The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-08-28
LENAPE LETTER.
El,or Times

get there, is endowed with tie proud auG
innlienable ri hit To he Represented at The
rahIic ori1. When sc 60 to Leavenwortt
and behold l:.e dapper individuals WHEN VI
hav. elected 10 ctiiae, clothed in .nc linen
aud iareing slm,.,nouly every day. cur ap.
precision oi the rig..t aforesaid, rises almost
to the pitch Uf enthusiasm. We aim T.
give pEblic matters due and i.;,iiuGai con-
sidera;ion. When the editors moo. the
question what shall re done with that roll
Of greenb,cSs which Mr. Pomeroy ieil
living arouGd 50 loose at lie Tctit House,
last winter, We have our opinion. Let the
principal he deposited to Nj. Po;neroy's
credit, in a sound national bank, for the
money is his. but lie, the interest, if sny ns-
accrued, be offered ss reward to Anyone
who will name a Kansas politician wild
brains enough 10 move an adjournment in
a country debating club. who does Lot deem
himself entitled TO Il ses; III the United Sia,ee
Senate. ! anu sure the ire, NOUS it.nizer 0.
our Kansas journals would be glad 30 have
such au example OF sell log st!i.is,s.s Trough,
into Bo;ice.
We do $50, delight ia Gro kim, but We
can't resis, t,e conSictio1 that the tunes are
hard that labor seeks in vain for adequate
,en-e, railroad an NJ ~ ufacturins mo-
nopolres are crushing the producing Class
Into the earth; big salaries and Zig steals,
impure, Uue:ous tdSs. and integrity seems
10 have departed from politics low, we
AK, are these things to be helred? We
! have the Oranges, no telling how many
thousands strong, Instituted, We suppose,
| to bring about r.ir-nchmenl and reform.
But 10 amount o! clap trap, however clev-
! erly organized, car accomplish much in
| that direction. What We need, 10 NV way
OF thinking, is suci, an Improvement of the
educatioHai condition OF the masses, that
| they will be more generally disposed and
qualified to ,hins and judge for Themselves.
An ignorant, un.hihkiug pJpulace must
have lie .ders; ana leaders are among The
things rot contemplated by ker;.b,iciu in-
sliiulions. They are pretty likely TO s=iz,
the power and advantages OF their position
to promote their OWE selfish Interests at the
expense OF the people; al, history teaches
thil, il il evident from glance at the times
upon which We have fallen This il "a fine
opening Tor leadership in these sranse-, and
the whole thing looks Ike clever device
for the more easily hesit:in. and corralIing
OF the multitude by willy te;nssosUcs. Did
these organizations Contemplate tie be;lering
of the nieptsi and moral condition oi The
masses, We should iurecas, the result more
hopefully.
Ba; this does not appear 10 be prime or
even incidental! object. All no;iols from the
reducing of 81 iaries 70 a ccrn-breid staGdard
down to The raising Of the price OF ''.. r,ien
sass" appear to be ,hlirs. IL Is 10 u. re-
yre,ied thu; IN the matter Of educ ,iinnii irn-
provesient the class which afrosa'e Is 20 ils..t
the exclusive right TO lie granget j., of all
Glasses, the mo; conservative arr. .,!ihcTa:. !
The schools iii orr towns ami cities, watch /
are directed and ua,nteined by mechanics, |
ar;iz,ns, tradesmsn anu profession men,
are the only ONES We can justly point with !
pride To. The schools in tire farming dis !
tricts are on the whole apologies only The |
school buldirg s ere closed seven mouths cut (
Of the twelve, and though the WORK o! teach
ing H. Of 81. work l.,e most responsible, re- /
qniring Tor = proper perfo; mlEce The rar,s; !
intellectual aud moral gii;s, the average (
compensation. according to the reports Of .
