Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-07-16
Letter from Medley's

| July IA, 1879.
Mr.. Editor THE public schools have
closed, the harvest is over, our primary meet
ing have been held, which resulted in The
seems quiet along the Potomac now, save The
occasional inprecations of homeward bound
canal men whose services are no longer needed
/ Now and then our peaceful quietude is dis
| turbed by persons who, call themselves re.
Specialize going around with their endless
gossip, seeking whom they may devour. They
are again upon the war PATH whispering
sweet psalms into the ears Of their degraded
and blighted audience, such us the scandal OF
innocent females, the depreciation of honest
men, dishonest commissioners and public
school usurpations, &c, all of which is de-
| ligktfu music 10 such as stand with ready
ears TO catch the low cultural accents, in
creasing in force as they proceed from the OIL
factory tuning fork. 1t is strange that such
| people will presume TO a place in decent socic-
| ", since they cannot feel at home; they can
never look comfortable. Wepi,y their mental
delormity and their spiritual weak nesses With
all our hearts, but have concluded to commits
serate their physical weakness with n few
| timely stripes, or five feet of rope as the only
mode of protecting female characters and 9TH
ers from the burning prejudice ofsuch devils.
Within the last six months our school OIL
Gals, from Examiner down to Trustee. have
been numerically sandered without shad :
ow OF justification, and by men, too, who
claim TO be the savants of the land; vet they
place themselves with the swine of the herd,
the lowest OF mankind, and grun: and growi
at every decent, honest man, who heeds them
not, but attends TO his own business.
am proud to state that Montgomery coun-
TVS reputation for competent Examiner and
Board Of Commissioner, rs well as an able
of tpur 10 f.tr IL,
county in the State.
Within the last year it has been my pleas
ant fortune Il was once teacher myself 10
visit good many schools in this and adjoin-
ing counties, and with an unbiased judg-
ment, | can place the teachers of my native
county, in point OF intellect far ahead of a
majority Of the sister counties. ! have also,
within the last few months, witnessed the
commencement exercises of great many
Schools among them female seminary. But
to express my honest opinion, the public
school near Monocacy, tNo. 6, / believe, J
taught by Mr.. Settle, deserves the highest
compliments for the perfect manner in which
they acquitted themselves, both in the exam
nation and exhibition. was a silent wit
ness of the latter, but learned that the stu
dents were very prompt in the examination
rejecting credit upon their worthy preceptor,
who has succeeded in giving very general sat
iSteNtioiis oOOh nut Oittll dllOltcu 10 ScnOOl-
masters.
Among the many appropriate and taste
fully arranged tabeaux and dialogues were
the following: "0ld Maids Tea Party. y
'sThe Last Beau of the Village" "Just as
our Mothers Do" 'The Maniac and House
maids Soliloquy," spoken aud acted to per-
lection by young school girl, whose name |
would mention if knew. But among the
most appropriate wasa tahleaux representing
the tomb stones of Confederate and Federal
soldiers with the friends of each claspnr
hands above their dead. From this inferred
that the teacher is a Southern man, and, like
all true patriotic men OF the South, is not on
ly willing TO forgive his enemies aud weep TO-
gether over their dead, but to inculcate in the
hearts of the rising generation spirit Of union
and brotherly love necessary to our peace and
happiness as nation, for there is no truth
more evident than that our places must be
filled by our children. So how very impor-
tant that they should receive proper training.
Success 10 the Monoeacy school ana teacher.
STRANGER