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, 1874-03-07
THE BURIAL QUESTION,


10 lie Editor Of 1hc Chitauo 1ftbnAc:
Btn: Some wholesome rotnarlss upon tho buf.
inl systom having appeared II, your columns.
fow moro mny not bo dcomod aurporiuons:
in tho cartt,, Much valuable timo and material
arc consumed by tho proeoBB. A coffin is pro-
cured, the making Of which often usea up as
MITCH valuable material and lhbor as would anf-
flco to build 4 comfortable dwelling fos tho nv
ing. An elaborate display OF wardtobcs. car,
ringos. etc., Is mntlo, often by those who wouid
not give or lend tinlo. money, or nccosHarioa TO
sustain {f roBsiblo) lifo In tho depnrtcd. Tho
body is placcd In the earth, md docay oon-
tinaes .......-
rho next movement ia to procure head-
stono or costly monument to rest upon or near
tho grayo, thoro to remain nB useless material,
OF no material bcneAt to tho doad or living
Meanwhile tho body decays, md rovortB to tho
For instance, IT q graveyard be situated upon o
hill, The rain and other natural cauhcs convoy
lilo dccnycd materiat to tho lower lands, thoro to
enrich tic soil aid be absorbed by vegetation.
In justice, If the person who dieh to.da5 Is Y
those who hayo died in tho 6,000 years rnst, or
may dio III tho future, aro entitled to tho sumo:
II evory person WHO las d!od in tho past lad
that amount Of concentrated Erott1lti. ono may
reasonably conclude tint thoro would not be q
plAcc for our feet, or for cultivation, unleBs NC
trespnssod upon graves
Common Sense dictates tho adoption OF orc
nation. Custom and sontimentality do not but
they aro, and ,evcr hnvc been, most arbitrary
more royolting tlun the custom Or syatom
that sonls tho dead Child Of tho votnry of fash.
ion. fu rosewood, allyor or gold eaBhot by coact
and fonr, Ca1varyward thore to be waited OF
angols' wings to heaven, whilo tue unfortunate't
Child goes in pino box Away with custom allt
misguided seutlmentality, aud up with tLt
regime OF common sense.
Cn1oAoo, March 6, 1874. JOHN AfcAu11tFE.
, 1874-03-07

1GN0QNkAA1.
Tho Washington Republican mentions ". 4.
Walker {" Gideon y, Of tho Chicago Times, ~
D Ticlet-of-Loayo N1an."
@. L. Perkins, o-prcaidcnt, md ". irving,
General freight and Tlckot Agent OF tho Bur-
li1gton Il Missouri Railroad IN Nobraskn, arc In
tho city.
At 400 yesterday afternoon, just as Tho La1so
Shore Il Michigan Southern Accommodation waH
pulling out OF tho Stock-Yard depot, tint a[lablo
and courteous gentleman. George Liberty, con-
ductOr Of tho trnin, wRB summoned into tho rear
chr, where, in q fow woll choseu sentences, Mr..
William Tucker, Jr., In behalf Of tho rogular
patrons Of tho trim, presented nlm with nean.
tiiul gold watch George was & taken cop1tesy ey
fflonds, for this ovidonce Of yollr ostoom thank
you." Tho watch, which was OF Elgin ma1s,lfac-
turo, boro tue following inscription: j." Present.
cd to George Il. Liberty, conductor Of tho L.. =.
Il II. 3. stoch-Yartla Accommodation, by Ills
friends. Ohicago, March Q, 1871"
(Knn.) Enterprise, that "Col William II.
Knapp" "a man not unknown to Our
court records minus tho 1Col.") l,aa boen
again arrcBtod md has had another lawsrit,
Which tho Enterprise. eyldently. not regarding it
Where tho "langh" came In il not very appar~
eut, unloss 1t was at tho point in tho proceedings
when, ton tho complainant Alexander, making
come ofronaiyo romarlz about stealing, oto, the
Colonel struck a decidedly unclorical pugiliHtio
artistic mastor of the manly art Of helf tlofenao.
mud Threatened to put head on and othorwlse
! maI,roat, 1isiisure, and disable the aforesaid
complainant" 1t probably was, Indeed; wo IN
cline to think it must havo boon decidedly
laugi,able to 500 tho clorical Colonot strike that
| "decidediy unclericul pngiistio poBo." Happily,
| no ono was made away with, and tho clerical
Colonel may live to pose another day.
, 1874-03-07

