Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21
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Edited and Conducted By
j. f. LANGENBA UG H.,
New Hampshire.

AUG Ctate superintendent OF PuOllc
instruction, of the State of New Hamp-
sbtre Is elected by the people for two
ysers. The State Board of Education
consists of the Governor and Council. and
the Superintendent OF Public lnstruc-
tions. Town School Committees consist
offrcm one to nine members each. male
or female. They examine teachers. grant
certificates. inspect schools, select text
books, and have the power TO dismiss
teachers and scholars. The School Fund
consists OF a tax. levied upon town prop.
erty. also. district tax. 1t is distributed
to each town in proportion to its number
Of children attending school. Additiona
funds are raised pursuant TO vote. Teach
ers are examined by the School Commit
tee. Their certificates entitle them to
teach without denomination for one term
except graduates of tho Normal School.
whose teIms are three and five years.
They are employed by the Prudential
Committee of Districts, which consists oil
one or more male or female Scholastic
age from to II years. Uniformity in
text books is rot insisted upon. Branch
es taught are: Reading, spelling ariih-
metic, writing. grammar. geography, mu-
sic and history. with some optional ones.
Stringent laws require attendance on
school. The grades are primary. inter
mediate. grammar and high. The Con
stitution of this State declares that the
people have right to empower. and do
empower, the Legislature to authorize.
from time to time. the several towns, par
ishes. bodies, within this State. to- make
adequate provisions al their own expense /;
for the support and maintenance of public
Protestant teachers. OF pity, religion and
morality"
EXPERIENCE.
Experience-word so lightly used, so
little understood: ExpeHence-mystcri-
ois spirit! whose result is felt by all.
hose nature is described by none The
father warns the son of your approach,
and somtimes looks to you rs his off
springs cure, and his own consolation
we hear OF you in the nurscry-we hear
of You in the world-we hear of you in
books; but who has recognized you until
he was your subject. ana who has discov
cred the object OF so much fame. until he
has Kissed your chains To gain you is
tie curse pf ali; you are at the same time
necessary TO our happiness. and des:inct
i've to our felicity; you are the savior
Of all things, and the destroyer OF all
things; our best friend, and our hitteres'
enemy; for you teach truth, and that
truth is-despair. To wake from your
bright hopes, and feel that all is vanity
to lie reused from your crafty plans, and
know that all is worthless, is a bitter
but sure destiny. Escape is impossible
for despair is the price OF conviction
How many centuries have fed, since
Solomon in his cedar palaces sung the
vanity of man! Though his harp was
golden and his throne ivory; his feeling.
were not the less keen, and his convic
ton not less complete. How many sag
es OF all nations have. since the monarch
of Jerusalem, echoed his philosophy
yet the vain bubble still glittcrs, and mus
forever. The gen1alogy of experience i,
bIief; for experience is the child o.
thought, asd thought is the child of nc
ton. We cannot learn men from books
nor can We form from written description.
a more accurate idea OF the movements ol
nalule A man may read ali his lite and
form no conception OF the rush of noun
tain torreLt, or the waving of q forest o
pines in storm: and man may study
in his closet, the heart of his fellow crea
lures forever. and have no idea of the
power of ambition, or the strength of re
venge. II Is when We ! ave acted our.
selves, AID have seen Others acting; it j.
when We have labored ourselves unde
the experience Of our passions, and nave
seen Others laboring; it is when GU
great hopes have been obtained or hav,
been baked; it is wien, after having tn,
human heart revealed to US, We have til,
first opportunity to think it is then. if We
can think, that the whole truth lights up
on us 1t il then that We ask Of ourselves
whether il be wise to endure such ankle
ty Of mind, such agitation Of spirit, such
narrowing ofsoul, 10 gain what may cease
TO interest to morrow. or for which, al
best, a few years of enjoyment Can alone
be affored: it is then that we waken Il
the hallowness Of all human things; it !,
then that the "a, ings of sages. and the
warnings Of prophets are explained and
understood; il il then that We gain Ell
PERIrNcE.
sweet a. the image Of the breeding dSvei
Holy a. Heaven Il mothers Lowell
The only love that un this teeming earth
A1kt 10 return from passions varied birth.
Walnut Items.