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stop the WASTE.

To THE EDnOR OF TuE SUN-Sr. II IL es-
umated that water assumption 0f tnis city loo
100000 gallon. daily that The rate Of 100 gallons
per hesdi while IN London elghtcel ons per head Is
REGARDED tar average. Consequently It IS rational
L. presume mat eighty per cent Of our Ally supply
an actual waste manly from the carelessuc,s OF SER
wants Nov II 10 proposed to create anew reservoir
and aqurduct at all c-tinted cost Ot t3OOUAOnp. g.
an4rd a ia her supply Of water 10 he wasted NOR,
rtcNirssy tuau al prrstut, when simple coutriNducr
Nuuli save TINS vast ana useless expenditure.
MAINTAIN ihaf all consume should bee Cunpe ltu 10
substitute Tor the faucets nsrdn hotels huu.e
seitscung faucets, automatically working, So TINT,
Wnen pressure OF the mana II removed, the water vii
cease 10 nov. Tie cos OF change Il Is true, viii fa
upuu tue hou ehnldcri Oui he VII ne amply recon.
ptu-cd ny SHOWING tnlt ms house cannot DO npOIei
nor us boiler cAp,Oded through his servant ear l,ss.
H. IA0GAkr Practical III lumber
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state bonds neglected the only sales having been
IN Louisiana = Cun-ula cd at Uula anu Is CON.
sundlrd * matured coupons. NJ 0SA airoal secur-
tee rh ct,d large aud listrl. utcd ira 20, with
tie IrNcipt dea ings ar follows: Sew Jersey Central
i,,s, neT llC4 Cni'aga, hur lugtun ana Qliucy s.,
HOG. l"lugh ana Nlkrsuirro CoufnlQA ed, 6s
MlNAnkee and II. Pau consoudated siuAing fuul,
ble Mlwaukec and 81. Pau LIST mortgage. Ia Crosse
dN lsiun lu3i Chicago aud Milwaukee Isis lud; C. L ,
m aud udiAnapols lists, lo5A@lOs Morris anu Es,, 1
=, 49, no Msn'ssu 'rhlral - lv2'sa l2- II rlen
~S4 Ohlu and Mississippi cou sinking fund. al q lo
ana Mississippi sds sos PAcihc Il II Mo. Let gage.
%. Central lacluc l>is san Joaquin uraucu. ST.
ouls ana Iron Mountain lsts, 1904 Pttsnurg b., Font
iss, ~; thleaso Burr gt'n aud quincy - III.
NOrihM esttrn consolidated coupon gold bonds. .Hi a
Fort Wayne lst motlBge, l21ie; New Jrr-ey Ccnt Al
convertible, NV New Jeisey Central fsts. cuus lil.
dated s1S. (hl,a.O ana NounWes arl lei NOR GAG.
LOO M0Tus aui E,seA "a molgt-c lUl mon Pa De-
IN .u. fund VI nluu Pac Ne kalrOtl is urtsB
lutat HHIuiba aud ri Joseph rs. CouNcftlult, h4A.
Harlem lstr, - reg, ll74.
lhe opening, hgneht, lowest, And 4. VI. closing
price, OF stocks To-Day Neref
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THURSDAY Nov. 9.-FLouR AND MEAL-Tho
sos eas ss q "qg wat! y:r reanGed os
nend Whatever for export home use. Rye nOur and
SsT i WI qu ed s gSGsw SSd % er
EN- supernnt,, 1900 fisO; extra state &c,
. MA g. Xxx Xxx %{ xxS'ss ScSs3 So l 40 wln,ss
,soGs,7 90 ely .appaG extras IS S5ssSs5, South SOUTH.
srh oasers ana family brands, ,6.7jets15 scout nern
,eN@ss BranaySine' si'oass 80. " I've noSr0sa:
sStnnse' h'ooato' Buc1Nheat hour. 100 MS. t3.1Oa
orToSI,,openea excited with quotations for spots
i l,ct H,tc. sales o2y oa,s Futures advanced
soco osle.. s le, Tor VovnUsr. iasse.
9r De1 ,S dc ~ H. 10 i9- essc Tor FEB
SePts . the ports - s' bales Liverpool market
IEoyIsioss-p "a easier, It'll sale OF 1875 bills mess
