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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11
OFFICE OF THE STATE SUPER.
INTEND ENT DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
NASHVILLE, TrNN. ,

NASHVILLE, Tenn.
G Oct. 9th. 1875.
To County Superintendent Of Schools
Of Washington County:
SIR You will see by the circular
herewith sent, that it is proposed to open
the STATE NORMAL UNIVERSITY
at Nashville, on the FIRST day Of December
next. You will also find a brief state,
meut Of the design of the institution, its
terms of admission, Sc, Your attention
is particularly called to the proposition Of
the Trustees, to admit one student from
each County free of tuition on the recon.
mendation Of the County superintendent
and School Directors. 1t is, of course,
presumed that such candidates only will
be sent to the institution as seem to have
those qualities which will be developed
and improved by the course of instruction
proposed, and be most likely to be useful
as teachers, and reflect honor upon the
County from which they come. 10 Is
hoped that the selection IN your County
may be nude as o on az possible. i
respectfully recommend that each School
District i'll the County be entitled to
make one nomination, to be submitted to
the County superintendent. by a fixed
period. and that the County Super;nten.
dent appoint q board of three examiners,
who shall conduct a competitive examiua-
ton OF all the Candidates Immediately
thereafter, after giving due notice thereof,
and recommend the appointment by the
Superintendent Of the most proficient.
La opening and conducting this insti-
tuition. we not only bespeak your iate!li.
gent sympathy and cooperation. but hope
that you will use your influence to make
the citizens of your County acquainted
with the necessity there exists for such an
Institution. and the great advantages
which will result to the State II il is prop
erly supported.
Respectfully
LEON rBoJSDALE,
State Superintendent.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND POL.
lTICUANS.

We frequently hear complaint that
the public schools are managed by poll,
TEXANS. especially in large cities. How
can this be otherwise so long as they are
public, and governed by public officers
and elected by the people. or appointed
by other officers so chosen? What the
school>master should do is to think less Of
his dignity, mingle more with men OF the
world be a.man among men I; and make
himself SO felt in politics, that be shall
make politics feel the influence of the
school. We have read so much Of late
about the scholar in politics. let us
uot say the scholar, but the schoolmaster.
Teachers as a class are too sensitive too
hungry for appreciation, ard too irritable
unGer ceDsure. 1t would not do teachers
any BARN to wrangle nov and then at q
primary meeting, to challenge votes and
be challenged at the polls, to meet some,
thing more formidable than pucrile oppo-
sition. to run tilt against a mar now and
then, even at the risk of being endorsed.
Recent political conventions are placing
the public school system rs a plank in
their platforms. Then how can the
schools be kept out of politics, or why
ceplore the circumstance Of their being
politically involved? Rather let us re,
joice that they ars 20 rooted in the
hearts of the people that politicians are
glad to make capitol by unfolding them.
-Nationai Teacher for October.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11

KEEP yourselves posted on the public
school question. You are perhaps not
aware of the progress we are making in the
public school interest in Tennessee. The
system is growing strong, 1t is beginning
to absorb tie lone horse colleges" aud
the pretentious private and independent
schools. This aggressive spirit of the
school system means something. 1t
means progress, it means enterprise, it
means pcA for the future of the State. a.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11
TAM MANY.