tho Mayor. a,,d they lope by this action
to delay any consideration of tho Mayors
appointment Of City Physician nnti1 noxt moot
fil9. by which tino-tllo proviHons Of tho
Mayors bin being no lonRor opcrativo-tho
powor to rpmoyo MI oilleor nt,d nominate n Hllu-
cogBnr will hayo pnasod out of tho Mayor'a
banda. and tho Council will haYe H,lcGootlotl In
carving ity point without tho loss uf dignity
which would probably rosltlt from n,sotl1or wrat
gio oyor DR., l'aoIl'a nomination.
Ihat tho proposed plan 1B ono Of considerable
rial, jg evident from tho fact TINT tho prosonco
Of n l,nro quorum would DO much worap thnn 4
full Council sinco tho Mayors friends would
havo everything tllor own wny Tlioy, Of course,
onr]1 mt confirm Pnolf II tho roforouGo to
r couln,ittoo Bhonll bo insisted upon,
Int tIpro will 10 considerable important
b,tttncys brought up Which tho fan1oua
1Twonly.throo" will desiro to voto upon.
Hence, 10 mnko assurance donbly Buro, MI ngroo-
mont vny Bntd to layo beot, circulated yesterday
which bound tho Bigners mutually to absent
thomvclycg from tho meeting Atonday oyonng.
Should enough sgnaturcs DO obtained, thu BiEn-
ara facoordinc to tho rorort) welo to be III
formod of tho fact, and tlloy would stay Away !;
Init il tho rcn,,lsite number did not Sign tlloy
would bo told Of that fact MISC, and thoy would
thon all be prosont.
AID. Foloy waa most energetic, yesterday
afternoon, IN talking to hia fellow Aldermen,
and It iB nossiblc TINT ho llati hand in tho cir
oulation OF tho agrooment, II thero woro such a
pa},or III circulation. None Of those approached
On tho subject had any tloBiro to tmpart muoi,
informatio1i. 70 tint tho facts will only DO known
whom tho hour arrives for tho Council to aaBena-
blD
, 1874-03-07

tho Superior Court. and acrvetl thero two wooks.
From Tint time to tho present have grown, 81
steadily wornc and M, now almost paralyget Ia
tho lower limbs: Tint my preHent condition IL
with1 those iiltly walls, am not fooliHl, enough
to tllnls--bnt that tl'oro VIVA that Influence
within thoao rooms which gave mo
tho fllat downward pnHl, 10
tl,o sad fato Of Judge Porter following a1moss
Immediately, strengthened tho bolfef.
Thero aro oonBtitutlonB which can endure
tlloas foul, poisonous p]ncos. and apparently not
suffer, but they do nevertheless. But persona
like mysolf, whoao nervous systetnB arc already
shattered, aro extremely eensltivo, and soon fool
its dobiltnting effootB. Thoro aro probably
many suffering to-day from thoBo causea who
know not what is tho matter. But aomo day, in
tho near future. thoy will find themselves sud.
douly breaking down, and, looking hack,. will
probably tind the land.marks In these "nlack
1Iolos." Isaac dANNETT.
, 1874-03-07
: MISS LINDA GILBERT.

The Now York SIN tcls tho following story
about Miss Linda Gilbert, remembered hero for
her prison-library work, her libol suit aGainaI
tho Post, etc.
As Miss Linda Gilbcrt, who Inns done so mich for
the Inmates Of prRoa III all parts Of lhe country waa
wny WI M sboudsr Turnng "'
man, who bowed and an,ilcd Thinking that aslo hau
been iusulsed shs WA about to proceed on her ~as
ibut waa arrested by tho words
q a1isa dilbert, don't you rrmcn!ber mo ~
she looked SHARPLY ut the nun for few minutes.
me me n joliet Joiiet, the stato rrison Of Illno!sy"
why, Charley -" sud Bhe' "Aat arc you
doing hcro2"
~ aro YOU At your old buslncss?" sim asked. He
mad bceii a notorious pckrockot and burglr, aud hat
edusa ed1ss ss's sas handsome, md might lave bee. Mis-
taken louast industrious ersou, in we!-to-do
n stass ssnf dhsy
her homo, saying that ahoT'shea to haVo one faiA
with a Ii sSss a's ss srssspg him eoray
- what have you one sfnco yuu arrived u t!e cty :"
lIalf elosi1g his eyel,s, ho answered, II took
WAY" am sorry for sou," said Miss Gilbert. az wan
you to To d better man. Why will you always !iv'
do You not soitlo down to SOME honest empoymons
Yum hare wonderful ability nnd can conduct an honor
II. turno. hIs eat, unable to look no tho face o
thu earnest womnn bslore him, aud repnod:
Return tic WAtEn hHH IHOutt stp!o HA!lc AE4G
md then como to me-" said has Gilbert, "ana vii
uBsist you. will SEQ that so are not punished, ali
try To put you into Bomo good work."
IIo ryomisei that lie would reAturo tho watch an
1nonoy, anu went away. Thu next evening ho WI
ocnn 1t Miss Gbert's lie told ller slGt hs went I
fj1o Office of tho gentleman he lad rnbed aud handle
hack tue watch and money, and TINT the gesltlenat
without saying ANYTHING, gayo r:s him y sioo
'Aerc ii S3o more satd Miss Gilbert" handing M
business. .
small cigar store III ono Of tho avenues On th
t.Jo far I'm
good business. Nono Of ha ne!ghbora knew that Il
Sus ever professional liskpocket md onrgmr, IN
upright, honorable uan, ua lie tolls MiAs Gilbert
will AlWAya be.
, 1874-03-07
LOCAL MISCELLANY.