q G Co.; and ~ dun tran.sctons.
long clear s4tasls, Cut mat. generaly quiet. but
%i1a as Of go c All M I ps w sarss
nd city, bu. lover f9r The winter months and sales Of
oo Tor February Dressed hog IL lover yr cts s sa
e es"f Ser ss9rss Bss 'si B s, ham, 7 Sg
tubs. 2sa3se.i rail, se i0c Western creamery 27S
Ter demand state factory 80 se He.teTn d. sa 49,
hgss steady At sss5Oc for western anu Lear by aud
eT;S Wheat ic lover and DIN, sales 5000 bush.
nes no. s.urng tll5esl.ss for uneracei sprlns and
sold ~ 77c Barley ami barley malt Oats "a her
nrmer with good demand; sales AZ uuO ousn. 40 s1f
aud ssaiec for white do. incuiine No lt4ic. aso.
white state i7@boc. ana mixel do, 45g4Si@c. Corn
rather Cearer but not acive sales S7OU bush at 500
oOc for western mixed, including No. and Kansas,
5svdrOc SAL mixed auu No. chicago at 5SeS5Ojlc 4
steamer mixed o, No os4c also, yellow. 5sCsoOc. and
new Delaware yellow ut Doc ON the DOCK.
sukDRiEe- Nava stores were quct and unchanged &C
3gC. fr spirits turpentine ana t2G 21O for common
to good lned sin. Petroleum quiet at llsic.
for crude Ia bulk and 2jc tor refined In bbs Ocean
ireishls wsre rather Guet, ana berth room tribe
easy, VII lr eharteriag tonnig' wr steady. Grain 20
London, by steam, 80 H. hops, sst. Gram TO GlIs
& ". nv steam. ~ L. -four, 81. 81 Gram to Hun. by
steain ~ do To the Confident d. gi. ar. Renned
petroleum 20 Cork Z orders, a. Ii do. to Bristol.
a.. 81. crude To- E0ucu, -. Lodi 10 TO Antwerp,
a. AID Tallow fairly active and steady a. Ssees7tc.
Nhi-kcy sold to tue extent Of 100 Vt sl uA2
tllO. In hile- the sAes included 1000 dry BuenoG
AYrcs. to arrive at 22c.. god.
GRocKR1Es-in c. fee, praa Grades were unchanged 7
RIO was quoted At ldiics ,Wac sales 2.loO bags and
3.5on bat- Bt1a. on private terms; md grades were
quiet at 2@e3c Tor Java and l6S lsc for MArsca.bo
Mulasses a. quiet for foreign; new crop New Ore
sold 10 the extgn' o. 80 nbls e 80 gG3c. IN was
quiet, but trim ~ oistaas tor fair TO good rem
Cuoa, ana esss lOisc Tor oentrlfuIati tehncd was
trnrr ana Qutr i've at iliad lelsc Tor hlrd-. and
ll@1lltc. Tor a" The sfock- tins morning nero
w,tr: Coucc, 22SJa bags RIO. $3.50 hags and 81 Iva
mat. mild grade. m ] see. an3l hhds. foreign. ana
knu hhs dlmrstff -tEar. 10 10 hhds l5,lU2 OOxep,
1870 $40 tags, aud l,elS mclado.
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nom ne Ga VulHii Hlttc.fhftff
Asthc season is approaching whcu hawks
are most destructive to Dung poultry, method
Of catching and Killing these uarauLers will be
IN order, II IL "a well known fact that a hawA
will always Hight on some conspicuous place
close ~ The poultry yard, from which 10 sw0ou
down On bis victims. Tab ng advantage Of THIS
erect pole with a II I surface A. the top lust
large enough to hold strong steel trap. fasteu
TN. trap by chain to stip'e In the pole, and
await results. NJ bait will tie LeeGed, To- the
hawk viii he quito certain TO llsNt on he trhp
und be caught, A gentlemhn who hAs tried ms
method has succeeded ~ hilling Al the haWA'
IN his LeighborhoOd, and now can raise poultry
MituOut lOss EXCEPT by acc,deut
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Court CaIcndnrs this Day.