What is Tammany? No name APP
pears more frequently in politics, but
very few know anything about the
origin Of the organization or its method
of working. 1t is understood to be an
immense political power, but what it is,
and how it works, but few know.
"Tammany Society, o. the Columbian
Order" was established In New York
1889 by William Mooney, a noted poll
tician of that day. During the revo,
%lutionary war he had been a staunch
patriot, and after its close an active
politician and partisan. The order
took its name from Tammany, a promi>
nent Delaware chief, and it's govern,
ment was modelled after that of the
Indians, a Great Father being the chief.
surrounded by twelve sachems as his
counselors. Mooney was the first Grand
Sachem. At the beginning there was
some pretext of ~beXevolence in the
order, but that was doubtless o sham
Its objects were always political and
nothing else. The members met for
many years at taverns, and the meetings
were, after the business of the evening
had been dispatched, very jolly.
While Mooney was the originator of
the order, and its first chef, a greater
man was from It's beginning for many years
its actual head Though he wisely kept out
of sight. Aaron Burr, the greatest ard
foulest of American politicians, saw at
once the advantage of havisg a disciplined
body behind him, and he seized Tam
many and ~subordinated it to bis purpose.
He WIS .the leader Of the lower clisses 10
the city and ths State, and he used Tam
many to control the better classes Of
which it was then composed. Hamilton,
his bitter enemy. was tho head of the
Society Of the Cincinnati which was Fed
eral in its tendencies aud Tammany was
a fair Offset to its influence.
The society was then precisely what it
is nova political power in tho hands of
a set Of men working for a common OBJ
ject. In 1900 the election in New York
CITY made Jefferson and Burr President
and Vice President Of the United States.
1t was Burr who did it, by means of Tam
,nsny men who we're initisti1 ihto the
society ca the eve Of the rl"c'i'n' aud
felt in honor bound to vote TIE Tie ct Il
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11

MAYS, District, No. 8, Miss Rhoda L
Harris has been employed to teach thu,
school. She is a worthy young lady, aud
every way qualified to teach, being a grad.
uate Of one of the best Female Colleges
10 the State Of Georgia. Give female.
room in our public schools. Why should
they not teach? They will bring to bear
more tact III governing aud teaching
children than men. They will do more
to inspire in the children a lore Of order,
system and neatness than nlen. Give
them a chance.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11

DR.. EDWARD ARMSTRONG has a largo
school at Bells, Dist. No. 8, school No. 2.
Enrollment co lulils. Or. Armstrong
has taught both public and private school,
for a lumber of years. lie tas had Il
large experience. lie IS very popular as
a teacher. He will enroll well on to a
hundred pupils. This is public school
and will be open FIVE months. The reo.
pie of the rcightorhood have promised to
supplement the public fund. DR.. Arm
strong is striving to elevate the standard
Of teaching.
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up In A BALLOON" AND DOWN
AGAIN.
A Man Falls from a Burning
Balloon.

That was a sickening spectacle and
heartrending occurrence at the Calhoun
Fair last Thursday evening. 1t was the
hour for the grand balloon ascension, the
big attraction of the fair. The immense
air ship was inflated and like some chains
ed wild beast was pulling and surging to
be set at liberty. The man with the iron
nerve stood ready in his spangles to make
the ascent the manager made a short
address to the assembled multitude re.
lative to the performances of the young
aeronaut upon the trapeze bar attached
to the balloon and just as he was couclud.
iLg a shout was sent up from the crowd
that the balloon was ON fire. Accustomed
to such expressions form spectators
upon similar occasions the managers
treated the voice of the multitude as a
joke and the monster air ship was freed
from its moorings and shot upward with
the velocity ola rocket Professor Atchi>
son the man with the iron nerve. c~linging
to the trapeze and waving his cap to the
multitude Of spectators below. When
the balloon had gained an altitude of
about three hundred yards the a"eronaut
threw his feet over the bar preparatory
to his trapeze performances. Hanging
by bis feet with his head dow INWARD, for
the first time during the ascent, he dis.
covered to his horror that the balloon was
on FIRE. Knowing that his doom was
sealed, aud mindful when too late of the
warning of the multitude, he glined an
upright position upon the bar as soon as
possible, aud clutching the rope with bis
hands he sought by swinging to and fro to
divert the course of the balloon in its
descent SO as to land in a tree>top, but
the fire had made too much Roadway. and
the balloon collapsed in ar instant and
shot downward to tie earth with fearful
velocity striking the ground with terrible
force the rapidly Of its fall lessened an
iota perhaps by some projecting twigs
from a ~neighboring tree-top.
The immense crowd was of course para
lyzed and stic;en dumb with horror but
a few of the more self>possessed after a
moments delay rushed to the spot where
lay the wreck of the balloon and re,
mains Of the a%eronaut. who though a mass
of broken bones and bruised and bleed.
ing flesh, was not dead. lie was at once
removed to a place where he could be
made rs comfortable as possible and every
thing that surgical skill and human aid
could suggest was done to afford him
some relief.
Though terribly crushed under the most
careful treatment he has slowly improved
and it is now thought there are chances
for his recovery.-0ipensbOro Monitor.
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tho length Of time they have utten.

