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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-03-20
For the Teachers Column
County Supervision Again.

SUeARTRu RIDGE, o., March, 1879.
When I wrote my article on Coun
ty Supervision I expected to heal
from some Of the teachers of the
county who were in favor of County
Superintendents, but as the editor
Of the Teachers Column is enthusi-
astic on the subject, I suppose he
thOughthe would try and be the first
to object So I wish to notice fully
some of his objections to the article,
First, he quotes from Hon. W. D.
Henkle, and what Mr.. Henkle SAYS
of WOrley's Bill may be true, and
yet it will be an experiment in Ohio,
and one of which we have no as
surance that it will ever increase the
efficiency Of our country schools.
As to practising too much econo-
my" for the good of our schools, I
think it is all ''hoax." While $40
per month is the highest price paid
to teachers in this tp., yet I think
we have as good a corps Of teachers
as Penn or any other township in
the county.
While I never heard of one of the
members of the Board of Examiners
visiting a country school, yet I be-
ieve, with their judgment and com
mon sense, they can learn more Of a
teachers qualifications by a little OBJ
SeryatiOg1 during one examination,
than some County Superintendents
would learn by asking a thousand
questions. And as to competent
teachers being cut off by the Exam
iners, and their places being filed
by incompetent ones, that is some
thing new to me, but I hare heard
of some (whO thought themselves
very exalted) that failed to get GER
tifcates, and if they had succeeded
some Of them would not have had
brains enough to teach or govern a
common school
The editor seems to intimate that
the Examiners are 'dead-heads.0 If
they are, it is surely better to have
three than four, which would be the
ease if some men I know of who are
trying to be very offcious, were ap-
pointed as Superinten5elts.
He says he is tired of seeing the
Examiners "hand-in-glove with their
worst enemies, &c. How much bet
ter would it be with a Superintend
ent? Some of them could be bought
with a little fattery, or a q five dol
lar ''greenback." Such being the
case, I know that I should fail, as I
never could fatter any one, and as I
only get $40 per month, here in this
economical tp., I am sure I shall
have no greenbacks to spare while I
stay in CONCORD.
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Destructive Climate.

From the study of the subject, Ger
man doctor has come to the conclusion
that the monoliths of Egypt decay ' tth
rapidity in European climates. Obser-
vations on the last Luxor obelisk show
that within the last twenty-eight years
it has suffered a gradual change in the
atmosphere of Paris. Gradually the red
color Of the seynite has become duller
and lighter; now the obelisk bears a
white film Of kaolin, the last product OF
the decay of granite. In thirty-six years
the stone has received more damage
from the atmosphere of France, than
during as many centuries in Egyptian
air. The injury which the moist climate
of England viii infict upon Cleopatra's
Needle is likely to be more rapid; but
there is at least the consolation that its
incidental injury in London fogs, will
not be much worse for the stone than
the bad treatment it was receiving in its
neglected state at Alexandria.
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His Farnritn MnIn