SUPREME CorRT CHAMBERS. Nos. 70. Gl. ~
le7 les. ~. liS i7S 49, 100 ESQ, 26s, ga 25d 800
,O2. So, Al3 aiI az SlS. s9t 80, 32y 33i
SUPREME tovRT SPECIAL TERM Nns 45i BOO h5s
Gll G.ll, go nS1 27H 27U 23b ~ SOB SO 7b4 II
w. no lid, 49,, vs. sUl. IA. 3l5 500 sd0.
SUPREME 1orRr-A lRcclr Part i Short Causes.
Nor ai41 ssdi, ij,S !, 49, 3ls4 sag 1880 5000 Med,
4ies %'s s"sl ''o; asai ai72 $40 g, = $500 $500
li7O Aque Il. Nos Sa2i, 300, lAs. l.A rMi II =
Snort Causrs-Nps $500, 3Obp IS, ~. 2iGl. 3d19
alsy 2,5 500, 5000 s6l5 sisl 49, sg3, slid :all,
3sip ain1, 81 800 3ii1 3li3, 3ip1, 3i6i, 3iS 35Sl
2pit. ~ % 81 !, 35si, 1881 aSeg
SUPERIOR CorRr-sPKcIAL TERN d 'murrers Nos.
\, -. % l.~ur- Il fact De. 5a tb, ~. u.s. a.
SUPERIOR CoVRr-1RIAL TTRH-PHt I.-Aos. 800. 263.
~ 2-o -" ~ 2,8 ~ o. lnS zj5 ~ 400 Il 4.
at ga ~ ~ sii J's o5o sol, 80 Ss5 soi' $50
,,CoYro< rLt,s-GENanAL, TSGM-No, ~. ~, ~
III, as, ~, rs, ~, -, ~, g. 10, 50
COMMON PlEAs- Equity lEnM -Nns 10. 90, ~
MARlNk CorEr-lbiAL lKkA Part l-Nos 40,
va tul 1919 iylJ, %. t-d b2l7 h2lS 52l9 5@2l.
h2!2. 5223 a2si 5..l Part u -Nns t6l5, bo73, ig64
an07 auii 40 5olh 52i3 52f5 b2i6 bgi7, b24s t252
hSlu. 800 Pat lll-No siud uit5. 1eon, 477e 7Hi l.
500 s6o3 1910 tJlB, Glls, hJ.i $40, sb52 dp53 81
iurt ~ NJ. bliN 5l66. 5.2f d22T. 522s 592a 5-30
og33, Sc &c. 5237 5l3s, $3.50, 52Ao, 5s4l, b2i2 5l77
Reduced prices In furniture and carpets.
CoAneiHwll's, LOO and Ia CHATHAM street Pay
mJutAD. -AIO.
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In the Supreme Court In Trenton Yesterday
the case of John Haght sgainst Collector james II.
Love, of jersey CITY, decided Ia Loves favor The
case had created intense exctemon In Jersey cry
grew out OF The attempt OF aight to c. Hector Love
from Ms Nice snotty before the OLD Board OF Fire
men went ont OF power the members rv-app iuted
Lone. who Il RepuhhCan. The present Board. whlcn
Democratic urged that the Did Board had exceeded
lts power and Ouetcd Love anu appointed Haight
Love refused 70 20 eAcep bY authority of me
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Transactions Yesterday at the Exchange COM
prsed foreclosure sales by:
A n. Muier 4 Sou-Flve four.storv h,ovr..,or.
houses WAS Nos 81 81 b. 50, and 81 Eas Ffi v.
nit street north etle.east OF Madison avenue 40 500
ny II. w COates-One plot, IOo.bXioO IN second
svenue northeast corner of siryhrst street 500 25O
to planth one plot lO0sxh5N3SN on t,r sonrhss
west corner Of Second avenue 11ih street an Oo
10 plaintiff.
By Scott Mver'-Onc plot, ifsxii7 exioo iixeos
on the BoOmingdale road, northeast corner of iOli
street $4,000, to plaintiff
By Ninan, & Davies- one threeetory brown stone
house. vim lot Is .0xlOO11 the rim side Of 1y4's
STR et 10 Get west VI Iirstayenue, $780, to defeudN
ait.
By James N. Mier-one plot s5xiiti, on Union
avenue nurthNeet corner OF CEDAR street and plot
ON the north side OF Ced street. 100 eet east Of lin
Ton avenue and one pLut on the norm side OF same
street 70 feet west OF linton svcnuc, 5000 to plain
TN Ole plot 75xl1il On the sue of Union ave-
ruc 10 feet nor OF Cedar street. 1880, plaintiff
One plot 7hNlB on the east side Of linton nue..
l26 feet north Of Ctdir street, tyUC.
By X. V. Harnett-One plot iitAxi3b, on the east
" Concord avenue. 1856 feet north Of Cedar street,
toOO, 10 rlauth one plot, lOJXp5. linton avenue,
southwest corner OF Ccdar street. $500 to paintf.
The remainder Of announced fOreco sure sales were
ADJ urned.
number ~ foreclosure safes are announced los
to-day at tue Exchange.
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Shakespeare makes the magician Prospero
uura'ize over the vanishing splcnd rs and euChant
meats ~ fe II II Only too often that We are com.
prllei 20 dwell on the tcrmlng eNaue.cFucp Of good
ana the permancnce OF evil Tins ~ uutceaOy 40 IA
the che Of norCc, scented soaps Tor lLsaac" Is
T. BAbltts BABY soap aims at rcfu r, fOr II !. de
cate uutcenrd with punsrut doors ana the high
ligh for the toilet aui tath ROOM For tue uGe VI
babies uotAlng eau compare AitG it.-Aae
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Tho exciting Irish drama OF " The lnshavorue"
ami the IRISH outlaw al the Tnird Avenue Theatre
waich opens it. new dramatic season to night. seals
10 Neut - cents, 30 cents, aud 90 c ts.-Adt.
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&usntss Noiltrs.

