South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-03-19
Communication.


For the South Branch lrteliig encer
Mr.. HAErER.-in our FIRST We made
an attempt 20 enlist the attention OF
shire county w. Va, TO the Importance
OF first requisites in q community -
the fi,st named-gooi Sch,ol-houses-
full term OF six or eight months school,
with competent teachers at n fair SAL
ary.-tHrn some Oft present incom-
peient ones into the schools under those
that a-e capable OF giving proper in
struction, and give them thorough train
ing preparatory 10 employing them TO
teach Do intelligent men employ in
competent laborers or employeesT No.
we all want the best TO be ha,i-the
best plowman, best teamster, best clerk.
best attorney, best physician, bes.
preacher SCI Why not employ the
best teacher? Il is always safest TO
employ competent persons. Now we
propose calling your serious attention
TO ore Esseiaiuf points, there anS
work on earth that demands so thorough
completeness rs that OF training the
young mind? We are not training on
~ for time rs too many would have it,
but for Eternity Immortality
How is il with many OF the teachers Of
to day Do they know any thing OF
moral lraining2 Have they everrecciv>
Ell any? Are they capable of impart-
ing that they know not? Some may
think this drawing too dark = cant help
1t, truth is mighty aud will prevail"
those that are not under it, need not
get under, and those that are had better
get ous-the sooner the better; for, If
there is place or department on Coos
| green earththat demands thorough work
1t is. or ought to be in the school-room.
no bluck-head training, we have already
had too much of that kind, bat thorough
Intellectual, PHYSICAL and Horat train
ing, such as will prepare the young of
to day to fiji! with credit and honor the
places of their more hoEored ancestors
that have passed into the Eternal world.
What are we living for? We are I'M
mortal without realizing it, We live "a
only for to-day, forge,ful that there is
an unlimited Eternity just before US
L sometimes fear that we are not living
only staying here without any pur.
pose, and absolutely without any pre-
paration for the future. Is this right?-
Ia this in accord with The design OF the
Great God. the Creator Of all worlds,
and finally man that capped the climax
of created matter? Time killiog and
half work never pays. and above all
stop Gripping our schools +; The present
system is meagre enough without Grip
ping. and the sooner we elevate the
standard The better for your children,
my children, Gods children, and gener.
atoms to follow, and fin ally the perpc-
tuity of our American Indep, ndence
with her Liberties. and all her grand and
noble Institutions. fear that we here
IL Hampshire county W. Va, arc far
behind The age in which we live; drop
down into little Morgan, our sister
county, and wbat do you behold? Good
new schoolhouses, six months school
III full hlast,-supplied with comretea,
teachers at fair salary, full AID reg
ular attendance Of patron lied
by the patrons Of the different schools
this is as it should be-not only there
but in old Hampshire Do away with
the "oli log csbins" schoolhous-
es lit for children to enter, "set them on
a hilP' not down in some dark ravine.
Another essential requisite &C God
churches we'll sustained. II is time
that churches be looked after in the I'll I.
raj districts of Hamps!iire,-the carl,
table and jug demolished. and the gun
and fishing tackle hung up TO rest &c.
There is yet great work To be accom-
plished in Hampshire county In order
to bringing her up to proper standard
Of Intelligence and Christianity. II is
not one mans woel, it will require
combined effort and energy, with a
strong fixedness Of purpose, and when>
ever we get our schools in proper work
ing order, the work is begun. Immor-
ality has already been too long in the
ascendency in our county, it is there
fore the apparent moral duty Of every
Christian man in the county to join in
with the right against wrong. aid with
their influence aud means assist in cle-
waiting the standard Of intellectual,
Physical and Moral Education?
OCCASIONAL.