"A Eureka teamster is noted for the
affection that he betfays for one Of the
mules in his outfit, the most obstinate
ana mangy-lOOking animal in the string.
and his fOndness for Nancy" as he calls
her, has passed into a prOverb. Upon
being rallied upon this peCuEaritv bv a
ehlm, he disCoqrsed as follows: "I used
to have a sweetheart back in InianY, that
1 was awful gone on, and this yer cGssed
mule has so many pints in cOmttioTi that
my heart Just yearns over her. She was
as likely a gal as ever run barefOoted
in a cOrnheld, but she was too cussed
obstinate to enjoy good health. You
never knew just how to take her. She'd
look you right smiling IN the eye, and
you'd think thar were more sugar in her
nor in. a New Orleans molasses hogs
head, but if you laid your hand on her
unexpected ike she'd kick the breech-
ing all to HI in less than a minute.
That's Just the way with that mule. I
reckon she's cost me nigh onto $500 for
harness, to say nothing about a doctors
bill for q broken leg; but you get into a
place Whar the mUd's deep. and the rest
of the team kerhurhmuxed, and call on
hef for assistance, and blast my eyes if
she won't pull herself clear out of her
hide to help you out of your troBble.
That was the way with Nancy. The
summer I emigrated I were mighty with
the ague, and got the milk fever on top
Of that, and / Ker6 pretty nearly ready
10 cross over Jordan, but she nussed me,
helped her ole dad all day, and set up
with me nights until she were a shadder,
but she pulled me through, and then
she advised me to emigrate to Californy.
| hated to go away; it were like persuad-
ing a hungry horse to leave a pail of oats;
but there was no use, she were bound to
hev her way, and came. That war Is
years ago, and 1 hadn't been in the
country a month fore I got news of her
dying. Poor gall She OYerdone herseP
takin' care Of my worthless carcass, and
never seen no woman since that time
that were worth shucks compared to
her"
His eyes were moist as he closed his
reminiscence, and if any of our
readers notice a mouse-Colored lead
mule that can kick a fly off her COM
DaniOn's ear with unfailing accuracy, or
Out-pull any pair in the team, they will
know that the drivers life is centered
in that animal, and respect the tender
memories that causes him to bestoW
upon her the affections that was once
5he sole property Of the departed
sNa1Gys"
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Prepared and published by order of the Ungraded-
School Section Of the Ohio State Teachers As
sOCiatiOn.
For many years past the condition
and needs of the UDgraded Schools
of Ohio has been the theme of earn
est discussion in educational conven-
tions, in the press and educational
journals, and in our legislative halls.
For forty years much space in the
annual reports of the heads of the
State School Department has been
devoted to the advocacy of certain
measures which would increase the
efficiency of country schools. Bills
having a like purpose in view have,
from time to time, been brought be-
fore the General Assembly. Some
Of these bills were not acted upon
during the session in which they
were introduced; others failed to be-
come laws owing to the lack of a
constitutional majority in their favor.
These efforts grew out of the fact,
widely recognized by the observaut
friends of education, that the un-
graded schools of the State were not
showing results commensurate with
the vast sums Of money annually
spent in their support.
Deeply impressed with the need
of doing something to improve and
vitalize a most important branch of
our educational service, the educa-
tors of Ohio organized the Ungraded
School Section of the Ohio Teach
ers' Association, and invited the CO.
operation of the friends of educa-
ton all over the State in a move
ment having in view a thorough and
free discussion, before the people, of.
the condition of the country schools
and the best measures to urge as a
means Of promoting their welfare.
In furtherance of these objects, ar
rangements were made for holding a
mass convention in each Congress
iOnal district of the State prior to
the meeting Of the State Convention
in Columbus, January 10 and II,
1879. The district conventions
were largely attended and were in
strumental in stimulating that pub
lie sentiment that now favOrs some
wisely-directed Legislative action in
behalf of country schools The State
Convention assembled in Columbus,
at the appointed time, and after two
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days spent in discussion finally gave
assent to the following statements
and resolution:
WHEREAS, This convention holds
these truths to be absolute and uni
versal:
81. That the concern Of parents
for the good of their children ab-
sorbs and controls all other human
interests.
''2. That the welfare of the State
depends upon the morality and in
teligenee Of its people.
90. That to prepare children for
successful and useful lives, and for
the just performance of their duties
in the primary meeting and at the
polls, good schools are indispensable.
%. That good schools cannot be
secured without the direction and
supervision of skilled experts : and
"WHEREAs, The truth last named
is further supported by experience
and observation to the effect,
81 That while very great i'm
provement has been made in the
schools of the cities under super
vision, the ungraded schools of the
rural districts have made little ad-
vancement.
%. That IN consequence Of the
improved condition of the schools in
the States In which county super
vision was first introduced, State af-
ter State has Incorporated it as a
part of its system Of school admins
tration, till at the present time it is
a cherished feature Of the school sys-
tens in tbree-fourths Of the States of
the Union.
"3. That it is the common esti-
mate of observers that One-half Of
the time of children attending the
rural district schools is wasted, for
want Of the adaptation of each
successive step of instruction to that
which preceded and that which is to
follow.
a. That the people Of the rural
districts who are within the reach Of.
town or city schools, andwhoare able
to meet the expense, very commonly
seek to have their children educated
in these schools.
"5. That the boys and girls thus
sent to cities for education are es-
tranged from the life and duties of
the farm and country household, and
that as a result the tendency of
population is to larger cities, thus
interfering with the proper distribu-
ton Of labor and with the best de-
velopment Of the resources Of the
whole country.
sc. That in the management of
railroads, manufactures, and all other
enterprises, a large percentage Of the
whole expense is given to oversight
and direction, and that where this is
neglected financial disaster is the
consequence.
81. That wherever this subject
has been thoroughly and impartially
investigated by the people, the al
most unanimous opinion is that faith
full and earnest supervision of the
schools Of the whole State
is vitality essential to progress.
''In consideration of the priuci-
pies and facts above stated, belt
"Resolyed, That this convention, |
composed of friends Of education and |
teachers, do hereby respectfully and |
earnestly recommend the adoption |
Of responsible supervision |
in every county in the State.
T Continued aegt lceek.
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From the son Of a prominent states

