The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-29

Messrs. Cheevers and Earhart, for Di,
trict Judge and Attorney, respectively
has l'een highly commented upon b,
the leaders of both parties in thi> parish
The truth Of the matter is, the nomina
tions made on Monday, November 10
Messrs. Duffel and Earhart, may be put
down for good, handsome majority OF
the 2nd day Of December next, in bully
old St. James.
So much for politics and personal pre-.
dictiOns. Now for something else, and
to u change Of subject which | trust will
be of more interest, for it's to be Of 4
class that deserves the unlimited sym.
pathy of the world at large.
A short preface and then follows i,
theme I'd like to devote little space to,
with your permission.
Some people are unanimous in the dec
laration that truth don't always digest
well. And pray, Who dares dispute the
assertions Not 1! Many admit, as a
w'lole, it is not agreeable, for there ar,
| times when we all dislike it-adults as
well as children, statesmen and scholars
too, and more particularly the modem
office-holders. 1t has been frequently
asserted, at the fireside ard abroad, that
a greater part of what is read in the
newspapers, now days, must be taken
| with grain Of salt, i. G., that VIC news
paper folks don't invariably WELD the
pen in behalf Of truth in other words,
| we eXaggerate quite often and are forccu
| to it in order to cater to the tastes of !,
variety of perusers. Now land | am
not alone must beg to differ with said
"Dou.tlng Thonlases." The latter lay
paragr ,sshave brought this al! about,
and tho raaural sequel to it is thu. We OF
the mild and persuasive turn of mind
must bear more tilan our portion of The
sweeping assertion, simply because the
! fault finders do not discriminate. 81
lence, sometimes, is golden, and l, for
one, don't approve, MI. Editor, Of tale
bearing or telling, but there is no dis
putting that the truth is always com
mendabc if not generally virtuous. l
| have no use for characters that 60 from
house to house and divulge to scandal
mongcrs all that they may have seen or
heard. Yet, what | am about to arrive
at is Of an entirely different nature, and
although my theme is not {; strange one
and the manner Of commenting thereon
apparently far fetched, can assure Your
many readers, right here, that what
have to say in the premises is the whole
truth and for the public's welfare.
The public schools Of free and enliyht-
ened St. james were forced to close their
portals on October 81, for the lack Of
funds to carry them Oh, and the inability
OF patrons to keep them open as private
ones. The question of " VIVA, is to even
tually become of free education in
louisiana" is not a hard one to find \
suitable answer to, provided the failure
to meet the taxes due Oh property az
scssed keeps mp. Then again, "What
class of instructors will figure at the
head of our schools in tho future, if such
an uncertainty about running them pre-
valls!" This, too, can be readily solved
Suitable teachers will not contract for
positions that pay miserable compensa-
tons, at best, and in which there is 10
security given as to the steadincss of
employment. If the present mode of
conducting the public institutions of
Louisiana goes Oh, then we may well
say that free education with us is q con-
plete failure, for frst-class prcceptors
will be at u premium, which none can
deny. The only way that l can see to
avoid all this is 20 guarantee the poor,
sacrificing teachers Il salary of at
least $3.50 per annum. The amount is
small, when taken into consideration the
various grades one is required to instruct
i'll, OH taking possession of country
school. To succeed as agrestic profess
sors, their entire time must be devoted
to the cause, and if that is done. are thew
not entitled to perpetual occupancy, and
a living rccompenseg Is he not a bene-
factor of mankind j? When the best por
ton of ones life is given up to Bogardu-
rlzlng the young Americans it appears
to your correspondent that such public
servants are, at least, deserving Of en-
ployment by the year at the hands Of
Boards that negotiate for their services.
1t Boards are DESTROYS of encouraging
the competent to follow the profession
for livelihood, inducements of some
kind should be held cut to them; other
wise, the public schools Of tile sugar
bowl State, in the rural districts any
way, may be pronounced a failure unless
the present plan is perenlptorilly done
away with. There is naught, as they
are now Conducted. to bind teachers to
1helf daily '#'1&, as they may at any
moment thlo. ~ snch an occupat VI
for one i'll which there is better pay,
steadier work and more of promising
future.
It's 4 poor rule that fails to include
AL II tie city schools are ran ten
months out Of The twelve, and she re-
mnnerates her well deserving servants
tor the year round, why should not such |
arrangements apply to the country as
well : Extra employment, in the conn