The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-08-28
Is Ignorance a proJuoerf Yes. 81

vice and crime. Ignorance, too, is
a costly luxury. Racollect your prop
erty must be taxed TO punish crime,
taxed heavily too, sometimes. Now
let the sober thinker reflect as to
which is better to tax property to pun
ish, or prevent crime; one or the
other tax must be collected.
Did you ever hear those who make
50 much fuss about the expense Of in
stitutes and associations. say one word
about the expense of three or four ten
cent cigars day to say nothing Of the
rest of their saloon expenses? Did
you ever hear any Of those who think
we have ''native talent" enough to run
an institute, say one word at an insti-
tute when called upon, other than
Nothing to say"
We have in Ohio county but one
man with native talent" enough to
run an institute, and mOdesty fOrbids
me to point him out.
Encourage your patrons to visit
your school. Get them interested in
the advancement Of the scholars so that
they will talk about it away from the
school. This will infuse new life in
your rupils-in yoursslf-in the com
munity. The result-a good school.
"Defne the word excavate,D said
the teacher. 1T means to hollow
out, " replied the scholar. Teacher
construct a sentence in which the
word ia properly used" Scholar
"Billy stubs his toe and excavates
with all his might"
An Irish agricultural Journal s1ys
that potatoes should be boiled in cold
water.
1 owe an humble apology to Misses
Sallie and jamie Barnett for having
forgotten to thank them for generous
supplies Of delicious fruits and other
kind offices during my late sickness
and cOnvalescense; also, my thankful
acknowledgements are due Mr. and Mrs.
B. NJ. Bennett for like favors.
Many friends advise me to use the
editorial prOnOun eve" in my squibs
for the paper. They say it appears
egOtistical to use 81" 50 much. Well,
friends, if you say so rather than to
appear egotistical, or than to go con-
trary to the will of those whom it is
my endeavOr to please. behold Gus"
from this time envelOped, wrapped up,
hid, lost in the most ''egotisticaP case
imaginable.
A. B. C.-YOu and your friend are
both wrong. The pronunciation of
"Steyer" is Stire. So says Webster,
at least, and he Is considered good
authority around here.
Ut. C.-Suppose, says this cor
respondent, that a person who will be
twenty years of age before the thirtieth
of June. has been reported by the
trustees, or that a child, not six years
old until after the first of July, has
been SO reported; has such an one, he
then asks, the right to the privileges
of the district school? 1.-The census
must include only those who will be
between the ages of six and twenty
the succeeding first day Of July. A
child who will be six years Of age on
the second of July, or a person who
will be twenty on the thirtieth of
June, are not proper pupils for emu
meration. All children legally re-
ported in the census are entitled to the
benefit of the school for the year in
which they are enrolled" (Kentucky
School Lawyer, page 174.) 1t will
he seen, from the above extract from
K. S. L., that a pupil must be legally
reported to entitle him to the benefit Of
a district school. The extract also
shows who are legally reported. If
one, illegally reported, is entitled to
the benefit. the whole district, men,
women and children, Of any age,
might become pupils.
]. R-The section, to which you
refer, l will give entire, for the bene-
fit of all concerned It is section sec
ond, article ninth, and reads thus
Every teacher of Common School,
and every one who has obtained a GER
ti6cate of qualification to teach a Com
mon School, shall attend the session
of such institute, and shall continue
from year to year, to do so, as long
as the institute shall be kept up, upon
a penalty for nOn-attsndance, if salts
factory excuse has not been rendered
the Commissioner, of fOrfeiting his
certificate. The session shall not be
longer than one week, Of six days,
during which there shall be vacation |
of the Common Schools of the county,
to give opportunity 10 the teachers TO
attend, and no reduction Of the teachers
wages shall be made during said week
of vacation. provided he was in attend
ance the full time Of the session Of the
institute. 1t will be seen from the
above, that the commissioner does net !
have to declare a certificate forfeited, !
but that the law is peremptory. Bring |
your certificates To the institute and |
have them endorsed. that all may
know that yOu have fulfilled the re-
9uiremshts Of the law,
An article in the American Journal |
of Education, called 1.-The School
Garden" says, The public school is
the planting ground of the welfare of
the nation. Truth, IS 1t nOtt
Section Sdchapter 97S, acts Of Ken
lucky Legislature 1873 volume I,
page 125, reads That the word
patrons" in section 8 article Z chapter
rs shall be construed 10 mean oDly