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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-13
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sc 10 gorf, 5. Qprtl.
SSn ietner @obnung in 8roDtlDn ltarb
seitern Der 9roTenor S. IS. @alter inz
folge bon 8ergiftung. Malfer bate,
oa er felt meDreren Sagen letoeno mar,
ain Samftag ieinen 9ausar3t 81 &atb
ge5ogen, nel6er tbm S0ierltngertraft
ner16rteb. ST. na6m bon oteiem na6
8Ori6rift nno IteB gu Salie feline Sat
tin bic SDmptome nteceri6reiben, &pelde
bic Wfe0i3tn 5ur SoIge bate, mas er int
met 3u tbun plegte, tpenn er ielbit mez
biatntrte ODER ieine Batienten bebanoelte.
0as 0tttiren be9lnn unt 4 l1br 10 Dfts
nuten gfa6mitta9s unb i6loB genan atpet
Stu n6en 1pGter nit folgenoer ytOtt5:
Gfel uno &rGunpfe in Ser re6ten Seite;
@rlabmung Der 3unge, @rittfungsanz
fdae; Buls ~un9efG6r 20 S94dge IN Der
Wtinute.
Sier belt 8alter inne unb ~berGan9te
au trinfen. Seine Srau ging IN Die
Slide, Inn ettpas &affee 81 beretter.
Sn3ntl6en gtng ie in Die &ranfentube
Surlif, UNI mad Dem 8eftnoen ibreS @ats
ten am Ie6en, unO fano ibn ~betpuBtlos.
IS tpuroe iofort mad etnem Nr3t ge@
f1tdt; ais bieler aber fam, uar Walfer
bereits cine Qei9e. 8
Sem gorf, 6. @pril.
Sod biGIigere Sabrpretiena9
benz O1ten.
Oie SEEM gorfer @iienbabn @eieQ>
f6aften unb Die BennipIDania @entral
baben tire Sabrpretie na9 Dem Often
tpte folgt berabge1eBt:
8on Stem gort mad Cincinnati, $i8;
mad gbicago, $l8; na6 2ouisoiae, SIS;
mad S1btanapolis, Is; mad ct. 2ouis,
$40; mad Quincy, $27; na@ &anlas
@ttD, $50; nad Smaba, 1874.
Son Bottom mad GbtcG8o, 1913; na6
Cincinnati, 500; mad louisville, $23;
nab Snotanapolis, $2l mad st. Gouis,
$25; na6 QuincD, $27; na0 &anias
Stir, $35; mad Omaha, 1874.
0on Ybtlaoelpbia nod Gbicago, $16;
mad Cincinnati, $13; na6 louisville,
SIG; mad Snotanapolts, $i4; no9 st.
1o1lis, SIS; na1 Quincp, 500; na6
GQn1as @itu, $28; no1 Omaba $32.
Dieie 9retie gelten nun fir S~abrfarten,
Die CUR iofortigen 8enuBung selOlt tpers
ben.
Die Bottom Nlbanb : 8abn bat BEN
Sabrptets bon Bolton ua1 GDtcago auf
$22 ermGBi9t.
Ste S1te SDore unD UttDtgd1>Oab
befOrbert &eiienoe BON Buffalo na1
Gbicago fir $11. Oenlelben 8reis be-
re6net bic Wti6tgan> Gentral.
Oie @Oncurren5 Der Canada outbern.
8abn, psl6e pOr &uraem eroffnet uurbe,
lit i6ulo an oielen Dem reiienoen Bublts
tum iebenfaus ptQtommenen 9tebGf..uz
nel1.
Rem gorf, 8. QprtI.
@raf Marefal9t, Der Mbgeianote bes
gapites an ben @GrOinale Gr obiIG,pf Wtc
Glosteo, ieBte 6ieien seitern bon Ietner
@%rbebung .ott5iea in &enntniB. Cine
Wte1ge 9etftli6e unb angeIebene bieftge
Satboltfen mobnten BET Seterlt9fett bel.
Der Abgeianote iiberret9te Dem @aroiz
nal auer1t fein OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
unS Las hanR etne Iateiniiae Anlpra@e
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-13

