The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-08-26
An Indlana Letter.


ty few months ago, and also being
native of that place would like TO
have inserted, IN your worthy paper,
this article, although of little value it
may be. Lagrange, the county seat
Of Lagrange county, is located in the
northren part Of the state on the @. X.
& I. Il. r. There are many towns of
similar size, and even smaller, that
surpass IL in beauty rs far ~ build.
ings Re ere concerned. But IL is sur
rounded by a fertile farming region,
contains about fourteen hundred ins
habitants and Is noted for the intelli.
gence, morality and temperance of
tho people. The sight and sound Of
drunken debauchery Is not very com
mon here, I think. There are four
churches and also rs many Sunday
schools in this town. About the most
costly and excellent are the court and
church buildings. IN the school build
ing the normal is held, which have
been attending for the few past weeks.
There are about scventy-live students
In attendanc, great part Of whom are
teachers, the school being held for the
purpose oi training teachers. II il
controlled by the County Superin tend.
ant, Mr.. Crane. He teaches Il few
of the classes, the rest are under the
instructions of four other able teachers
They seem to bc working on good
principles and eschew mechanical,
operations in teaching tho different
branches.In In comparing this to our nor.
NAL shoot Of Selinsgrove, Snyder coun-
~ find that there is no great differ
ence with regard To the mode of teach.
ing. However, | noticed that the
students have had very little ex-
pericnce on map-drawing u nd spell
ing by sound. This, understand, has
been mostly neglected in the schools
throughout the county yet 80 far.
Nevertheless, prospects indicate that
the teachers Of this county will by aud
10y begin to freeze" to the Common
sense method, in a great measure,
like our Snyder county teachers have
done for the six or seven last years
could givcyou some more of the
advantages and disadvantages of this
school &c. but do not deem it ncccs~
sary. Very respectfully, w. H. X.
| Mr.. Dditor as our friend W. III. X.
is neutral he has done injustice to one
subject, that is politics which is greatly
agitated in this place (Lagrange). We
were highly favored Aug 9Th. with u
very eloquent speech from Gen. Bald
win Of this state. We will also have
the ia v or Of two democratic speeches
Aug. lith, to rcbut the sayings Of Hon.
Baldwin. Well may our Democratic
Jreihrcn send two Of their Orators to Gil
the place of one Republican for they
will have the need of two to every one
Of the Garfield men to carry the elec.
ton the coming fall. And well is il
said that Gen. Garfield il nothing but
n canal boy and not-it for any other
Office. He first understands enough
about that occupation to rightly con-
duct the canal.bOat ID carry Hancock
and his followers up sat rircr far
enough SO that there is no danger Of
their returning hereafter, SO hury,h fDr
GaJieid! EOS.
The State Normal School at Blooms.
burg is surprising even its friends by
It's success. Although the Winter
term was one of the most iOuriShing
in its history, the number Of ladies
having doubled within n year, the
Spring term completely eclipsed it, in
the number both Of boarders and of
day pupils. The Trustees were ob.
liged to enlarge the corps of teachers.
The rumber of students in the main
school was larger than ever before, and
although the Senior class was the larg.
est in the history ofthe School the State
Board of Examiners voted to graduate
every one of them. The prospect for
the next year, that opens Sept. 9th, is
most promising. Aug. Il, iw.