the length Of time they have uttcn-
ded, etc. fa'" ZIG '' 81. lth7-H u'Ai ''
In converting their time honorcd Uni>
vcrsity into a State institution for the
professional education Of teachers, the
Trustees feel that they are supplying a
want which more than all else impairs
the efficiency Of our schools. and the use.
fulness and honor Of the teachers Office,
and they cordially invite the young gen
tlemen and ladies Of Tennessee, and the
South generally, who wish to qualify
themselves for this responsible and hon.
orable profession, to avail themselves Of
the privileges they TO- offer.
The first term will open on December
l, 1875, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. at the
Nashville University. and continue ten
weeks.
ADMISSION.
Applicants for admission must be n,
least sixteen years Of age, must be able
to pass a satisfactory examination 10 the
ordinary studies of the common schools
and must present certificates Of good
moral character, from some responsible
person.
' TUITION.
One student from each county in tbi,
State will be iDsti ucted gratuitously, on
the recommendation Of the County Super.
intcndcnt and School Directors. All
others, whether belonging to this State OF
not, will be required to pay for prepar
alton to teach in Common Schools, $40
per term Of ten weeks in High School.
or more advanced institutions, SIS, but
whore parties are unable to pay tuition ,t
present, special arrangements will be
made to give them time to do 80.
Board may be had in respectable
families at from SIS to s25 per month.
1t ID hoped that the railroads will
charge half fare only TO students attend.
ing the University, arrangements to effect
which are being make, and the result will
be duly announced. .ps
Persons intending to apply for admi.'
sion, should give notice as soon as pos
sible. 1'' "
'.ii hog EBEN S. STEARNS,
al i,'f1.. a 7re PRESIDENT.
Nashville. October &c, 1915. ,,I
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11
OFFICE Co. SUPT.
Jonesboro' Tenn. Nov. 8.
To District Directors.


Tie State Normal University will be
open for the reception of students on the
first day of December, 1875. The Trus.
tees propose to admit one student from
each county free from tuition on the re.
co., mendation of the County Superinten,
dent.
respectfully recommend that each
district make one domination and report
Zoe same to this Office by the 3oth of No,
vember. 1t is made my duty to appoint
"A board OF three exau liners, who sha,I
conduct q competitive examination of ali
the candidates. Immediately thereafter
after giving due notice thereof and re,
commend the appointment by the County
Superintendent of the most proficient.
would further recommend that the
Directors call the citizens in their respec,
tive districts together and give genera.
publicly to this important matter. Only
those who are most likely to make sue
c%essful anG efficient teachers should b.
nominated.
further recommend that SATURDAY
November 9th be set apart as the day
on which each board shall meet and make
the nomination for the district. .a,
Respectfully -rfn..
-m U.. II. PRESNELL.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11

The Sunday Schools of New York and
Brooklyn alone have half a million dol.
lars invested IN silken banners, for they
have learned the good lesson that the fast
step toward making children better is to
make them happy.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11
Nov4w4pfs5

