The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-06-12


for education, and yet fail to improv
them. Such q thing often happens
Another may possess but very Unite,
opportunities, and by extraordinar,
good use of them become comparative
ly we'll qualified for the practice of an,
professionalism better qualified thai
his inferior rival who had superio
facilities for study.
A sportsman met a boy in the road
and asked him if there as nothins
in the country to shoot. The boy an
swered, Eyes, sir; there Is a laundering
old Yankee school mistress down the
road, and l wish you would shoot her.
Johnnie, having nothing else to do
listened very attentively to the read.
ing of the chapter at prayer. The
next morning at Sunday school versi.
fed the apostles declaration that '.all
scripture is given by inspiration for
instruction." by being the only scholar
who could answer the superintendent
question; "what scripture fOrbids a
man having two wives" His answer
was: When it says mo man can
serve two masters"
Mr.. H.-Can you recommend me
to good Normal school in Kentucky
and inform me Of the conditions upon
which | can enter it, Where is
a Normal school at Carlisle. write to
t. c. Fl. Vance, of that place, and
he will give you every information.
What mathematical figure does an
escaped parrot resemble? A pol G)y-
gone.
DO you desire the confidence of
your child, and have you failed to Sc
cure il? Do you want to know why?
Perhaps the fault is as much yours as
his. May it not be? Examine some
of your own faults, and be more fair
in your judgment between his good
deeds and short comings. Perhaps he
is older than you realize, and he seeks
the association of those who are more
ready to recognize the claims Of one
of his age. There are few things more
CALLING than to be treated rs a mere
child after one feels and realizes that
he has right to other treatment.
Look for the cause in yourself as well
as in him. Counsel with him as
though you knew he had ideas of real
value and you wanted them. If he
advances a concrete idea and you prof
it by it, let him know that his idea
brought that good to you; and my
word for it, he will soon seek your as
ISOLATION.
HIN your quotation, "The storms
nil weathered and the ocean crossed" "
weathered and crossed are not verbs,
but Participles; and storms and ocean
are nouns in the nominatiye absolute.
ia course Of lectures we're de-
Iivered last winter" is wrong. because
course is the subject, and not lectures,
and course being in the singular num-
Der requires verb in the singular.
Read it, then, was delivered.
SYNTAx.-Syntax is derived from
two greek words, Syn, together. and
taxes, a putting or placing, and is that
part of grammar which shows how
nouns are connected and arranged.
The great end and aim of our pub
lie school system is to prepare men
and women for the duties Of every
lay life; aud, just so far as we train
The children rightly in that direction
ire we successful and no further.
Go on. difficulties, dark and gloomy
though they look, will disappear as
TOu approach them. Keep on, light
will dawn and shine with increasing
brightness as you advance. The
Scotch say: Naething is sac difficult
put We may overcome by Pezever-
lnce. And again: NaeIhing is got
without pains but dirt and long nsils. |
MH.LIE.-"My shoulders aches"
hOuld be my shoulders ache. refer
'Ou for an answer to your second ques-
ion to the young man himself, or to
L. b. of the Hartford HERALD.
ALdE.-YOu are right, n sentence
nay be written in COOL grammar but
n bad style. Both these facts obtain |
n the sentence yOT quote.
Chambers in his Information for the |
People, says: 'In nothing we venture
o remark, does defective scholarship, !
Ooner betray itself than in a wrong |
.OpjugariOn Of the irregular verb"
The Eclectic Teacher for May is re-
'eived, and as usual is brim. full of in
err sting and useful information for
he teacher How can an Intelligent
eacher do witt out the Eclectic |
Then, too consider its cheapness; only
me dollar per annum. Teachers,
ubscribe at once, you are likely to re-
,eive help from each number worth
more than the subscription price.
CHARLEY W.-Subseribe for the
American Journal Of Education, pub
ished in st. Louis. The Nav num-
YER contains an article Of the teaching
Il Geography the subject aboat which
'ou inqnire-sU full of suggestions and
common sense. that, l think, IL would /
ct YOU up all right. The terms are
:, go year. Ii you don't wish to