovered? Cd, Where was Virginia
settled I? 4th, When settled? 9th,
What service did pocallontas render
tho English settlement 9th, Give
tho date Of tho first battle Of the Royo.
luton? 7th, Give tho date Of tho
last battle Of the Revolution? 9Th,
when and where did Lord CORVALLIS
surrender? 9th, Who was tho Prcsi-
dont Of The Committee who wrote the
Declaration Of Independence 10th,
What is History? This was an oral
Examination, answered in concert; but
from the confusion Of voices / would
Judge that q fearful lack ofgencral in
formation was shown on the part Of at
least some.
urge YOU, "1f at first you don't sue
oCed, Try, try again" suTTOs.