TIN Tar, William Alvin Dartlott delivered Ills
s.o,vro ,,,or u n1,,Ir, T.ovou n q modoratoly
,'o'"'o ~" "1""''h ''o'o " T.. H.. <,,,roi,
largo a""'eEee yob.osu"s oFo''"l !" w. m.s.... s
on tho oornor Of Indiana avenue anu I"ontS-
sixth strcot.
i Mr. unrt,ott IN tho aar1v rort of tho lecture.
ts.. H. .ss..t,., 1.t,rao, +hn nr,ncin1e Of
VIZ" wv F"'""o' o"t"oe.' ,.,.,,t nIort
making loyo and ttae "hioh ofo"en' "oo"s w.
trcAtfGH botwcon nations and tho generous ssh1
TEN of arbitration wliioh no bud introduced into
dln1omocv. In alan showed IN tho fraulB and
u.P.o't'"o!' ~ "'o a. ,toroturo, and
eH"l's VI nouo'n oo1a'.' a. ,,,,,oh mndo
society, and TOLD several ahocttotes MA9n a.isr
tho audience merry, Glt Whicn 6oohoa A"'A~A
foreign TO the tlto VI tlu ,.r,,r. c,,tatnc1
The dsy goods atoros III tl.o eIt"R n H. faul,;nun
fhc marriages ror 1e mnXiyo"il ;' ina Nen coultl
always no lod by Homd Htrlhe hnu III r'an;1orc
cited tho absrd praot.cai 19R9 or,,eio so1l in
'1Iooke, Who ordered ovory klnu VI aa@'O oorioir
tho city Of London sont to one o"s9 ,," ~ ,,at hc
]hour. Woman whs born 20 io'o' ,;9n n,o ~ a mia.
ono OF three tnngsma ar,v Fly, }roea woro eiavos.
lilo mistress class WINS tlt9t ol Asl.an u ~,
witty, elegant nnd noAngn. ;';Has anosata -: ~
such mon a. A1fnxagorss, ",,ai,
Tas, at1d pcricloB, Dit tney ~eIo uuSnnIn ai;..ss
md corrupt Hero spoaktne ~ to .,st ~
that Ind been mado, Ar. narilo11 sala that ~ ho
corruptnoss Of Asraains character. ilo haa no'
tho mems Of consulting tho Original aulhorlaes,
but the only mention OF hor or consequence WIZ
a conversation botwoon hor ana socratest nna ~
few remarks OF Cicero. Mr. Naftlott sala ttthl
tic status OF Asp1sln couitl bcst 10 reptoaontou
by aupposi'g lnat Chatias suyot w. Nh Mn von1mi
OF tho United statos, and that Victofin Woouhoi
should coulo from, England to 90 us inlstposs
eoduciug him from hls vile aud chllafoh. iofl
cles WIS vilo ln0n III hiA pefbonh! cnutAttet'
, 1874-03-07

