The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-11-06
II is better TO be a rnod man III.

hc"ahcA uhouB Jul tue lcaTucu man
has better opportunities to be good
tim the ignorant one.
Your child, il it ever grows to man.
hood. cannot escape attaining q good
or Dad ehscsrter. according &c its de-
velopment is directed. IL remains,
therefore, in your hands but q short
time-the power to determine.
When will parents learn to impress
upon their children that promptness Is
one OF the cardinal virtuesi When
they do % the benefits from the schools
will be increased four fold.
Require your pupils to be polite to
each other, and in order that your
preeepts may be effective. give them
the weight of your example.
"Pst did you ever see a red black
berry" "An' fax. was there ever a
blackberry that wasn't rid when it was
graEeT
Mother said little girl. 81 was
never afraid. but once. in the dark.
when was that," when went
into the dark pantry, in search of a
tart" "And what Was my little dar-
ling afraid of theni' asked the fond
mother. anxious to impress a moral
Lesson. 81 was afraid that Betty had
moved them" was the unexpected re-
ply.
No one is likely to repent Of the
pains bestowed in acquiring the fun
damental branches Of first rate Eng
lish education.
Be candid. be kind, be earnest in all
your communication with children. q
is far the better plan.
We have seen children on the streets,
and, judging from their dressing, We
thought that If they were not already.
they would soon be little angels.
It's education forms the common
mind" and we believe good many
of the uncommon ones, too.
doctor, made such q miserable
failure in my sermon last night that |
feel utterly discouraged said a young
preacher to . d. ID. what was
your textY asked the doctor. RE
member Lots wife" said he. "Wsll,"
said the doctor, ''let that teach you to
lat Othar ~ .,ta u-.,,aa olo,on
What ship has two mates and no
captain' Give it up, Well, court
ship. to BE- sure.
There is a great deal said of the fl
thinsss of lucre; but 1 suppose you
have all noticed the universal resign
edness with which people of every elias.
are willing to handle it. Even the
preacher after he ha, just warned you
Of its pernicious filthiness, will relieve
you OF as much of it as he can persuade
you to part with.
A. C.-Adjectives in the predicate,
to the subject. are generally
such as represent invariable qualities,
Is. God is just. The world is round. |
When they do not represent invariable |
qualities, they are modified by adverbs
or understood rs, These
apples are (now) ripe. He was Chem
'ngry. We do not mean that adjsct- |
yes expressing invariable qualities are
never modified.
V. j. T.-Are trustees of districts
for their predecessors in
'thce? Most certainly they are. They
md their successors shall be a body
,olitic and corporate. with perpetual
uccession. by the name of trustees for
heir district; aud as such, may sue
nd be sued, etc.-sec 9th art 7th,
:. s. Laws.
In an article on co-education, by A.
v. Nell, in Barnes Educational
fonthly for September, the wr't
avs.
80 far from any injurious effect re-
llting from educating the sexes to-
ether, il is now fully established that
hey exercise a mutually elevating and
efining influence upon each other, and
lrnish q mutual stimulous for higher
Hort. = In those in
.itutions where co-education prevails
ineteen-twentieths OF the valedicto-
arions are ladies'" We have ever
cen an advocate for co-education; and
} far from believing that it has q ten
ency to unsex-or make gross the
lstes and manners of females, nv be-
eff is. and l have had some expert
nee from observation, that it has Just
he effect set forth in the above quo
ltion from Professor Nell.
There are many teachers who be-
eve thousand things they cannot
rove, and as many more who attempt
} prove things they do not believe.
all were required to teach only what
hey know, and to know all they
,ach, there would be a better state Of
lings in the country.
How are the people to rid them
lives of the shackles of monopo..ies
! school books-or rather Of the high
rices the monopolies impose upon
,emf We must have books-can't
o without them but We do have to
ay most outrageous prices. and groan
nder the burden. labor is cheaper
han ever before in our recollection
D is all kind of material. What,
hen, keeps these enormous prices ?
We can't tell, but We feel confident il
ant be the goodness of the binding
Honesty and fairness are as much
he duty Of the teacher to the scholar
5 OF the scholar to the teacher.
Somebody says. and says truly, that
he most pernicious fallacy in school
olicy, is that pupils can receive good
istruction from teachers who are bare
: in advance of them.