Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-07-28
AN E.KHA USTIVE DOCUMENT


And hunt by the broad likes the brown buffalo.
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AN EHHA US1IVE DOCUMENT.
KYLERTowN, July IS, 1875.
Mn. ErIroR Having few spare
moments this evening, ] thought |
would improve them by scribbling a
few lines to inform you of times and
things in this corner of the world.
have noticed that. correspondents usu-
ally try to "write up their own neigh.
borhood, and generally have something
to boast Of peculiar to their locality.
Now, ! presume this is ali right and
proper, and not wishing to appear odd
| want to brag little myself. Though
we have some good farms down here,
and also good farmers (tho two are gen
orally found together if you notice.,
and though we raise some tall corn,
large pumpkins, heavy potatoes, and
all "sich, yet these are not the things of
which | would at present speak. But
our chief production, and that in which
we most pride just now, Is big School
Directors.
Now, Mr. Editor, perhaps you may
begin to say, "Oh | know all about
School Directors, I've seen them lots
of tines
But hold on a little. You may, it is
true, have seen .ha average specimen
mere commonplace men, such as you
may meet almost anywhere-but you
never saw our Directors, at least the
two am going to tell you about and
when say big School Directors, do
not understand me to mean overgrown
men physically-men whose avoirdu-
pois exceeds that of ordinary mortals
but men of great minds, Of giant in.
tellect and hcreulean mental power
men, who by their own Inherent
strength of character and individual
excrtions have not only secured places
of honor and trust from their admiring
fellow-citizens, but have by few bold
dashcs brought their names from COM
parative obscurity prominently before
the public-at least in this section.
Some one last winter, under the
name of ''Economist," gave your read
crs an incident in the public career of
Ine then actlhg director a, illckory
ip.' po.'on' a'u :. mas sno"sn. ~ so'hc
has been so far outstripped in his feeble
efforts and so completely eclipscd by
the grand deeds Of his successor in
once, Una. ms nu'he - no i1ngcr men
,ioneu , ~ Una. colllleo'ion; =. mas occi
s'''u ..as " Ion'u .u paouIsos' ~. yno
Prcae man pu' 'l,'s luus. pe ,',s'''Ne,
because mere We nave u, ieasi TWO IN
MOTIFS 'ownsh,p-one u. hylor,own
anu onc ~ l'ehory po''onIah1 , one
ID as great as ,hc v,ncr, anu peileVc
greater, D9t l VIII ehueavcr now 70
give you a snort account Oh some OF
inc achlcVenohts Oh ,hese ncrolc men
recently, ana you can Juuge lor your
sen whetner my reinnrhs concerning
'hgm nave peen 700 culog's,lc.
Last winter tn1 goou peop'o'i hyier-
.owh uo,Trili'heu Gr 70 h'lyc u Singing
school. iney hccoruingiy secured a
cClnpetont leacncr ..D anu proeeoueu ai.er, .
oi course gc'''ng 'ho priViiSgc Vi ,nc
scnooi mouse. All passcu on slnootniy
un'ii tho CLOSING OIL ,no schooi recentiy,
when they We're a ilttie surprizeu py
claim OF ,he Vlgilsht Direc'or at inat
place ior 'ne use Oh ,ne mousse ana no
succeeded IN ge.Ihg 'ne sum ol TWO
uoliars on tnat plea commend INC 10
vlgllant Pupnc o'ncer. now, some
envious iolKs might say tn'N thero was
nothing very great ABOUT that that
any 9r,ndly Director couiu 40 as mucn.
put uont pelevc an orolhary man
wou,u nave thought OF ~ al, ana l
,hink ne showed sagacity possessed
py put lew ana u disposition 10 40 MS
whole ~ unty, wnich those VINO would
uctr'lc' iron' MS Won,earhou rcPu'a,'oi'
might envy ii nc uid nothihg great,
IL was ohiy because ne lackeu opPor-
tunity' itaiso happened ,iat the poor
souls DOWN IN hickory po,'om must
neeus lcarl, 70 sung 700, anu Us unuer
'hesc circumstance, tney uohsiuercu
e'nsns eenoo' W ~ w .i'"s, my
procoeceu accoru'ngy' ohc oi inc
rules OF thcse schoois required tne pay
ment OIL an admission zee OF zen cents
py 'nose VINO "erc no' members oi
e,,her eIass' Nvw, lnls rulo worseu
aii righ, at hyler,own, ron lne iaco
Una, ,as everybody Knows ,ney arc a
MN. nlnu o. =" ,gnVLnn, l',, ses srne,nily IN
.nls 'own anu n"ruly a9 see,n 70 KNOW ~
wnen 'neir r'gn's are ',iiringeu upon,
or il .ncy uo, nay no' ,ne couruge 70
resent wv ,no ,'npUs's,u"' p,,,, nJ. 'o. 80 80 WIN y m
tne more in'elngenl, s.uruy yeomanry
., ol ilickorS lick, Do''o'l, among wn9m 1 's
tho nop'e - pio1,Vr il ~, u 'n',' p,ace. mcre .
you can penolu men VINO know 'neir
rlgh's anu uaro 'hnli'''lr ,ncn' ana
80 u was Una. y splll. oi opposluon 70
lnls lnlqai'pus measure u was ehgenucrca :,
among ,ne @ po''cr lnior'hya ,,. GLASSES, ana ana
many instances Oh supllnne nerolsm
ASIDE rom @ .nn' o' nv our peioveu M director r m
might DC citeu: INC Prowess Oh one
young man III par,cular deserves ,
spociai ,nenuon' me % poas. Oh ms