Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-28
Normal schools.

EdIols of Ms HachmdH a. Journal
Would It not he well for the legislature 10 look
carefully into the workings of these schools in
thIs stalo, aud iuquite II they are doing what the
taxpayers Ia Vermont hnve u right 10 demand
ot tlrmY lur the last two years the state has
luid mine thousand dollars for these three
schools Fhs Is no small sum- still II these
schools make an ample return in furnishing
teachers, who cannot be educated just as wei for
teachers lf OUT academies, scminaries and gra-
dyd schools, sud IL really these Normal schools
are .t'tr Institutions, practically 50, then let
them be- sustained by tle state as a stltc nstitu-
tom hut 10 facts show them 10 fail ia these two
particulars would e n0t be wisdom IN the legis-
latue to withhold it, patronage from these
-tluula
Wcli. LET rs look at the facts as to furnish
ing teachers for the state. Have We not in the
stftr enough academies and graded schools
which aie equally thorough IA the Normal
Schools n thcir teaching In the elementary priil-
ciplc oI educauon2 Are not teachers who conn
from theso schous lust a. well qualified 10 teach
aH tlusr are who come from the Normal schools ?
Most certainly they are. There is no lack Of
lacIltes for all who wish 10 teach to secure the
I knowledge requisite at these academies, semin-
aries and graded schools, scattered all over the
/ state.
/ seoond-lheso Normal schools, though pro
fcssrdly state institutions, are a local atiih Let
the members Of the legislature take the pains las
they ought to dol To secure the catalogues Of these
/ sihtO- since their establishment, AMI they will
! hNe come from the towns where they arc located
i and those towns adjacent TO them, as a rule. l.
! ID best for the people uf this state to pay foui
, thousand five hundred dollars annually TO slls.
tain local institutiOn, and educate the children
OF thpse persons who are as well able To do il as
those same taxpayers are who e'tcatc their owl
children at lhrro, Montpelier Brldford, 81
I Johushury Nouhheld, Puuliney, 81 Albans
l Woodstock Bmttlehoro burlington, and all oyel
the stute2 M the most INDECENT scholars who at
tend thcse Normal schools always get help iron
thc stutc2 Il may be- they do, Would Il not bl
well fQr the legislature to iind out who have boer
the hcnohcarcs at these Normal schools. Per
/ hnps this falt will be given by the Secretary O
tho Board ofsiduoation In his report, Pm
TnE SNow-FLARF PorAro.--N Vermont H. certainl,
great iu the origination of new varieties Of tha
| essential csclent the potato. The last and hes
thing out Ia that line, and which bids fair Il
eclipse the Early Rose IN popularity, AZ II Ger
tainly does In beauty aud Ia excellence for the
table i called the " Snow-l lake, II Is thl
"cream OF the cream being a select choice from
the produce Of seven years of experiment in cross
ing and rearing new varieties, with the aim u
reaching ms near tO perfection In all desirable
qualities as possible II is truly !" pedigre po
tato, having choice and clearly traceablc anccs
try of many generations, II was sparingly In
troduCcd upon the market last spring, at ~ pc
pound aud now We hear that It's originator, th'
wel-knOwn hotanst and hodicultunst, Mr. Cyrn
G. Pinele, Of Charlotte has received an order 70
one hundred barrels Of "SnOw-l Flakes, for thu
European market, at most comfortable price
but one no more than fairly remuneiati,e, when w
consider the time, skill and labor expended IN thei
production. Such patient, hnrd-working aud con
sclondous improvers Of our agricultural products
M MIR. l'rngle are at once an honor and a bench
10 the community where they reside, and we re
! i0oe when we see their lahon meet with appreci
alton and reward.