"somramta Of nossini, for two pianos, whtol,
waa executed by N1iasos Whito nay, Loo, and
HnolgrasH. NtfaHcs Martin nml Estoy did fult
juHttoo to Glovor'a duct, II 1fonrt n Voice."
Mondo1aBolln'a "Afarcll from "Capricelo" was
crcdtaLly performed by tho MiHaoa Holt and
Wynan. Messrs. Drogrlo md Liebng disti',-
gnHhetl themselves MI Boloists,. antl the other
lhom woro not quito perfect lit their parts. Tho
entertainment rutlectotl credit Oh tho college.
and s,lcl, poaBant occaBiol,B cnil.sot OCCUR too
often.
I,ANE VIEW.
4 club party will bo given Fri1ay ovon'ng ut
tho Turn Hull, OIL fIulstod Htroot, by 9':rho
Club " Of this suburb. ntugo will DO furnished
by Noylna L Doaus Dn,1
OAK rA1lty.
Tho Coming Of tho Bon Of MaM" will bo tho
subject Of tle Tov j. o. NJ. 1Iowitt's sermon at
Unity Church tomorrow morning.
, 1874-03-07
THE CITY HALL,

The amount taken in by tho City Collector
yesterday WIS about $4,000. Tho only largo
raymont was from ". 2. Roche, 81 ,2s7.
a meeting Of tho Committee on Fire and
Wator Ia callol for Monday at . o'clock, in tho
City Clerks office.
4 meeting Of the Committee on Markets is
called for Monday afternoon, hour not stated, III
tho City Clcrh oftlco.
Tho members Of the Firo Department hoped
to got ther February pay to-day, but will be
disappointed, as the warrants have not yet been
drawn.
Tho City TreaBurer received the Bu1n OF $780,
822.58 from tho City Collector yesterday, and
s2,792.87 from tho water fund OF tho Board OF
Public Works.
!, Tho par rolls OF the departments $685.
aulitcd aud approved BY tho Board Of Police
yesterday.
Tho Committee on Gaa Lights will meet iu tho
City Clerks ofliue Mt o'clock Monday afternoon,
when tile agents Of several gus governors will 10
present to explain their working and tho repect-
I've advantages Of their machines.
Building, permits wcro granted Yesterday aa
follows: Andrew WAtchler, thrce-story aud
basement brick, 40x56 foot, No. rs Fourth
avenue Antonio Mcclure, tlsroe-sto1y and
basement brick, 23111x100 feet, southwest corner
Of Chicago avenue aud Clark stroot.
| Plans have boon prepared by the Board Of
! Public Works for al ehgue-house to DO sittiutod
on North Wells street, near Goethe, for buila-
| ing which proposals will soon be asked. 1t WILL
bo 25x97 foet in atze, two-story and basement
orstn, WILL ~, ,are",aton IL a. Inn "A'0 ~
4ce' n'6's 1uo "pP4oi''''0 '' ~o'SS0'
The Office OF the Collector Of tho l,oard Of
Public Works being torn up aud i'll PROCESS OF
cleaning, plastoring, etc., nothing. was done
| therein, oxcopt receiving payment from pnrtios
whose water had been slut uR for nOil- -pavlnent
Of water-tax. The Office to.dny will bo III Room
| 4 City-Hall,
| rr. No., ~ 1,,,l,;o 1,y,r1,, 1o,;dod yao+o,aoy
aa,t;aa gor l,iJs for huiiJin" y uo1,Se" "sto,ini,
una a,n ~ ,nnoa ~ I,'o oa,ar ~ Hnmon
naa .t6 t.aat MI, i,,,f;,,'r vii In " Two.
anu iau ot,, nsrsos' ;a' .t1, On
esoty ~" srs i,oio h1dnn vii bo asYo7 sooi
| -; % "."en nnd fi.o nnrro,rntion ia ssDI OG0
~ o'Ao' ~" Wv "rF' -
Comptrol1er Hayes ia In hopes that the bill
drawn by Him rontyo to tho custody OF city
! funds nna tho rn};nouisf,n1ent Of taxes uDou
property ] VIC Gought IN by ths city at tax.sslos, vii
10 paBaed by tho Legislature boforo ndjourning.
Should 1t be necessary to hayo it expiainod tc
our Legislative Solons, Mr. lIayoB will 20 tt
spriugfIelI himself for that purpose.
II Iaoa 10 % ~ Gt,, ~ uaM X ,noot.
@ eno IT,, st1a 4o1o' toir ,"t3 rasnoctf1y nm;
~ cys3dont1v . % "onsidnr him anita hero in yiew o
IN 1nfa ,nnicaunntneag in the Citv f,ounoi
Mondav oyauinr.
Inc board OF Hoalth VIII nave now y W., o'Iy aal y.
oaanoo roauy Tor aso hoxt weeA. i. ~; W. @ 10 ~ ~
tea tor aoanie OF a'gao se wy ~ va axnor;anc. rp w.
, 1874-03-07
QUE rEsTILENTIAL C0unT-RooMs, :.