ties aufre6t au erbalteu, b~eIonbers in
Wiuiamion County, (ote mebrertpdbnte
u@rdueI6iuD.
Ser Senat nabm 1obann bic 8tu an,
mad pel6er Srauen DffentIt6e
80 o e tperben f6nnen.
G%ifembabnen anter Guratnrens@ ertuattnns.
Ser bonn Giienbabn>G omtte i'm Jte>
MISUNDERSTANDING etngerei6te 8ert9t
Iber ben 3uitano Der @tienbabren oes
States. Deren G~ermaltung it6 in ben
9Gnben bon guratoren beftnoet, entbGlt
foleenbe 9auptpuntte: 3m6If @ilens
babnen itno iebt nnter Der 0ermaltung
BON Guratoreu, nno cine lit b~ertauft n
tire Sermaltun9 ben &Gufern iibertrasem
porben. SIS ftmb Die %fOLaem0en:
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-13
MuS Der 8mnoeS1amptfta0t.
M 11hinnfnn. 6

Oas 8ablreluItat in Connecticut lit
ben Nepublttaueru b06it u%uertpartet ge>
tommen. Ser @eueralpoitmeiiter Semeu,
peI6er turs Dor Der Gabinetsftbung bon
bort auriidgefe6rt mar, muBte bon 1eiz
men @ouegen man6e ipDttil9e 8emerz
flung uber ben GrfOlS ieiner 9elbent9a>
ten hiuuehmeu.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-13
2aiaIIe, Z. QpriI.

GU u%%C1 4. AptIL~
Die seftrige Eopnuabl bate folsenoes
Eeiultot:
Superbiior, Mt9aeI 8brne; 6ilfsz
Superniior, Sc. 8. McDonalo; Gouefs
tor, Sno. Stuart; EOpnclert, Saues
2aner9an; StraBencommifiGr, G0uarb
Wfagnier Srtebcnsrt6ter, Nti9ael gaoD.
Sn Yerm puroen Die foleenoen Gown=
be1mten getpGblt:
Superbiior, s. Mt. Gallagher; 6iIfs.
Superbtior, Sobn q. Berger; Tomnz
clert, u. SoLttileef1er; Solicitor, Sreo'f
Sepe; StraBencommtiiGr, @eraro Qipe;
&lieiior, Button BirfenbueI; SrieDenss
rt1ter, George SKATERS.
9rinceton,7. QpriI.
Die geitrige @emeinoetpabI fieI All
Gunlten Der &epubltfGler aus.
@iScOnfm.
Genoiba, 7. NprtI.
Das &eiultat Der 9eltrtgen StabtmabI
1T f~olsembes: .. 8. Sing, Demofrat,
WapOr; y. Otter, 0emofrat, Stabts
l3reiber; MnOrem S6offeu, &epubltfaz
ner, S6abmeiiter; Sames 90. Stebbtns,
Gepubltfaner Srieoensri9ter; sc.
Stabl, Democrat, Mari9au; 5. Mtcs
9erlnott. &epubltfaner, @iieilOr.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-13
GAItfOrnten.
Gan Srancisco,7. NprtI.

Gin guIpermagaain, tpeI6es an Der
@de bon Spear un0 9arriionftr. itan6,
fog beute 9t69mittag in,Aie 2uft. Cine
Nn3abl III Ser RG6e beftnoli9er 9duier
tDur6e Sertriimmert Iun0 WtGnner,
Srauen un6 &tnber unter ben Huinen
b~egraben. Die Trlmmerbaufen gerietben
in 8rano unb es lift UNI oieie S.uloe urz
m0glt6, ben 8erIuit an Menlutni pen
annG6ernb gu i6dben. OaS SerltOrte
gigentbum bate einen Bertb bon minoes
items elmer baIben Wtaion Dollars.
Can Srancisco, 8. GprtI.
Inter ben 8ran6rutnen an Spear unb
9~arrtionftraBe, no geftern A6enO eiH
YuIbermaga3tn in Die SUIT fog, ftnb Bis
CUR Stunoe a6t 2ei6en Ooer bielmeDr
Die ueberreite 6eriel6en 9efunoen mOrs
ben, nGmli6: bic bes 8iernirtbS Srieo>
rid Saas, bes WerfflbrerS Start, zines
Sarbtgen Namens 8rotpn nno Nn6erer.
SaneS 0tcSSntpre, meI9er l9per ners
pu1bet aus benz S6utt beroorgesOgeW
purbe, itarb nod III Der b~ergangeneH
yaa6t. Dtebrere 9Inbere, bic i6uer uers
munoet ftno, luerDen 16merIi6 nie0er
Der S6aoe, tDelber bur6
bic Grploiton ulto bic oarauS ~entltan6ene
6euersbrunlt angeri6tet purbe, miro iebt
ouf 100000 Dollars gei6Gbt. WtaH
glaubt, DaB nod onbere 2ei9en unter
Den Sriimmern Derborgen ltegeI.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-13
Summer 10.

