Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14


Forepaugh's Show.
Adam Forepaugh's Great Mammoth Show
combining circus, menagerie and museum,
gave two exhibitions in this city last Satur-
day, August 10th, to crowded tents. The
street parade was a magnificent affair and
witnessed by hundreds along the thorough
fares. The menagerie comprised the larg-
est and best specimens Of the animal king
dom ever seen here aud the lack of any
thing like an offensive odor among the
cages was an agreeable feature The circus
department was excellent and combined
some of the most daring acrobatlc eats, rare
and difficult Craftsmanship and wonderful
trapez and slack wire performances, with
the great elephant pyramid act as the grand
eliminating feature in the arena. The
clowns were well up in, their business and
were the instruments of lots OF fun. The
museum contained many wonders which
drew the attention of the multitude. AL
together everything connected with the
vast concern was frst-class and its affairs
CO nducted with the utmost system and
fairness. No disorderly conduct among
the employees was apparent, and the man
ayers deported themselves as gentlemen in
every particular. The show remained here
until midnight Sunday, and then started
for Waukesha where it performed Monday.
WATERFOWL hopes and expects visit
from Mr.. Adam Forepaugh and his NAM
moth combination another season.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN:-You our last issue con-
tains a few items which severely attack the
intelligence and integrity of the board of
education. Judging from the style of the
writing, do not consider you to be the
author thereof, but suppose you have only
volunteered yourself as father of the same,
they being begotten by somebody else, an
occurrence quite common in this Imperfect
world of ours, you know.
AS to the quorum of the board, you must
not forget that the superintendent, whom
you have counted, has no vote; and the in
telligence OF the board in regard to the
legality of their proceedings, will be de-
termined by the court. and not by a social
ed mass meeting held at Turner Hall
What most object to, and severely de-
tho plr nd ri. r,,1
tacks on the integrity of the members of
the board, who are known to be men whose
integrity is beyond question. Is the writer
entirely void of character, manliness or
shame, to even attack ladies. who on &C.
count of their merits as teachers, were en-
gagged by the board several years before
their relatives were elected school commits
sioners? What would the writer, the edi-
tor of the REPUBLICAN, or the people in gen.
eral say, if l would answer those articles
by the following statements:
Miss Anna Norris, sister of Mr.. VIM. l.,
Norris, is engaged as one of the teachers of
oIr public schools. P. S.-Mr. Norris is
associate editor of the Watertown REpUBL1-
CAN, or Miss Cora Bradbury, daughter of
Mr.. D. 0. Bradbury, is engaged as one of
the teachers of our public schools. s.
Mr.. Bradbury signed the complaint against
the school board, asking for an Injunction.
These stateme hts are as true and even more
so, than the ones you published last week.
AS far as my daughter is concerned, |
wish you to understand that two years ago.
before l was a member of the board che
was appointed as teacher on account of the
merits OF her examination, her name BEING
the second on the lis; Of the applicants who
received certificates. This year she was re-
examined and passed the best examination
of all the applicants. She was appointed
first assistant in the high school, but her
salary, as you can sec from the schedule, is
the lowest, the other teachers of the gram.
mar and high school grades receiving five or
ten dollars per month more than she does.
Is this fraud? Is this fa,oritism? Does
this look like the operations of "ring?"
Will say no more on the subject The
articles referred to hereby leave to the
criticism of an intelligent public, and am
sure that the writer of the same will have
no reason to feel proud of them. Let me
only add that if you attempt to throw dirt
you will find it very difficult to make it
suck to anything except the hand which
throws it, C.REUBHAUSEN
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