20 he Editor at Ths chteaao 7tibHMa:
SIN ]layo Just read tutigo Jamehou'a lotter
on tho foul nir vi our G0urt-rIoina, mud doHre to
add little to the subject. luye l,eeu s,.iror-
ing for number OF yoars from llsoAHo oou
trautel In tile army. Lust Bpfiug I changed my
OCCUPATION with view OF getting uut OF doors
more in I,opes to improve my health, and Us
expected. grow atoadily hottor aud stronger,
until carly IN Tho mouth Of October waa ul4-
1astunate enough to be placed Oh tho jury tor
, 1874-03-07

Tho Gront Overland Sunday Mall Train
will cavo Chcago, Hunday, March 3, at 10:15 M,
via uttcno Kock 1slatd Il raci1o 1sailroal, horping
ut Ill regular Nations Oil main tine. connecting at
t,natu with Nrundny morning express for Denver mud
Han IrnllriAeo.
TlrkctH ya Chicago Il Northwestern, or Chicago,
Burlington Il Quincy Railroads Will DO taken on this
frutn
, 1874-03-07

Book Auction.
The sa!o Of finely ili,strnted English books Will 10
continued thls afternoon mud at and nt half.past
o'clock by Mr. shnw, at 1Inrrison's atoro, 20{
and 200 East Madison street. Tho bouks arc selling
very ata iii many cases not seng for half the cont
of fFnfMrtHtiD11.
, 1874-03-07

THE P,ENDULUM II.
BY dropping out ono limo in the manuscript Of
our remarks Oil the pendulum experiment yes
to-day, the printer made 1t road exactly contrary
to what WAS writtou. It should be III follows:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-03-21
ElectiOneerfng HumOr,

Almost all elections in this country
are attended by many ludicrous scenes
and amusing incidents, and we see they
are beginning to initiate us somewhat
in the old world. OF the recent cleo
tions in England, SylvanusU Urban gives,
in the Gentleman's Magazine, the fol-
lowing curious anecdotes
"Sir Edward Watkin distinguished
himself in the recent contest at Exeter
by his adroitness and tact as a canvas
ser, and host of stories are in circula.
ton about his readiness in dealing with
hesitating voters. 'Lor' bless zee,
sir, said one old dame, when asked
about her husbands vote, my old man
can't vote at all this year. Goals is
mortal dear yes, answers Sir Wat
kin-as he is called at Exeter-'i ts
along O. the tories Be it sure, sir?'
yes; but if I'm returned you'll have
Goals cheap enough next year, for in
tend to do my best to repeal the law OF
entail an argument which, if not per,
haps conclusive, was puzzling.
ga shopkeeper in bye street was
asked if he had voted. NO, I have not
yet; for the truth is I have no one to
attend to my shop is that oil ?
asked Sir Watkin, taking off his hat,
and walking round the counter. Here,
put on your hat and go at once; I'll
take care of your shop till you come
back And Sir Watkin did.
"But in recent contest for the repre-.
sentation of West Worcestershire, 6
still more piquant instance of this kind
occurred. Mr.. Markings partner call
ing upon voter in tn g Forest of Dean
found him digging potatoes. The
voting. To-morrow's market day, ant
shall lose the sale of my potatoes, ani
Mr.. Marllng can better afford to lost
my vote than I can afford to miss thu
sale of these potatoes 'Then give MI
your fork, said the canvasser; I'll dig
your potatoes while you go and vote.
| The man slouched off to the poll
voted, and, returning, peeped through
his parlor window to see the canvasse
at work in the potato ground. III,
uses the fork very well, and stroke o
work will perhaps do him good. II
have pipe And a large pipe he had
keeping his eye, however, all the tim
upon the digger in the potato plot; til
the canvasser, growing tired, walked
round to the cottage to find how nicel,
he had been tricked into an hours hart
labor, while the free and independen
freeholder was taking his ease with
'churchwarden in his chimney corner.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-03-21
Boys, Heed This I