From the son Of prominent states.
man in Washington to a pretty girl:
Our HOUSE,, April 81, 1873. = DEAH
MIss-I want you to come around to ouI
house if you can't get anybody to come
around TO your house and fetch you
around to our house / will come around
to your house and fetch you around to
our house. Respectfully, etc.
There was a little fellow who knew
Mother Goose better than he knew his
bible. One Sunday he was asked in his
class, "Who were thrown into the fiery
furnace% That was too much for him.
The question was passed; the answer
came promptly, "Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abednego." This was a mortifca-
ton to the little fellow; and when the
next question came, "Who put them inP'
he answered with jump, Little Johnny
GreenP --.....- Hs
Miss Bella, do you sing that exquisite
little ballad entitled, Darling, Kiss my
Eyelids Down." Bella gave a kick like
mule, whirled around upon the piano
stool, and replied: mo, Gawge, but you
Just bet your shirt I can get away with
Sweetness, Wipe your Little Snout.
"IFs a rattler :" and while Bella "got
away" with the song he ''got away"
from the house. Hegoes to see another
girl that amt so full of life and didn't
graduate at the female high school.
Bella sits in the parlOr now ana paws
ivory all alone.
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We commence this week the epubli-
cation of the argdheht in favor OF
County Supervision, &c, at the re-
quest Of the Scioto Valley Teachers
Association. We ask a careful con-
sideration Of it, and the forbearance
Of our correspondents while It is be-
inc nnblisbed.
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The illustrated papers in Email

The illustrated papers in England
are scarcely behind the dailies in the
enterprise Of their special corespon-
dents. The Illustrated London NelCs had
on board the tug that brought home
Cleopatra's Needle an artist who had
shipped as a coal-trimmer, there being
no other means Of accompanying the
vessel. As soon as the tug arrived off
GraYesend, Mr.. Wells, the coal-trimmer,
got "a boat and went ashore with his
precious sketches, and was entered la
the ships log as a deseTter.
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My 1st is in JOY, butnot in grief
My I'd is in rob, but not In thief,
My Sd is in high, but not in low,
My 4th Is in John, bat not in Joe,
Ny 5th is in September, but not IN Junei
Ny 9th is in mercury, but not in mOOns
Ny 7th IS in truth, but not in lie,
Ny Sth is In mourn, but not In cry
Nv 9Th is I'm Belle, but not in Mary
Ny 10th is IN plum, but not In cherry
1Iy1Ith is in live, but not in die,
NY 18th is I'm cali, but not iu sigh.
MywhOle is the name Of celebrated An erican
artist X. o.
- Dallas, o.
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sec a solution Of an Egg question. in the Qacry
Box, guess at half the price and multiply by 3
Ny problem may compare with the above
There is a certain number consisting OF SIX Dig
Its, which when multiplied by 2, 3, q 5 g. and 2
lively, will produce the same dlgits- They viii
stand in different orders IN the products, and
when the same number is multiplied By ., the
product wiz be six mines. Required, the number.
Oak Ridge, 0. a. SHOEMAKER
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Teachers Column.
DAvID BAILEY, EDIToR.