IN obedience to = Xende Exponias
issued from the Circuit Court. on a judg-
ment Of condemnation rendered st its
August Term 1875, in favor Of George
Grisham for the sum Of si5,s3 and the
costs Of this sale. 4 will sell at the
Court House door in Jonesboro', on Sat.
urday the ~ ss1 -e .f Liz
i1 4th day Of December 1875. ~
to the highest bidder for cash ia hand. all
the right. title, claim and interest that
JOS. l.. Hale, has IN and 10, one hundred
and one half acres Of land lying in Wash
ington County. Tennessee, civil district
No. IL, adjoining the lands Of j. b.
Thomas, Saml Beard and others. or %
much thereofa s may be necessary to satisfy
said judgment aud costs, unless the same
are sooner paid. This November 3rd
1878.
T. ii REEVES, Coroner.
Nov4w4pfS5.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11
/. The Ohio indationists were

- The Ohio infationists were so de.
lighted with the Republican gains in
New York, that they didn't notice at
all that the poor rag baby was smoth.
cred under a majority of 1900 in
Pennsyl yania.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11

HUNiERs', District, No. 8. A. NJ.
Jervis opened school on last Monday
MIR. Jervis will have a good school. He
is an excellent teacher for children, and
quite successful in working up the school
interest in a neighborhood. lie succeeds
where other teachers fail. lie works ~
outside matters ca itally.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11
STATE NORMAL UNIVERSITY
OF TENN ESSEE.

OF TENN ESSEE.
1t is intended to open this institution
for tn. reception Of students of both sexes,
and organization, on Wednesday. Decem-
Der |. 1875, at 10 o'clock A.. NJ, at the
Nashville University. oc3
DESIGN.
The design of this institution is to
afford an adequate supply Of professions
ally educated teachers, Of both sexes
which lis u necessity to the maintenance
Of an efficient system of public schools
by preparing them to manage and instruct
according to the most approved modern
methods, the various grades Of schools and
institutions of learning, both public and
private. 'i 1.' Ut
The instruction aud training will be
conducted by an able corps Of experienced
teachers, gentlemen and ladies. The
MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY -
which will continue to ft boys for college
and business pursuits, will also be CO..
nected with the University, as its ''Aiodel
Department." in which students will not
only have opportunity to observe the best
methods of instruction in actual appli.
cation. but also to teach from time to
time, uader the eye Of the regular in
structors.
DIPLOMA.
The Diploma Of the institution. enti-
Ting the holder to teach in any Public
Schoo, in this State without examination.
will be conferred upon such as have COM
pleted satisfactorily the required course
of instruction. To such students as are
unable to continue at the University long
enough to complete the full course, a
written certificate will be given, stating
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Land Sales.

-.IEwf4 rF- w
IN obedience TO a Febde Exponias
issued from the Circuit Court, on a judg
mGnt Of condemnation rendered at its
August Term 1875, in, favor Of John j.
Ford, for the sua of Sal ,35 and the costs
Of this sale, | will sell at the Court House
door in Jonesboro', IN Saturday the
! 4th day Of December 1878,
to the highest bidder for cash in hand,
all right title, claim and interest that
Jos. l.. Hale has in and TO. one hundred
and one half acres Of land lying iu Wash.
ingtOu County, Tennessee, civil district
No. IL, adjoining the lands Of J. B.
Thomas. Saml Beard and others, or so
much thereof as may be Necessary to satisfy
said Judgment and costs, unless the same
are sooner paid. This November 3rd
T. II. REEVES. Coroner.
Nov4w4pfS5. ''' f1
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11

To man this earth is something more
than a %donontory and a laraer aud q
gymnasium. 1t is a school house, and o
workshop, and a gallery of art. 1t is a
mighty lesson book for his perpetual
study.-President Foss. -"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11
THE STATE NORMAL UNIVER-
SITY.