QittIe g d. 9. QInri

Sn benz Sturm, pel6er geitern NbenA
bier tobte, Derloren flint perlouen ibr
Qeben u1o mebrere tpnroem berpnn6et.
Die TeIegrapbenitrdnge tpurben grobe
Streden melt aerrtiien Inb cine Nn3ab[
9Guier ungetpebt. Sn Eerarcano tpurbe
ungefd6r UNI btelelbe Stunoe Oas S6uI=
baus entba6t, unb zines Der &tnber t0ots
LID uno mebrere lei9t bertuunoet.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-13
&boSe SSIonS.
BroDioence, 7. 2IpriG.

~F*FFF
Die Beri 9te Iber Die beutige Stats
tpahl erge6en fir 0aaaro 86S5St., flr Sips
pit 1886 ct. unb fir Cutler 5l38 Sttmz
men. Die repubIifantiaen Ganoioaten fir
StaatSiefretdr, Sbertaatsanrpalt uno
Staatsi6abmetiter itno nit liz bis 49,
900 Stimlnen Mehrheit Getp1hlt.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-13
@iHOMrt+
6 +. Q0ufS. 7 WhriI

VI Ut 7. WpIII.
Bon ben @an0tbaten fir oas 8urgerz
meiiteramt erbtelt Barrett [Oem.] l2,z
949 Sttmmen, SneritaLs [l1nabb.] IL, IT'S
unb Wta9uire [9tep.] 4445 Sttmmeu.
8arrett's Waiorltdt iber Wasutre lit
bemnab 1904 unb feline WaiorttGt iber
Oberftal5 TIA ct. Oie b~euuofrattf9en
@anbt6oteu fir bic an0eren itdoti10en
Nemter erbielten bon 657 bis 5798 st.
Al}phrhpff
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-13
G0tnn 1tttS Sapan%
l. MG

y pHB4ON 8 l. Wf6r3.
Ser 9oIt lber Gan Srancisco. - 9te
2anDestrauer puroe am 25. Tebruar ouf
mebrere Stunoen unterbro6en, I'M Der
Nreuoe iber bic X6ronbeitetguug bes
Neuen Raiier QetnS) RlaB 81 MAIDEN,
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-13

moItfe. 8[umentbaI un6 Soigbtse gtbeb
na6Iten Montag Die &etie ua@ StaIIen
antreten pirb.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-13
Nem SerSeD+

M ,NeW T Il s 70 d, 9. NprlI.
Wi9ae[ SuutOan purbe beute 8ors
uitt0g tpe8en @rmOroung bon Daniel
galma6ge bier gebGnst. Die Sa6e
DurOe iebr raid abeeptdelt. 0ier Wiz
tuten Dor II ubr DerlieB Sultnan ietne
Belle, begleItet BON Stpet @etitIi6en, benz
S3ertf, benz @efdn9ntBi6lteBer r!nb
Dem 5enfer. 3pet Wtinuten ipGter nabm
er bon oteien Nbf9ieb, uno nod cine
Minute, UloI NHes mar pprbei.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-13

