The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-01-24
ATWATER,


AhO WON " Pioy0A Wo9 OO6cEvCu
here. The meetings were well at
every evening through the
week, including astevening. A live.
ly interest was taken In the meetings
by the members and others.
One of the questions discussed these
winter evenings is: when was the
great frost in Ohio that killed the
wheat" ] know of Witnesses whose
testimony would 60 far towards de.
gliding this question, but I have not
seen them. Now I have thought OF
this plan. The PRESS has the best let.
ter writer's of any paper that know
Of sympathize with the "Mourner''
in all trials, and have q great liking
for "Truth- Teller" esteem highly q
good Citizen" and also welcome
"Omega" to our company. Though
he signs himself the last oh the roll,
yet he shall be heard. There are some
others with whom I am not 80 well
acquainted, but must not forget " B, ~
Of Randolph; and if we can call " "Ro.
yer" In from his rambles we can have
this matter settled. Was the frost in
18- or in 18-?
"Kappa" envelopes himself in fog
in the latter part of his letter go that
cansot take in his meaning. For ex-
ample: "To those who know more of
themselves than they can, without diff
ficulty Withstand" Does the pronoun
"they" refer to the Phrenologists, or
to the Wideawake Teachers?" What
does the word "withstand" mean in
that connection? Does it mean that
T" wideawake teachers" know so much
about themselves that 1t makes them
dizzy when they think Of it.; 80 much
80 that they cannot withstand such q
food of light without difficulty2 Fur
ther down he says: "They, like mem.
bers of other professions have their
falling" What is the antecedent of
the pronoun "they." City editors and
teachers; and they have their failings.
1 have no controversy with this. That
meaning of it does not apply to the
latter part of the sentence. The edi-
tors are not included. now come to
the cause of his dissatisfaction. He
thought 1 would debar the young Ia
dies from becoming attached to him
because he 10 q teacher. I had no such
intention. II he is single man will
do all l can to encourage such a state
of intimacy. It was an innocent mis-
take of the printer; yet it was cruel
mistake that gave him all this trouble.
If you will put the word "theatres" in
place Of ''teachers" then It will read
the way intended it should: "Young
ladies are attaching themselves to
theatres, I do not SEQ as there is
much controversy between US, 40 be
has confessed all that I claimed.
do not think that acting in q aitheatre 10
the most important business OF life.
Neither do 1 think winning boat
race is as necessary as being good
scholar; unless one expected to fol,
low rowing for a Livelihood. l am
not convinced that any one will sue
ceed in farming or in any other man.
ual labor because he is q good base ball
player. It requires Industrious hab.
its for laboring man to succeed. An
idle man may be stimulated by the
game and by the hope of winning, to
play well. But when he comes to
work alone he does not have the same
stimulus TO keep him moving. For
this reason L think q good player
makes 4 poor laborer." At district
schools children should be taught such
things as will be useful to them as Ia
boring people. We ought to manage
SO that before they leave schools they
should understand grammar and nat.
ural philosophy. Penmanship ought to
be taught in common schools. l am
not writing this to get up controver-
sy with teachers; but I think parents
might say what they think is most i'm
portant for their child to learn. have
no objection TO scholars playing al
provided their interest in
their play does not exceed their inte
rest in their studies. Any one should
not 60 to reading or studying soon af-
ter eating a meal. 1t is better 10 have
moderate exercise for at lesst an hour
after eating. II is well enough to
take monderate muscular employment
for this length of time. Yet am in
clined to believe far more cripples are
made from accidents received at play
lhan at work. And l believe that
more stiff jointe and pains in the limbs
Of old people are caused by the jars
md strains they got from play in their
young days than from hard work all
their lives. 1 know four boys, who
have met with accidents in play, from
which they will never entirely recover.
They all live on the north road be-
tween the Center and the town line.
Perhaps "Kappa" will remember
about this. If am not
mistaken an accident happened in his
fathers family, when one of the boys
had his shoulder put out of joint wrest-
ling with one of his neighbor's boys.
Every observing farmer knows that a
horse that runs idle till it ie five or six
years is worth twice as much as one
that is put to hard work at three years
old. So if the boys could grow up to
without hurting them
selves at play we would have sturd.
ier class of men. Such is the opinion
of 20 - We
Jan. 18th, 1878.
HIRAM.