The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-02-12

men and others can come together for
half an hour to encourage each other
and receive spiritual strength. The
Fulton Street Prayer Meeting III New
York, begun some sixteei, years ago, is
still going on and it has accomplished
wonders.
SCHOOL ExERCLSE&
In company with u member Of the
School Board, we visited the schools Il
few days since OH the OCCASION of sle-
cial exercises in Miss Cosler's room.
The exercises consisted of drclalna-
tions, written debates and original es-
says. The schools appear to have
been brought under excellent disci-
pline, and some OF the scholars did re-
narkably we'll in defamation and es-
Say writing. The exercises were as fol-
lows:
DECLARATIONS.
One Year Ago-lIellen Twitc|,ell.
Categorical Courting-Artller Lyon.
Wishing-I4ucia Farnll;.n. The Dream
Hattie Smith. Katie Lee aud Willie
Gray-Nellie Dem. The Bridge Of
Si:hs-Emma L:Igtlon The N.ron's
/ Last RrQuest-Davil Bear. IIohen-
linden-Ernie Sutton. Roll Call Ell
: bridge Phelps. Winter-Frank Lyon.
Poppi g Corn-Matie Smith. Because
They Didn't Thimk--1Iannah Thomp-
son. We can make Home Happy
Alma Gray. Excslsior-Edward Blu
chan. a Day III EARLY Hay Tine-By-
ron Plumb. The Ninety snd Nine
Nellie Phelps. Little Myrtle-Minnie
Miner.
Question. Resolved, That Agricul-
ture is of more Importance to i coun-
try than Com n:,rce. Affirmative
Merrill Rohrer and Stanley Phillips.
Negative-Bertie Lewis and Rumsey
CLANCY.
Resolved, T ,at Work is a Pleasure.
Affirmative, Ella Baldwin, Negative,
Arrie Grant.
Our Sleigh Ride-Clayton Humiston.
Tie History Of Queen Ellsalrth-Mary
Twitcl,ell. The Grumblers-Iena Sa-
ter. The Cheerful IIeart-Emma
Stanton. Iron-Fred. I.acker. The
History Of Mary Queen Of Scots-Ell;.
Grant. The Lifeof Alice and Pho be
Cary-Anna Dean.
Nellie Phelps and Minnie Miner did
remarkably well in defamation and
the historical essays of Miss Mary
Twitc'lell and Miss ella Grant, as also
the biographical essay Of Miss Anna
Dean, deserve special mention.
Some one writes us Il communication.
portions of which we are unable to lie.
cipher, but enough is legible to Show
that it is on the subject Of poisonin'
dogs. lie says 1T is poisons dogs is
Citing to be ~ something we cannot
make out,) ami he "worns - people
against any more"p oisons dogs" W.
suppose dogs are private property, and
that it is not right to destroy proper. )
belonging to 4 neighbor, but if there il
any wickedi ess" which we can "wink
1T" it is this same ''poisons dogs -
The man who will keep a dog barking
and bowling arou ID his premises to the
nightly disgust of his neighbors ought
to he fined regularly every morning.
We learn that there are one or two fam
lilies in town who each keep three o,
four large dogs t" sally forth and All
noy every l'asser by, and yet they are
drawing relief! We remember little
hoy III Ohio who was very fond Of dogs
One day his mother took him to thu
country, where lie encountered two
large dogs that p'lled and worried him
in play until he was nearly exhausted
When he escaped, he went to his moth
Fl, out "f breath, aud said, 'Jakey'
got enough of dog" Sowith us W.
have enough Of dog. and we propose t.
Ike us 'enient us possible toward those
who engage in ''poisons dogs''
! FREEZIN(, EEf3E-1RLES