Ote @el1mmt5abl Der WfeiIen lit 2,288
nno Bic annabernoeu @eiammtiumne
Der S9uIoen oteier 8abnen lit $64,z
435, 92l .O6.
Diele 8abnen i9uloen 6em Staate
Steuern fur 1873 unD 1874 i'm @eiammt>
betrage bon $l2l, 544.50, tpel1e Summe
ieoo6 nidt mebr ais 10 Brocelt BON Der
Sunme lit, Del6e bic 8abnen all Steuern
ben Counties, StGoten &C. 16uloen.
DteIe 9toBe ridftGnbtge Steueriumme,
mel6e Die @i1enbabnen i6uloen, ri!brt,
Der Wetnnng bes Counties na1, tn ben
meiften SGQen ni9t bon Der 2lrmutb ODER
SnioIDen5 Der betrefenben ~@ompa9nien
Der, ionoern tDmrben bur9 bic Geiteue>
rltn9 oes Ntttencapitals oieier 8abnen
fir 1873 Deruria9t. Na9 ben bejten
Snformattoneu, Die gu baben tDaren,
9laubt 0as Gomite, oaB nur tpentge BON
Den Nftiem Der SaDnen i'm Staate geetg5
net nerben uno 1lur elm gertnger X9etl
tbrer S9uloen i'm Staate SuinoiS fdlig
lit.
(Spe5ial6epei6e Ser $50. @taats5etuns.D
Sprin9ftelb, 9. @prtI.
Sn set Na6mtttag ltBung bes Senats
tpuroe Oiev ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
an8enonlme1, obglet9 oas 0anS um 3u>
r~iGieuoun9 Oerielben bebufs ibrer 2Ste>
bererDd9ung eriu6t bate. 9offentli0
Dtro Der WouOerneur benz S0pinoel
ietne 3ufimmung DerUetsern.
9ie fir 6as Douglas document ge5
forberte 8entuiaun9 nuroe Dom 0tes
prdientanten1anIe beftnittn bertpeigert,
Sebpe's vWtanorsbiu" unb bel1elben@ntz
tpurf gum 8eIten Don Jeuerleuten, Die
i'm Dienite &rlppel getporOeE ftiO, an
genDnmen. Ser Senat CAB Dem @eIeBz
eutwurfe ieine 3uitinlmung, tpel6er es
Goot @ountD n1oeIi6 mabei1 miro, bic
tbm Derneigerteu Steuern etnautreiben.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-13

bor, auf tpel6e Mc GosteD in berielben
Spra1e anttportete. Der Begletter oes
Q~bgeian6ten, 6r. &oncettt, tDel6er Dem
&tr1enfIr1ten bas ~eigenbGnotge S6retz
ben bes 9apifes iiberbra6te, begLiidz
tpanf9te Semen in fran36iii9er Spla6e.
gr iagte II. g., Die GripGblung oes Gr37
bii6OfeS 3u ietnem bo6en Stanoe lei 11!r
cine. gebl6renoe Nnerfennung BET Stelz
lung, pel6e Qmerifa nit Ne1t unter
ben 2GnOern Der Welt etnnebme, llt9t
QQetn negen Der nun6erD0uen Musoeb>
hung Ietnes 6anbels uno Der @roBartigz
felt Ietner ~@rftnoungen, iOnoern gal15
por3ilglt6 besbalb, neil ale Oteie trot1
16en Sntere1ien BEN @eiit bteies Bottles
ntGt 70 ausi9lteBlt9 in lnipru6 nebz
men, oaB es Die Snterei1en Der &eligton
u1o littli9en Orbnung barIber auBer
NGt lteBe. Die feierli6e ueberret9ung
bes GarotnaIsbuteS DtrD auf oes @r3bi>
19ofes @uni6 am %. 3. sc. f%tattfinoelr.
Netpg orf, 7. April.
9ie Stabt Stem gorf bat gegen 8m.
81. Ttpeeo etnen neuen Bro3eB anbdngt9
gema0t, I'm bon ibm Die Snmme bon
Sc, 198, 1857 aurId3uerIangen, pel9e
lpd6renD 6es SabreS 1870 BON Der Jte6c
11ungsabb0rsBe6oroe (board OF Audit
5ar 3abluns angeuieleu por6eI tparen.
9ieIe 3ablungen naren gum E6etl Die
8afis ber Qnflage, auf Die bin Etpeeb
berurtbetlt tpurbe. Sin 8erbaftSbefe6l
lit gegen ben Qlngeflagten %erlalien uno
bic Surgi6aftsiumme auf So, 000, 600
feftgeiteut woroen. ytatIrli6 nur fOrmeu.
Nem Oorf, g. @prtl.
SdiffbrI6ige 9erettet.
Sic 8arfe vWagsie M.", tpeI6e beute
bon Sort, Srlanc, bier %einlteT, nabm
untertpe9s ben @apitdn unb ELF Wtatrolen
bes peritnfenoen 8remer S6iffeS Wta>
beira auf. Der /. unO 2. Steuermanl1
ltnb neun Matroien batten bas S6tff
i6on trGber. perlaiien. Sin Watroie mar
%ertrunfen.
SHiNots.
ct. 9onts, 8. Mprtl.
gu G6inburg, ST., purben beute
Na3mittag finf @obnbGuier uno cine
- 80
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-27
Great Fishing in Florida.