How many thousands sufIrr tho horrors Of
~ u"ard agony Wild "a tue stcma' wi they
continue TO suuer ON, OF vail the) W. Pukcr- Ginger
ToniC ami gei the cue anu comfort that be found
nowhere else sold by all druggis
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ScHooL SUITS. Large STOCK at greatly reduced
ytl,e' bf So 81 ihsr' FOGNn avenue opposite
COon"' l'.'' -.e.-IIg,
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Roots shoes. Caters. Hnd Iudin Rubbcr..
for HdltH. misses, grlts, boys good Articles mod.
crate plCts. PatrJu.2e MILLER a co.
8 Union
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MARINE INrELLIGENCE.

HINtArrRK ALNANA--rHfs DAY.
sun rises 60 ouu ecfs.... a. Moon rises IL a
Hi~u NAII - rffl~ nav.
Sandy HOOK. Vi GOV. Island. % Hon Gate. "a
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New mouse, neg furniture {2to 81 per week
Tor dc ira0,e iurn,shed rooms ~ brace IL-Alt.
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All horsemen will do well to read the letter in
smother CO unn on the treatment u Spawn, nY r Il.
T0wlc TDlsreme ~ tKenda's SPAWN Cure istoldln
New lorA By Z u, slrltn d Co, 40 Warren st-An
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] take pleasure In announcing 10 my old
m ms ana me rNhnc -tErialt no have reupeucd
my OLD stsud NJ a la ? neer anl innci r. m
join bONHAG, ll3 East 9th q.
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A sodden Disappearance Of Heartburn

n iusca. costiyeuess, and other symptoms Of
dyspepsia Is produced by MA of MagueslA -Aar.
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Take that wonierfIl preuaration,Qu iik's Irish
Tea II cures bhousness. lrce 20 couis -dit,
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VI q II RII -.

Elastic Truss CO., Gs3 Broadway. y Y, received
the oub award for Lastic Irdssesat Centennial Expo
sltiOu.
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Reduced prices In furniture and carpets.
toAneiiHwlrs. LOO and la CHATHAM street. Pay
nJutA.y. AIO.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-06-12
THE ONLY CHILD.