Kansas school superintendents, is but forty
dollars per month or tr0 huadred dollars a
year. A few days ago heard a member OF
a school hoard remark Of gentleman who
had applied for their school, He wants too
much pap" believe his terms we're ,orfy-
five doiiOrs month, which in district
which maintains "a school SIX months would
be two hundred and seventy dollar. per az
mum, much smaller sn,n ;b.n TIE average
merchant OF an eas;srG CRY pays for tas
grooming al has b0rS:-, yet sFUayed to the
educational demands oi iis:,ic: ri az ieasi
eighty or a hln,irei inhabitants
In this, a. in most other rnra. sii-, :ic.s, We
have the spectacle of boys aud girls develop
ing TO ria, hood aad wonannooi, will, a nier-
est snatttrIig Of the rn,iiments of The CON
moo school cours,, anu with no knowledge
but tina. when the vacant u;id,scipiin-d
mind assmEils'es, from intercourse with
kindred minds and the experiences Of the
c0rn-isld and cattle herd. | have a pam
pile, written BY d Mr. Bronson, farmer OF
Douglas couniy, full OF sound advice aud
useful suggestions to farmers who would r.
iieve Themselves from the burdens and op-
pressions complained of, bu, nov many
"grown up" farmers sons and daughters !
Of the KIM above mentioned have taste and
aptitude for tina, sort OF reading? With the
kind of rather lack OF menii, trs;ning oi ,
their solutions, il ia strange that their think
ing seldom rise- above the range OF a neigh |
borhood gossip and the ordinary routine OF /,
the farm. When the boys and si,i- OF the ,
farms are kept, with only unsvoiia5ie OK ,
cep;ions. regularly and constantly 1T scacol, ,
with trne aud earnest educators 81 The desk
until they shall hav. attained thorough f,
mastery OF the rudimenis taught in our pub ,
lie schools, and some capacity and aptitude for }
he investigations Of questions Of plh.ic and :.
general Interest, when they are al Taught :
hat true life is something higher Than i,
everish devotion OF the baser seHses ana iac- =,
lilies to The sole end of wealth getting i.
= hen knowledge Of the moral code that :.
houId regulate our Intercourse vi;h one =
mother, aud our conduct subjects Of lie :,
livine government, line OF instruction En-
irely ignored in the statutory, then We may
rope better things of the future OF kaIsas
and the representations of the .,
,eop!e whether in the State or national leg :.
stature or city or county eounci. will b. :,
representations OF ideas. =.
Our present means Of educational improve :;
aeni, I need not add, il far below the :.
:andaId; and yet 1t il common talk among =
rangers that our schools are costing too ..
nuch;" that teachers are OyerpAid, aud that =,
be Offices OF County and State Supe,intend- =,
n,4 should lie abolished; leaving the school ;.
without bead. and the selec- =
ion of teachers 10 a Class with ~hom the :,
est teacher l. the ore who will engage 10 y
ut in the most time for HE icasf noaeu
Oi course there are exceptions To whom
nese siric:uIes haze M application; tu..I II
peak Of a class. To sun il sli Up, il il the T.
aantiiy rather than tie qnsiity al citizen -,
nip that inclires the scs.e for veal or woe =.
nder snch Institutions our: and the
.aeue Of capital with hrsins, which, "a 81,
rm.rs claim, has been armed in ihis coCn. ~
' TO depress their Interests. cannot he read
= or a siiy beaten lie mere brute Numbers "
according % political tactics
The drou,h continaes, am j: j. predicted
at corn will lie a e,uch sciscer and dearer
.ii,i. time nexs yesr crs
One dag last week ;osd o; hay. ca Toste In
I>eavenwortb, fNsx hr- i '.coGth 0; Fair
cunt ard entirely cI.:s,unsd. together -
ith seven'y iive or eigh's dollars war;!, Of
agon and other gear. l. wAs To, case Of n,
oDisreosrs combustion. TIE diver having =,
ilef, fl. emrsy cut all the fire before laying
'vd his PIPE 1
a week Of tso ego Aim Yhomp %. while g.
f1isl eear yocky biud - bi.arEs "a
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