South from Jacksonville about two
miles is Alachua lake. Formerly tins
was vast prairie of over twenty thou
sand acres of good grazing land. In the
midst of it was deep hole or land sink,
of which there are q great many III tho
State, into which the waters OF
McKinstry lake, situated further north,
and the surrounding country used toflow
and find a subterranean outlet to the
sea. About four years ago the outietgot
more or less choked up, and the surplus
water backing soon covered this vast
tract of country, in which aqueous con
dition it has remained ever since, IN
creasing and diminishing in area as the
season varies from wet to dry. This lake
is literally alive with fish. L have seen
colored boys with an ordinary pole cut
from the woods, line not over four feet
long, and a fly, rudely constructed OF
white and red flannel, catch eighty
pounds of black bass in a couple OF
hours. These fish average from two to
twelve pounds. An eight pound bass ls
common. A few days ago a gentleman
residing in Gainesville caught and weigh
ed on Fairbanks scales, in the pretence
of number of Northern visitors here,
black bass weighing nineteen and one
quarter pounds. Tradition says one was
caught here last year that weighed
twenty-three pounds. All the small
streams flowing into this lake are also
full of bass. The other day l saw three
small boys standing in a stream about
three feet wide, and may be foot Deep
each armed with a piece of hoop iron,
with which they killed, in the half hour
was present, eight good sized bass
Another boy of the same party, with a
two-bushel corn bag, made one haul IN
the same stream of ten bass.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-27
Labor Troubles in Russia.

The Russian serf released from practl-
cal slavery thinks that freedom means
the right to do nothing and go where a
vagrant inclination may lead him.
Serfdom meant involuntary servitude
and confinement 10 his native district,
and naturally his undisciphned sense OF
liberty impels him to 10 the opposite.
So he wanders about, and works only to
keep from starving. Under the Old
system, pauper peasant was an lmpos-
sibility; under the new. the lowest pov-
erty is the rule. The effect on the IN
dustrial interests of the country Is little
short of ruinous. Labor cannot be OBJ
tanned, even where wages are relatively
high, as in the fertile provinces OF the
south and southwest, without prepay
ment. sometimes to the extent OF eight
months wages, and that without any
security that the work will be done.
That contract is in any way binding Is
quite beyond their moral eomprehen-
sion. If paid in winter to SECURE their
services in the spring, they are quite as
likely as not to be missing when the
stipulated time arrives; while those who
do report for service are in the habit OF
deserting at the most critical moments
without warning and without cause
Factories are abandoned i'll the stress OF
business, though the men have signed
regular contracts; and farms are left I'M
titled, unsown, or unreaped, simply be-
cause laborers already paid prefer to
work for a neighboring proprietor Inc
money paid in advance cannot be recoF-
cred, nor the deserters punished 1or
their treachery. Not that there IS 10
law to reach the case; the trouble is the
justices, whose duty it is to regulate
such matters and decide lii labor DIS
putes, invariably favor the workmen-
''The mass is powerful fellow, they
say, and decline to take any steps to
bring themselves into disfavOr with the
"powerful fellow who votes them into
office. The agricultural development OF
the country is especially hampered by
this lack of trustworthy workmen, and
large tracts formerly under cultivation
are being turned into grazing land
while the peasantry gain only in pow
erty and improvidence, living from hand
to mouth, and spending the most they
earn in vagabondage and brandy, The
matter has lately been taken in hand by
the government, and new commission
appointed for the codifying OF the laws
of contract and other labor regulations.
1t is hardly to be expected, however,
that any speedy amelioration OF the
trouble will be effected.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-27
Pay Of New York Bank Officials.

The cashier of a New York bank, says
correspondent, receives from s., 900 to
$8, 600, but the Office of president is often
considered honorary. This is but an
other term to express the facility for fill
ing ones purse furnished by such a
gratuitous berth. Any bank president
who improves his opportunity may make
the Office worth $4,000 year. The
paying teller receives from $1,000 to
$4,000. 1t is useless to place him lower
than this, because he will steal enough
to make up the difference. The receiv-
ing teller should receive the same pay
for similar reason. Some of these re-
ceiving tellers exc out their salary by
serving at the ticket offices of our thea
ters. They are good judges of money,
andas at such places counterfeit currency
is offered, their services are of value.
A North river grocer, who dealt at GER
tain bank and knew the receiving teller
intimately, once went to the theater and
was astonished to see his friend stationed
in the ticket office. He then learned
that for two years the man had gone
from the bank to the theater and spent
an hour in this service before going
home. The fee for that hour paid his
house rent. Bookkeepers receive S1 800,
which is no more than enough to sup
port a bachelor. No man can think of
setting up his household goods ON such
a pittance and there is continued rush
to obtain bank appointments. Every
director has his list of applicants and for
every prospective vacancy there are
hundred candidates. In London super
anuated clerks are pensioned. This
should also be the rule in New York city,
but, ON the contrary, worn out clerk
is turned away to take his chance. The
only exception that have ever known
was that of the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company. When their treasurer,
Isaac N. Seymour, retired, after term
of service which lasted more than third
of century, an annuity of $4,000 was
granted him and was continued until his
death.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-27
Patching Boys Clothes.