The health of the only child is con-
tinual bore. Never can it have fine
race or romp without being bundled up
afterwards lest it may "take cold after
being SO warm" Never can it enjoy
the gay, out door sports of winter with
out having all pleasures taken away by
being obliged to tease and tease the over
anxious parents. The sun will tan the
only child; the rain will wet the only
child the cold will freeze the only child !;
the heat will burn the only child hors-
es will surely run away /; cars will sure
ly smash up; ice will surely break
through berries will poison fruit will
harm bon bons will spoil teeth nuts
will spoil complexion. Everything that
is really enjoyable, and which FIVE or six
children share together and have fun"
with. must be kept carefully away from
the only child. Amusements are few
for this odd one Games must be play
ed alone playthings be used only by
themselves. No one shares their bright,
childish enthusiasm over their pretty
and successful achievements. They must
build their own block houses. and ex-
pect DO one to admire them, or playfully
kick them over with merry laugh, on
ly to help build them up again. Nobody
sits fat on the floor beside them dark
and golden curls mingling in loving con-
fusion. as two little heads are bent over
the same book. Nobody shares the fear
of the dark, or their love Of the small
pies the cook sometimes makes. Nobody
answers their gay laughs and wild shouts
when they feel kittenish and untamably
jolly. They have only grown folks about
them Folks who do not like noise /;
folks who would rather read to them
selves than to little girls folks who
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-06-12
THE BLACK HILLS COUNTRY.

MINNEAPoLIs, May 29.-The Tribune
this afternoon publishes the following
facts from Israel Halves, just arrived
this noon from the Black Hills. He
corroborates the statements of the ru-
mors in regard to the Indian scalping
stories, and adds that they are not half
as startling as the facts. He helped
bury persons killed by the Indians every
day. The bodies of those murdered are
always found with six bullet-holes and
six knife-stabs in them, besides the loss
of the scalp, which they take off by cut
ting the head open in the shape of let
ter V from the back of the head down
to the eyes, which presents a heart-sick-
ening sight He says Indians are as
"thick as flies around molasses keg."
Every party that attempts to leave or
enter the Hills are attacked and more
or less fall victims. One party of twen-
ty-tve attempted to escape, and only one
lived to tell the story of how they we're
butchered and scalped. More parties
are leaving every day than arrive in
week. There are some FIVE thousand
men in the Hills, among whom are prob
ably fifty that are making $40 per day
to 1000 who make 81. One party of
eight men set their sluice going at noon
and worked till sundown, and their total
earnings were fifteen cents. There were
sixty-three men in his party who went
into the Hills. Seven will never return,
and four were lost coming out. None of
his party returned with enough to pay
their expenses. The cities that were
the glory of the Hills on the start, are
as dead as though they never existed.
There are only two paying claims on
Rapid Greek. One of these turns out
about two dollars and half each day
per man, others So per man. Claims
were sold in Deadwood previous to jan
uary for $4,000.
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"And those were the first words they
had spoken since thirty years ago.
she had said to him:
at is perfectly certain that we have
never liked each other, DIR. Steelwagon."
"And he had said f:
81 never contradict lady, Miss Bar
net"
"Then she was twenty and he twenty
five. They were old people now, but
when she shook hands with him under
the oak she felt herself tremble.
ave are both alone" said he. "Let
US keep each other company" Then he
bowed her to the seat from which he had
just risen, and sat down beside her.
'.After that. the first question he ask
ed was +:
"Have you been to the post-ofice ?''
"She said, Yes
$50 have l." said he. "Will you read
my note ?'
He placed it in her hand. 1t was a
duplicate of the one she had just receiv-
ed.
"She showed him hers.
Those foolish children have been
playing us trick, said she; "well, we
can laugh at it
81 don't feel much like laughing" he
said. "You see | have not forgotten the
past. Have you p
Women don't forget very easily, 3"
said she.
"Miss Barnet" said he, eve have been
two very foolish people. 1 think word
on either side might have mended it
years ago. 1 will say my word now. L
love you yet; will you forgive me and
be my wife p
People would laugh So" said she.
ave will laugh, too, said he. "Come
Rosa, say Yes. -
when he called her Rosa it sudden
ly struck her how long it was since she
had been called by her Christian name,
and she began to cry. Then he gave her
his arm, and they walked away into the
shadows and they are to be married
this evening, and the fair post-ofice and
your joke did it, girls
And they were married, and nobody
laughed but few sillies, and who mind
ed them?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-06-12

would rather talk politics than play cars
with lonesome little boys; folks who
mean to make of this bundle of dear.
lovable humanity charming woman or
a fine man, but who forget that mean
time the little heart is weary of its qui-
ct, tame, minated existence, and the
continual "onlyness" of its condition.
Spoiled ?-we wonder that they are not /;
that so many grow up sweet-tempered
and generous. kind of heart and pure in
spirit. The only child, who so often
does four times the battle with life which
is sought by the jolly, uncared-for, nat
ural "bit' of family, how much credit
should be given 1t When we see young,
blue eyes with strange, old. wondering
look in them or the face of youth at
eighteen, with unusual lines of maturity
and quiet about the lips, we feel like
taking the hand and pressing it sympa-
thetically, saying, You are an only child.
Golden Rule.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-06-12