This institution will be opened for the
reception Of students of both sexes on the
LIST day Of December 1875, at the Nash.
vile University. 0,u,.f.,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11

- Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is now re,
ported to have fully recovered from
her insanity. She will, hereafter,
make her permanent home with her
sister, at Springfield, Illinois.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11

Tho Chinese Government is to send a
fourth company Of young men to receive
an education il the United States. They
are expected in December.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11

- The Steamship Pacific was lost
by laundering at sea, last Thursday,
between Portland Oregon and San
Francisco. All on board were lost.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11

SEE the State Superintendents instruc,
tion to County Superintendepts on the
subject Of the State Normal. University.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11

- Alexander ii. Stevens has gained
two pounds, and if he keeps on being
80 d~readfully wholesome, he will weigh
a hundred and fifty in twenty five
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11
Herald and Tribune

70 - Victory in Gotham. There we're
Tam'many rascals managing the De.
mocratio ticket.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11

- The Philadelphia Press says the
''school>house' is taking almost as
prominent a part in politics now as the
'log cabin did once of yore.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11

- The question now is, will the
Nashville Americdn force Senator Key,
to resign?
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11
OFFICE OF Ran MASTER,
STATE GRANGE, HUMBOLDT, TENN
Oct. 10Th, 1875.

Patrons: We have secured q Dropo.
sition from "The NoshUiHe Americaa,''
published at the capital of our State,
and characteristic of the liberality of
that leading paper of the present age.
Fail not to avail yourselves of it. For
Sl,75 you can have the Weekly one
year, postage prepaid. Send for it I'm
der the seal of your Grange or certiii-
cate of your Master or Secretary.
w. MAXWELL,
H Master Tenn. State GRANGE.
Why the Grand Master should select
the strongest Democratic paper in the
State, one that has it's columns filled
every week with political news and
generally of o frery nature we are at q
loss to,know. lie certainly new that
there we're Agricultural papers In the
State which are entirely devoted to the
farming interest, and if he saw proper
TO make a selection for the Patrons il
would have been supposed that one oil
these would have been his choice.
There are also a large number of poll.
tical papers that have been friendly to
the Grange movement and have aideG
the cause q great deal in different
ways, but it seems that the Grand
Master is for ignoring them all and
concentrating his love OH the American.
This is TOO thin and the Patrons of
East Tennessee are not going to be
"gulled' by it.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11

Ie If captains were less reckless,
there would lie less wrecks.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11
Ely I'll A L.
BY II. P~RESNELl,
COMMON SCHOOLS,

There Is within every man n divine ideal, the
type after which he wac created, the germ of A
perfect person, and IL is the ONCE OF education 10
favor and direct the germs'-kASr.
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Valuable Farm for
+ ta'""'' Sale, .a'r'i Of ?
CONTAINING 1913 ACRE s.


offer for sale on easy terms a Vaiu.
l. able Farm in Washington County,
Tenn, situated six miles south of Jones'
boro'. There are about thirty acres Of
flne timber the balance is und r good
fence and a good state of cultivation.
There are five or six never falling springs
OIL the farm, and running water IN most
of the fields. There isa good orchard,
of almost every variety Of apples ana
pc aches. Also a good assortment of
grapes. The farm is located IN a gond
neighborhsod, convenient to churches,
school houses, mills, &c, &c. The build
.ings are large and convenient, and one
Of the best barns in the county. Black
smith Shop, Smoke House, Corn Crib,
Spring House andevcry thing convenient.
Any wishing TO purchase on easy
terms will call on me at the farm or adj
dress me at CARRIERS Mill, Washington
County, Tenn.
"a ELBERT TEMPLIN.
70 NOy-11-mOs-2. ..t.. fin, .sg.t
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11

READ the announcement Of the Norma.
University IN this weeks paper.
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tsTOO THINE

AS yet we have had but little use
for the vulgar phrase"too thin" but con
slider it the proper heading under which
to publish the following letter from the
Grand Master of the State Grange.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-11

ioa G Te Mill owners.
Do you need aey repairing donel or
are you going to bnild q new mill? II
80 | can do yeur miliwright work on very
favorable, terms. Write me stating the
amount Of work 70 be done and I viii
give yo1 my prices. Address. ,V
JAMES NJ. OSBORNE,
JOnesborO', Tenn.
TrnaIAkf
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Nashville. October &c. 1915. ,,.