A motherly woman writing in the
Christian Monitor declares that she fully
agrees with any thoughtful woman who
spares her boys the humiliation of
wearing great round or triangular
patches, when her own skill and gem
erous supply of pieces make the reseated
pants look almost as well rs new ones.
May they hold her i'll grateful remem-
brance, long after they shall have out
lived the era of torn trousers. She sug-
gests that when pant need repairing
over the knee, it is good way to rip tho
seams each side of the worn part, cut it
out, and insert new piece, pressing it
nicely before closing the side seams
again. Neither boy nor man need be
ashamed to wear garments neatly patched
if it be necessary, and every girl sho;ll /
be taught thai mending we'll is an essn-
tial part of domestic economy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-27
Another Ship Canal.

The old project of making ship
canal across Cape Cod, New York pa
per says, is making vigorous discussions
at Boston, the Legislature having recent
ly granted an extension of time to the
company in which to complete the work,
and several New York capitalists having
promised to assist the Boston men con
cerned in the enterprise. The company
has nominal capital of $1,000,0 600.
They want to begin operations within
year, and, if they do, the contract con
structing the canal will be given tc
European parties. The entire cost
would be nearly $3,O00,000. The valley
through which the canal is to pass is
north of the town of Sandwich, and ex-
tends from shore to shore about seven
and three-quarter miles, and in direct
line from the waters of Buzzard's bay to
those of Barnstable bay, about six and
seven eighths miles, the general direc-
ton of the course being northeast and
southeast. The canal is intended for
tow boats and barges, but would also be
of sufficient capacity for oil vessels now
engaged in the coasting trade around
the cape. 1t is claimed that the canal
would reduce the distance by the Vine
yard sound route nearly eighty miles,
and fully one hundred and forty miles
by the outside route around " Fishing
Rim"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-27
About SehOOlhOuses.

A correspondent OF the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican, makes vigorous
protest against the prevailing methods
of warming and ventilating schoolhouses
in that section, and his remarks will ap-
ply to many sections of the country. He
writes: Nine-tenths of the common
district schoolhouses of New England,
where all our children get the first rudi-
ments, consist of one smalhsh room,
with two windows ON each of three sides;
on the other side an outside door; near
the door a big cast-iron box stove,
regular wood eater; back of the stove,
in the corner, the teachers desk, which,
when the stove is red hot-as it has to
be to keep the frigid zone OF the back
seats at anything like habitable warmth
is like furnace. The hard benches
and inconvenient desks take up two
thirds of the room opposite the door.
The back seats, which are occupied by
the older pupils, are built against the
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twelve or fourteen sitting through a
winter with her back leaning against the
cold, frosty dampness of plastered
wall, or, worse, against window through
whose numerous cracks and crevices the
cold air is pouring upon her unprotected
head and neck. She goes on the floor
to her classes, gets heated from the
stove, returns to her seat to cool of,
day after day, until illness keeps her at
home; at the close of the term and for
years, probably, she is fit subject for
the writer's on "Sex in Education F" to
theorize upon. Driven from the desk
by the heat, the teacher stays on the
floor from necessity, and when so warm
that it is no longer endurable lets down
window, which exposes some of the
scholars to draught, or opens the door,
thereby freezing the feet of Others. We
say freezing advisedly, having known of
instances where heels and toes have been
frozen sitting in a schoolroom. In one
instance, during the present winter, a
visitor entered a schoolroom to find the
stove red hot, the air all lconsumed, every
scholar but one lying down, and the
teacher pale and almost breathless. A
week later, the teacher and several OF
the pupils were i'll of fevers. Nearly
every day we see accounts of schools
broken up by the illness of teacher OF
pupils; and if we look to the real root
of the matter, we shall find that two
thirds of the prevailing infuenzas, colds,
and intiamed throats are contracted in
our ll-ventilated, ill-arranged school
houses. Something has got to be done
about it, Or there will be no children and
young people left to theorize upon.