DOES A DOG THINK ?-The following
story about Colonel dog owned by
Charles Kestler, hotel proprietor of
Denver, Col, is told by the Denver 21i-
bune of April 26
1.-The animal is about five years Of age
and has been with his present master
from his (the Dogs birth. One of Col
onels amusements is the play of ball
From some cause or other no one of the
reasoning human family saw fit to pay
any attention to Coloners wishes and
feelings in regard to the ball business
during all of yesterday forenoon, and the
ball itself was laid away in drawer
that occupies the center of a writing
desk in the main Office of the hstel. The
Colonel stood this with canine dignity
for several hours, but finally concluded
on making an attempt to secure his ball,
without regard to the human race. He
spent the better portion of an hour in
trying to open the drawer by pressing
his feet against it. As this only made
matters worse, he next endeavored to Sc
cure the open sesame by pulling the
knob in the center. This knob, however,
was both small and round, and the Col
onel could secure no grip with his teeth.
His next effort was rear attack. and
was perfectly successful. Going under
the desk he manifestly observed the 10
cation of the back of the drawer, and al
50 saw (and reasoned) that by standing
on his hind legs he could insert his front
paws between the back of the drawer
and the back of the desk, and so press
the former forward, and thus secure his
much coveted treasure, the ball. To
think, with such dog as Colonel was
to act, and almost sooner than it can be
told. and In the presence Of number of
parties interested in the matter, the
drawer of the desk was pressed out. Col
Onel at once appeared in front, from un-
der the desk. and leaping upon it he saw
and eagerly clutched his plaything. The
efforts made by Colonel. his temporary
confusion and distrust, his perseverance
and final triumph. we're all witnessed by
a number Of gentlemen"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-06-12
CORRESPONDING.

We doubt if the boys that are pushed
through full course in the famous Bos
ton schools will be as we'll fitted for ac-
tion, either in the professions or the
trades, as their fathers were who got all
their education in the little country
school-house, when the school term in
cluded only four months during the fall
and winter. Four months of schooling
IN book knowledge, and eight months of
schooling in play and work during each
year, gave these men their start in life !;
and good start it was, TOO, as their
success in business has proved. Let us
see what that old system gave them. In
the first place, fair average knowledge
of the essential rudIments of book edu-
cation. AT sixteen they were not illit-
crate. They knew arithmetic we'll enough
for business purposes. They had fair
knowledge of geography. They knew
how to read. Not only was the knowl-
edge of reading theirs, but the taste was
theirs also. Having fewer books, they
naturally digested their contents better.
Moreover they had sturdy bodies, heal
thy stomachs, clear heads. Better than
all, they had formed the habit and the
love of labor. Their necessities made
them practical. The prime object of ed
ucatiOn, which is to teach every one how
to get his own living, to make him self
supporting and independent, was realiz-
ed Now how is 1t with the boys of to-
day? What do they do ? Study, study,
study! What do they learn? Books,
books. books The whole school system
might be likened to huge conspiracy,
not to put vitality into boys, but to take
1t out of them. The stomach is fevered.
The brain is wearied by the premature
strain put upon it. The nerve force Is
exhausted by continuous toll. The ply
sique is neglected in its culture. The
boy takes the first prize at the Latin
school, is famous among his mates at the
close of the term, and that is all the
world ever hears of him. The education
which books give. they have. But the
education which work gives, they have
not. And the worst of it is, the forces
which should make them strong in per-
formance have been weakened and drain
ed out of them by the excessive disci-
pline to which they have been put. We
say again that we doubt if the eduea-
tional system of Massachusetts to-day is
as well calculated to make boys into men
as was the system of forty years ago.
There is such thing as over-schooling.
Golden Rule