Communications f3r this department are sole
tied from the teachers Of the county. En- COIN
muniCatiOns should be addressed to DAVID Bal
LEY, HIGHLAND P. o., HIGHLAND Co., o., and
should reach him at least ten days before the issue
Of the paper in which they are expected to ap-
pearl
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It is questionable at least to allow the
baby to exhaust itself and annoy the house
hold with IFS continual crying when that
tried remedy, DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup will
quiet it at once. Price 25 cents.
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IN VACATION

When met her at a party,
Deadi loveI fen at night,
For her beauty was bewitchinHs
And her conversation bright
81 di5i my best to please her,
Chatted on al sorts Of things;
Told her OF our life at college,
With some slight embeIIishings
"HOw DO you" size asked, like CambridrsY''
90" said, 'the town will do;
Though, TO tell the truth, It's girls Br6
RathBf h6mely. ana So blte'
Fool was! saw my blunder
When her lip began to curl,
And in coolest tones She answered,
'WeI, sir. I'm a Cambridge girl"
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We viii furnish our subscribers, in connection
with the News, any Of the following Periodicals,
at less than the regular subscription price. The
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Of each Periodical, the second column the price ct
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APPLEToNS' JOURNAL
For 1879.

The proprietors of Appletons Journal
will henceforth devote it exclusively to
literature of high order Of excellence,
by writers of acknowledged standing.
It is the growing habit of the leading
minds in all countries to contribute their
best intellectual work to the magazines and
reviews and, in order that APPLEToNs'
JOURNAL may adequately reflect the in
tellectual activity Of the time thus express
ed, it will admit to its pages a selection of
the more noteworthy critical, speculative,
and progressive papers that come from the
pens of these writers.
Fiction will still occupy a place in the
Journal, and descriptive papers viii ap-
pear; but large place will be given to
articles bearing upon literary and art-top-
les, to discussions of social and political
progress, to papers addressed distinctly to
the intellectual tastes of the public, or
devoted to subjects in which the public
welfare or public culture is concerned.
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The Periodicals viii in all cases be sent direct to
the subscribers from the Office Of publication, and
our responsibility ceases after the receipt Of the
first number.
Jan. 16, 1879. IF
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UNGRADED SCHOOLS.

A BRIEF STATEMENT OF THEIR PRESENT
CONDITION, AND AN OUTLINE OF SUCH
LEGISLATION AS IS NEEDED TO EFFECT
sALUTARY REFORMS N THEIR ADMINS
TRATION.
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Young Folks Corner.
DIAMOND PUZZLE.

1st, A contraction Of Abraham. I'd, A COutrac-
ion Of Robert. Sd, The falling tide.
HillsbOrO, o. SHADOW.
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MyI,2, 4, is used By ball-plsTers,
My 2, 3, g, is a kind Of drink,
Ny 8, Z, 4, is an Old Testament character,
My 4, 5, 6, g, is a fragment Of eternity"
Ny Z, s, 9, Is unWrOught metal,
My whole is a dOurishing city Of the Q. s. A.
HiusbOrO. o. ROCKO.
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The following was recently written
and sent by distinguished clergyman
to his mother. 1t vas sent on {. postal
card:
From sweet Isaiah's sacred song, chapter verse e.
First l3 words please take, and the following ax,
from Genesis the S5th. verse 18th, no more;
Then add verse 26 of Kings. book ID, chapter 4;
The last two verses, chapter Ist book of Samuel
And learn what on this day your loving son befeu.
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1st is a letter, I'd is used by ban-players, Sd,
cup, or water vessel, 4th, knot made By tying
5th letter. ROCAO-
TTf11zbDr0. o.
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RRnAINEn

81l114aAaEDs
AdrIft IN my little boat
Becalmed on a cold gray sea
Aud 0hili mists lazily iloat
All over my boat and me.
The breezes lie dead asleep
Not a breath IN the Idle sails;
And I wearily watch and weep
And listen FOR distant gales,
Shall J still drop useiess tesfsi
And sit here and wait and waite
fill my head grows gray with years,
For the wind that may come too late?
- To be idle isshande to the stronEl
I viii lay my hand to the oari
And the bark that has waited long,
Shall wait for the wind ne more.
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LIST, A cousonant, ID, A drink, Sd, Single, 4th
termination, 5th a COnsOnant. ROCkO.
ElLIahnrn- O
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Only aiittle waiting time bis side the sea
Toying with cryslal pebbles on ils shore: q 4
watching the beacon light # Heavens eternity
Lighting the way OF life's uneven floor. ~.
Only little waitnE-timethlsb side the Sea,
Watching tie eurteHt M hTeG Changing tide.
Waiting the hoAtfnan. and then to be,
fanded at lastupOn the other sideI . serr 81