Many people seem to forget that
character grows that it is not some
thing, to put on, ready-made, with
womanhood or manhood; but, dvy by
day, here a little and there a little,
grows with the growth and strengthens
with the strength, until, good or bad, it
becomes almost coat of mail. aLook
at a man of business, prompt, reliable,
conscientious, yet clear-headed and en-
ergetic. When do you suppose be de-
veloped all thess qualities when he
was a boy? Let us see the way in
which boy of ten years gets up in the
morning, works, plays, studies, and we
will tell you just what kind of a man he
will make. The boy who is late at
breakfast and late at school, stands O
poor chance to be a prompt man. The
boy who neglects his duties, be they
ever so small, and then excuses himself
by saying, "I forgot I didn't think p
will never be reliable man. And the
boy who finds pleasure in the suffering
of weaker things, will never be a noble,
generous, kindly mana gentleman.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-03-21
A Western Man.

During my first trip to " the west" l
plunged into the wilderness of Illinois,
where often wish 1 had remained, for
"the savages of that region are the
most delightful people I know of, and,
were it not heresay to say so, I would
call them far more intelligent and re-
fined than any 1 have known at home.
I found three meals a day and a
feather bed for which have a weak
ness) at the little town of Ottawa, where
1 worked and thrived for three months.
In less than two weeks 1 believe knew
everybody in the place, and never a
chat did we have without a revelation
of our origin. Nearly every conversa-
ton commenced or ended with "I came
all the way from Bunktown, Maine" or,
"Me and Jane were born in old Chester,
and you ?" or, "Lord bless you, I've
only been here year left Boston last
March"
This got to be so monotonous that [
called loudly for Western man, just
to see what he was like. Everything a
man calls for in the West he gets.
That's one of its peculiarities. L made
diligent inquiries of the oldest inhabi-
tants, but none knew anybody but what
came from some part of the East, gen.
orally New England. However, the
matter was considerably agitated in the
town in lively way, and I was f1e-
quently saluted with the question,
"Found your Western man yet ?" to
which I replied, "No I'll give dollar
| to see one."
Finally it became necessary for me to
return to the land of long faces and
civilization, and I concluded I should
have to go without gratifying the dar.
ling wish of my heart, that of seeing O
Western man. The day for my depart.
ure arrived, and was carefully packing
away my paper collars, etc., in my room,
when summons to "skip down stairs
into the parlor" was brought to me by
mine host of the hospitable inn, and
down stairs skipped. A delegation ol
townspeople received me very cordially,
and I felt happy. "Weresolved," said
the spokesman, "that you should moi
return home without seeing a Western
man, so we have brought you one. He
seldom comes into town, but he had tc
come this time, and here he is" So ]
was formally introduced to him, and We
had pleasant time all round. The
Doctor, as he was called, and as I be
lieve he was, proved to be man o.
fine ability and charming manners. HI
was born and brought up in the West
and many of his neighbors could voucl
for the fact. I could do nothing lesl
than order refreshments, which I did
and we talked much of the bright ant
growing country of which he was -,
representative. "Im glad. really glad
Doctor" said l, /" to have had, at last
the pleasure of seeing Western man
they are SO rare. May ask what par
of the West you were born IMP
Certainly" he replied, certainly
and I shall be proud to answer you.
was born IN the tOester71 part of Ne1
York State"
I dimly remember leaving Ottawi
that night on the freight train, will
barely money enough to see me through
to Albany.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-03-21
The Young Children.

1t is worse than folly, says an ex-
change, to send children to school be-
fore they have developed reasoning
faculties. To the infant of four years,
school is prison, the teacher dread
being whose frown is death, and whose
smile and kindly notice is overpower-
ing. Therefore, children ought not to
go to school until six years old. They
should not learn at home during that
time any more than the alphabet, re.
ligious teachings excepted. They
should be fed with plain, substantial
food, at regular intervals of not less
than four hours. They should not be
allowed to eat anything within two
hours of bed time. They should sleep
in separate beds, on hair mattresses,
without caps, feet first we'll warmed by
the fire or rubbed until perfectly dry
extra covering on the lower limbs, but
little on the body. They should be
compelled to be out of doors for the
greater part Of the day, from after
breakfast until half an hour before sun.
set, unless in damp, raw weather, when
they should never be allowed to go out,
side the door. Never limit healthy
child it is cruel, unjust, and danger.
GUS. What you have to do, do it al
once, and have dore with it. Never
speak harshly or angrily, but mildly
kindly, and, when needed, firmly-nc
more. By all means arrange it so tina
the last words between you and YOU
children at bed time, especially thu
younger ones, shall be words of un
mixed affection.