The Osceola times., 1873-09-06
OsCEoLA, ARK,
SEPT. 5TH. 1878.

DEAR HoorY Your highly in
terrogatory letter of the 18th inst
which Itook the liberty TO publish
IN 8 late issue, came in due time
for an answer ere now, but owing
to tho crowded state of our columns
we were compelled to leave IT, un.
answered until o moro favorable
opportunity. That opportunity now
presents ITSELF and with selfist
PRIV proceed to answer you1
inquiries as far as / am able, anC
my knowledge Of facts will war
rant:
Col. Wygant, the Circuit School
Superintendent, (not school rider
has, you conjecture, retired from
public life having no doubt, amass-
cd a sufficient competency from
the lucrative q Office received al
the hands of Hadley & Co., who
run the state school machinery al
such an enormous expense. Under
the present administration, the
school system Of the state is being
carried out at clear saving to the
state of $4,000 per snnum in the
way of decreased salaries. Under
such auspices we may reasonably
expect q better and healthier state
of affairs; but rather than enter
into lengthy argument with you,
upon a subject in which you arc so
deeply interested and which might
end in alternating, it not entirely
scvcring our friendship, l will mere
ly entreat you to wait and see.
Under the new school law, copy
of which / send you, tho Office
of Circuit School Superintendent
was abolished and q County Super
intendent appointed in his stcad. ]
suppose you were not aware that
Twas occupying that high and res
ponsible position, or else you feign.
cd ignorance in order to wound my
feelings by alluding to Wygant
"out-ranking me q fow," but for
friendships sake will attribute ii
to the first proposition. i did not
renew your certificate for the SIM
pie reason that the trustee IN your
district has failed so far in making
bis report OF the number of children
of proper age; true Col. Wygant
should have returned me the annual
reports and papers conccted with
the Office, and obviated the nocessi-
ty of my calling on tho trustees
for another report, but as he has
seen fit to let mo get posted in the
county school affairs the best way
! could, / was compelled to request
new reports from the trustees, somc
whom promptly responded, while
others | am sorry to say, of "whom
the trustee Of Yonkcrpin, is ono Of
which, have failed to report; but
if they think there is no hereafter,
they arc sadly mistaken, tho new
law is plain whero trustees fail to
perform their duties.
Why the Offices of Registrars
were filled by such mon as Will
hams, Robinson and Bcalc, l am
not able to say; unless it is that
Baxter is acting on general princi-
pies, and believes that tho state has
been run long enough under ras-
cally rule to its detriment, and is
now willing to try democratic oil
on its machinery.
Twas truly sorry to hear of your
dear wile's leaving you, and know
that you must feel lonesome now,
for l have a lively remembrance OF
her animating and distracting dispo-
sition, to say nothing of her volu-
bility and persuasive powers. She
was really o blessing in disguise to
q man of your "oven and quies'
cent disposition," only you did not
appreciate her as fully as you chad
ought to-" and l know you will
miss her. But as she has gone, you
should remember that the world is
full of just such women, and nc
doubt, long before the echoes OF
her familiar voice shall have died
away, you will have had proposals